@stephentall's weekly Twitter updates for 2012-01-27

@stephentall’s weekly Twitter updates for 2012-01-27

by Stephen Tall on January 27, 2012

Right decision & good luck to him » RT @archiebland Johann Hari leaving The Independent: http://t.co/AJsjFaw5 #
@graemearcher Agreed. Stupid mistake compounded by failure to understand fuss. But enough is enough. Bygones & all that. in reply to graemearcher #
@sarabedford Lol, catching up with last night's #masterchef Not a general warning. in reply to sarabedford #
If I say this is about our cat, is that better/worse? » RT @Noasarx "perhaps he's excited to see me and his anus swells" says @stephentall #
Good luck with it all! » RT @kahunter Coming to @CASE_Europe #smi2012 Looking f'wrd to seeing you in York. #
Excellently concise post » RT @fivethirtyeight [new article] Nominating Fight Wears on Romney's Favorability Ratings http://t.co/gR755n6Q #
@rickygervais Ooh, are you going to name & shame all the stupids on Twitter? It's going to be a loooong night. in reply to rickygervais #
RT @KP_LD Buff #captainamerica « Is he in it. Or are you adjectivating? #
Watching 'Call the Midwife'. I don't advise watching it. But if you're going to watch it, watch it when yr too tired to watch anything good. #
@sallybrooks The acting is excellent. But not the script. And I cd do without the 'chim-chiminee' East End panning shots. in reply to sallybrooks #
@KP_LD ah, okay. In which case: nuns. #straightbackatcha in reply to KP_LD #
Well, well, well @cristinaod1 » RT @eljmayes Huhne didn't leak letter about new royal yacht to journalists http://t.co/COvp9IKg #
@KP_LD just commenting on what I was watching. At the time. Can't see any nuns now tbh. in reply to KP_LD #
@KP_LD Worse. The BBC midwifery drama. Which has nuns. & pregnant cockneys/spaniards. But mostly nuns. in reply to KP_LD #
Well, well, well @CristinaOhq » 'Chris Huhne MP – Apology' http://t.co/K35PDtyl #
Hmmm. So the imperfect subjunctive is a tough tense to master en Espanol, then. #
Correction: the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish *is* impossible. Am sure its abolition would help reduce their deficit. #
Interesting on the Adler sexism issue in Sherlock » Steven Moffat interviewed in Grauniad http://t.co/1lgcJzpM #
Going to see Sherlock flim tonight. (Good a way as any to avoid Take Me Out.) #
Turns out the film Sherlock is rather good too. Now trying to imagine what an updated guns & explosions Poirot would be like. #
(Really can't imagine Jude Law as Capt Hastings. Although maybe…) #
@mssusieday Oooh. And yay. Today? in reply to mssusieday #
Stewart Lee on Cam & creativity: http://t.co/Kbijlrqn < Initially thought it was clunkingly trad cliche. But totally redeemed by final para. #
@mssusieday Cool. Have a super ice-ice-baby hol. in reply to mssusieday #
A nifty skinny > Andrew Marr bids for record-breaking number of different topics in one interview http://t.co/P5kNFWiI via @markpack #
'David Miliband could open Lab lead' http://t.co/WsMLZwGa < Do these polls mean anything other than snapshot likey / no likey gut reaction? #
Ouch! Ed Miliband's leader ratings drop *below* Nick Clegg's for first time with YouGov http://t.co/nbBENCHc #
Ah, love this http://t.co/pMY7NiuG < comments from 'friends of Huhne' yet 'Huhne was unavailable for comment'. #asif #
Ok, @anthonyjwells has answered my question for me: hypothetical leader polls are pure psephological phooey http://t.co/FpiyM3ZD #
@adamcorlett True, but elections have democratic consequences rather than media-driven ones. in reply to adamcorlett #
A Mili-U-turn > Ed Miliband, public sector pay – then and now – http://t.co/MBYVTIok by @markpack #
So E4's #Skins is back tonight – lush etc- see what I thought of the series' 'Summer Holiday' book here > http://t.co/wJLQYFpz #
Lib Dems climb to dizzy heights of 16% in latest ICM poll http://t.co/CBrN4xAH (and Tories open 5% lead over Lab). #
@TimMontgomerie Usually is – I think @anthonyjwells puts it down to ICM's redistribn accord to past voting recall – more 'generous' to LDs in reply to TimMontgomerie #
@guardian_clark Catch-22 of politics: leaders at most vulnerable when seemingly at most powerful. True for Salmond, I suspect. in reply to guardian_clark #
Apparently my boss is currently on More4, 'Undercover' (when he was CEx at Tower Hamlets). #
Through gritted teeth: Grauniad recognises the Coalition (incl the LDs) are judging the public mood better than Labour http://t.co/yhUnAIAf #
David Laws: We need to focus on increasing average rates of tax for wealthiest not marginal rates > http://t.co/3Jy5fFIZ #
Want to know which way Lib Dem peers voted in last nigth's welfare cap debate in the Lords? Here's how: http://t.co/tBsM84Bi #
State spending on educn increased fr £42.69b to £83.13b (2000-09); UK reading scores dropped fr 5th to 25th in intl PISA tables (2000-09). #
@DanielMRussell Exactly – eg, research shows smaller class sizes expensive way of achieving small impact relative to other approaches. in reply to DanielMRussell #
@Natt Think you'd have to show how many pupils affected by academy prog over time period to show even weak correlation 🙂 in reply to Natt #
@Natt Though it's entirely fair to ask the question: why was UK education relatively good in 2000? (Before spending increased.) in reply to Natt #
@Natt An empirical obsevation no-one can dispute. in reply to Natt #
@willhowells Should that read: IS NOTHING SCARED? in reply to willhowells #
Genuine thanks to @BarclaysCycle – issue with faulty bike painlessly and promptly resolved by email in under an hour. #
The top 5 'independent spirits' in the party > Your LDV guide to rebel Liberal Democrat Peers http://t.co/xmiku4iq via @honladymark #
@mpntod There's always the risk the next one will feel like it's just the same as the one you've just finished… in reply to mpntod #
Well worth reading >> "Index on Censorship Submission to the Leveson Inquiry" by @johnkampfner here: http://t.co/TP1Q0neX #
Another bunch of polling *ouch* for Ed Milband > RT @anthonyjwells New post: New Ipsos MORI, Angus Reid and TNS-BMRB polls #
@KP_LD I once met Sky at Night's Patrick Moore. He asked me (politely) to move so he could park his bicycle. Contain yr gasp. in reply to KP_LD #
Well-deserved (reading it atm, tis great) > Costa book award: Andrew Miller wins for sixth novel, Pure http://t.co/OF3e72vL via @guardian #
@mpntod And the one after that, 'Ying & Yang'? 🙂 in reply to mpntod #
Coalition shelves HE bill indefinitely because of LD opposition & Cameron being 'unimpressed' says THES > http://t.co/tXe4aO7d #
From me last night > 'Dealing with Labour’s mess, Part 93: Lib Dems secure future of post offices' http://t.co/xlL3xpjF #
@christopherward But is bill needed to provide that extra support? Can it it not be provided without specific legislation? in reply to christopherward #
Great stuff » 'Ever wondered what happened to Sarah Palin? Newt Gingrich has eaten her' http://t.co/zkdnLAjK #
Could it happen? It could > Why Newt could win in Florida | The Pulse | PoliticsHome http://t.co/FcjwF5vj #
Totes obvs > 'Teens play with abbrevns like "my plezh" (my pleasure) not out of desire for efficiency, but bec it's fun http://t.co/sjPYP1Qr #
"Cleverest posn Clegg has yet adopted" RT @ConHome Clegg to Cam & Os: Cut taxes on poor or defend wealthy. Yr choice. http://t.co/eefy8sij #
Yes, it shd. But is it a 1-nation party? RT @TimMontgomerie A 1-nation Cons Party shd agree with Clegg's priorities http://t.co/mZRMMNdZ #
How the heck do I get rid of 'Orange safeguard' blocking websites on my phone? And why does Orange do this when my network is 3? #techgrrr #
How @markpack imagined Nick Clegg's tax message> 'What his speech web page could have looked like' http://t.co/W3FLDqED #