Eastleigh by-election: your essential round-up of the latest campaign news (13 Feb)
by Stephen Tall on February 13, 2013
Here’s a round-up of news from the past 24 hours in the Eastleigh by-election… Mike Thornton’s campaign in full swing The Lib Dems’ Mike Thornton — pictured here (by Jon Aylwin) with 1994 by-election victor David Chidgey — has been focusing on how the pupil premium, the party’s flagship education policy, has been helping Eastleigh [...]
I’m sorry, Ian Birrell, but what on earth are you talking about?
by Stephen Tall on February 13, 2013
Before I begin this brief rant, I want to make it clear that I’m actually a fan of Ian Birrell’s writing: it’s passionate, informed, provocative. He’s not afraid to slam his colleagues in the media for their group-think on issues (…)
Mark Pack to appear on Question Time as @BBCExtraGuest
by Stephen Tall on February 13, 2013
Congratulations and good luck to Mark Pack, my co-editor here for another fortnight, who’s in the virtual hot-seat as this week’s @BBCExtraGuest, tweeting opinions and answering questions before and during this week’s edition of BBC1′s Question Time (Thursday, 10.35 pm): Full panel this week – Maria Miller, @marycreagh_mp, @susankramer, @georgegalloway, @frasernelson and @bbcextraguest @markpack. #bbcqt [...]
Today’s Link-Love: February 13, 2013
by Stephen Tall on February 13, 2013
Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest… Select Committees are becoming the ugly face of Parliament: it’s time to rein them in | British Politics and Policy at LSE .@AdamJLent has a point » ‘Select Committees are becoming the (…)
