The day Lord Bonkers and Philip Collins agreed: the Tories just aren’t up to governing

by Stephen Tall on February 6, 2013

This tweet today from The Times’s Philip Collins — mid-debate between Tim Montgomerie and Matthew d’Ancona about the tortuous fate of Tory modernisation — caught my attention: @matthewdancona @timmontgomerie We all thought the Lib Dems might not be up to (…)

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Today’s Link-Love: February 6, 2013

by Stephen Tall on February 6, 2013

Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest… Mid Staffs hospital scandal: the essential guide | Society | guardian.co.uk Well worth a read > Mid Staffs hospital scandal: the essential guide | Society http://buff.ly/WO5UDk

Equal marriage: who voted which way

by Stephen Tall on February 6, 2013

For those wanting to know the voting breakdown of last night’s historic decision in the Commons to approve equal marriage, here it is courtesy of Andrew Sparrow’s essential Guardian live-blog… Conservatives FOR – 127 MPs (42%) AGAINST – 136 MPs (45%) ABSTENTIONS – 5 MPs (2%) ABSENT – 35 MPs (12%) Labour FOR – 217 […]