Stephen Tall

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

• Obama's inaugural speech: The full text – NBC Politics
  It’s interesting: no Brit politician would make a speech like Obama’s http://buff.ly/YiWa6D And if they did the media/public wd prob hate it.
• Hail the independent directors of The Times for living up to their remit | Media | guardian.co.uk
  Murdoch forced to appoint John Witherow as Acting Editor only as independent Times directors stand their ground http://buff.ly/YiTwhf
• Making academies work | FT data
  .@XtopherCook on how Ofsted’s focus on academies’ standards could boomerang on the DfE http://buff.ly/VVsDxB
• Barack Obama's second inauguration: What's the point? | The Economist
  Ditch the 2nd Inauguration: “Ritual does not always have to equal Super Bowl to stir the better angels of our nature.” http://buff.ly/WAy3ew
• German politics: Angela Merkel’s Hanoverian thriller | The Economist
  The implicatns for German politics of Lower Saxony’s narrow defeat for Merkel’s centre-right CDU & the liberal FDP http://buff.ly/YiS8ez
• From Britain’s triple-dip to a three-speed global economy | City A.M.
  .@allisterheath anticipates the UK’s Q4 negative growth: From Britain’s triple-dip to a three-speed global economy http://buff.ly/10fZOKa
• A Sneaky Peek at Obama’s Inaugural Speech – NYTimes.com
  The speech Obama won’t give: “I’m the liberal Reagan. Deal with it.” says @DouthatNYT | http://buff.ly/YiQ8mI
• Lincoln Set the Second Inaugural Address Standard – NYTimes.com
  Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address was 701 words long – how will Obama’s fare? http://buff.ly/YiPMME
• Why those of us on the left should support Michael Gove’s efforts to “clever-up” the curriculum | Labour Teachers
  Interesting post on @labourteachers by @oldandrewuk: Why the left shd support Gove’s efforts to “clever-up” curriculum http://buff.ly/YiPky2

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