Ed Balls Just Escaped Being Attacked By A Spider On Live TV

Newsbombing spiders are the new newsbombing seagulls.

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls was just on the BBC News Channel, and this happened:

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The spider was just dropping in as Balls was talking about... Actually, no one knows what he was talking about because of the massive spider.

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It was unclear this morning whether the spider supports Labour's proposed mansion tax on houses worth more than £2 million, opposes it, or was just looking for flies to eat.

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At least it wasn't a 10-foot seagull.

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