Stephen Tall

Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest…

• www.thepoke.co.uk
  Lordy, I just came across @ThePoke’s “Awkward Christmas Photos” http://bit.ly/VHhf3H. The public’s *strange*, isn’t it?
• David Lodge: rereading Anthony Trollope | Books | The Guardian
  Love Trollope, but never heard of The Fixed Period, novel set in 1980 abt compuls euthanasia. Sounds fascinating! http://bit.ly/U2kDde
• The new tuition fees regime is radically transforming patterns of student mobility within Higher Education | British Politics and Policy at LSE
  Is reason for slightly larger drop in HE participatn by wealthy bec they’re opting to study abroad? asks Rachel Brooks http://bit.ly/U2k0QO
• Huckabee Blames Shooting on Removing God from Schools
  OF COURSE. I mean what else could it be? > Huckabee Blames Shooting on Removing God from Schools http://bit.ly/VH4czx
• Fuck Everything, Nation Reports | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
  Daring, brilliant satire > Fuck Everything, Nation Reports by @TheOnion > http://onion.com/SX44wY
• We’ll hunt down the tax avoiders | Vince Cable | Comment is free | The Guardian
  Cable in Gdn: “there should be no hiding place for the proceeds of crime, corruption and tax dodging” http://bit.ly/TZwPue
• Why the BBC’s boss had to go, Kevin Marsh – British Journalism Review, Vol. 23, No. 4, 2012
  Very interesting semi-inside account » ‘Why the BBC’s boss had to go, Kevin Marsh’ http://bit.ly/12dwacx
• Ed Miliband on immigration: mature, nuanced, intelligent – and surprisingly Right-wing – Telegraph Blogs
  I can only imagine how pleased Ed Mili is to be praised by @DPJHodges for being perfectly right-wing on immigration http://bit.ly/12dmHC1
• Changing times means the Government needs to rethink the future of The Times – Lord Ashcroft Polls
  Lord Ashcroft agrees w/ @afneil that Rupert felt Times ed James Harding made paper too liberal http://bit.ly/12dkvdu Explains why I switched!