Ed Balls on truth behind Gordon Brown's 'what is polenta?' outburst

Politician turned Strictly star tells Hay festival audience about restaurant meeting between Brown and Tony Blair in 1994It has been said Peter Mandelson once mistook mushy peas for guacamole. Now it has emerged Gordon Brown had a similar food challenge, when he asked in horror: “What is polenta?”The politician turned Strictly Come Dancing star Ed Balls witnessed the outburst during the meeting between Brown and Tony Blair at the Granita restaurant in Islington in 1994. Continue read