Stephen Tall

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

• Colin Murray and the sad decline of Match of the Day | Duleep Allirajah| spiked
  .@DuleepOffside’s points out the bland infantilism of BBC’s MotD punditry http://buff.ly/X2FMlP Same true of its election-night coverage
• Prime Minister Cameron’s European Fantasy – NYTimes.com
  New York Times ‘s verdict > PM Cameron’s European Fantasy http://buff.ly/X2Ddjz Ie, to have chance of reforming EU you have to be in it
• Yet More on Government Spending Levels | Mother Jones
  Fascinating graph from @kdrum showing the ballooning of real federal spending under George W. Bush http://buff.ly/YwxasH
• Americans Like Obama's Gun-Control Ideas—Unless You Tell Them They're Obama's | Mother Jones
  Oh ffs > Americans Like Obama’s Gun-Control Ideas—Unless You Tell Them They’re Obama’s | Mother Jones http://buff.ly/X2tr0Z
• David Cameron leaves us with a 'Tantric’ time bomb, says David Miliband – Telegraph
  Not for the first or last time David Miliband puts the case (this time pro-EU) a whole lot better than his brother http://buff.ly/X2qT2X
• Adam Afriyie: The Tory Obama's stalking horse plot to oust David Cameron | Mail Online
  Re last tweet btw > Adam Afriyie: The Tory Obama’s stalking horse plot to oust David Cameron | Mail Online http://buff.ly/X0R5uJ
• Bankers, exposed | The Enlightened Economist
  Fascinating review by Diana Coyle of The Bankers’ New Clothes » ‘Bankers, exposed’ http://buff.ly/Wddua0
• Biden Laying the Groundwork for 2016
  Biden v Clinton for Dem nomination in 2016? http://buff.ly/14mHxPi UK age equivalent race wd be Vince Cable v Ken Clarke, I guess.
• No Nashville Blues for Al Gore | TIME.com
  Al Gore ($300m) now richer than Mitt Romney ($200m) http://buff.ly/WimTNU. There’s money to be made in this losing lark.