Balls's first offence?

Ed Balls has been done for using a handheld mobile while driving. He explains that he didn't want to wake his sleeping children.

He must get lots of calls on the long drives to and from his constituency. On the long drives, his children must often be asleep.

Does anyone seriously believe that this is the first time Ed Balls has broken this law?

The alpha controllers expect us to obey their increasing numbers of laws. But they break them. Not for them to set an example. Ed Balls is too grand to be law abiding.