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Ed Balls: 'You have such a sense of purpose... and it's hard when you lose that'
The former MP on how he hopes that by taking part in Strictly people can see that politicians are human beings. He also talks about life after politics, how he misses having "a real sense of mission of purpose" and reflects on how talking about his stammer helped him speak in public and made him a better politician.
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