Stephen Tall

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

• Chris Huhne: the straight talking fighter faces his biggest battle
  Hmm. Here’s my headline from Feb 2012 > “Chris Huhne: the straight talking fighter faces his biggest battle” http://buff.ly/11HRjbw
• Bayesian Statistics and what Nate Silver Gets Wrong : The New Yorker
  ‘Bayesian Statistics and what Nate Silver Gets Wrong’ http://nyr.kr/11EBy5l < excellent, constructively critical review of his book.
• What Will Obama Do with His Second Term? Twelve Issues : The New Yorker
  What Will Obama Do with His Second Term? Twelve Issues : The New Yorker http://buff.ly/WQhNsf
• Watch House of Cards Online | Netflix
  3 episodes into Netflix’s House of Cards re-make http://buff.ly/11EwPAC Really impressed. Sharp, subtle, clever, funny. Spacey is fab.
• UK Polling Report
  .@anthonyjwells’ verdict > “gay marriage will have negligible impact on Tory support” http://buff.ly/11EsAF8
• Tim Harford — Article — A poor excuse to rob from the rich
  Tim Harford on why he opposes the Robin Hood Tax on financial transactions > A poor excuse to rob from the rich http://buff.ly/WQdfC9
• The Coalition risks breakdown if it doesn’t unite around some new big ideas The Tory Diary
  .@pete_hoskin makes a good point > The Coalition risks breakdown if it doesn’t unite around some new big ideas http://buff.ly/11EqVPN
• The Tory malcontents possess a destructive intensity all their own | Andrew Rawnsley | Comment is free | The Observer
  Rawnsley’s right > “Clegg’s party has broadly displayed a resilience and discipline that must make Mr Cameron envious” http://buff.ly/VClIep
• Get the government out of the marriage business: ePolitix.com
  A couple of weeks old but well worth a read > Get the government out of the marriage business | Sam Bowman @S8mB > http://buff.ly/WQ0k3d