Stephen Tall

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

• Britain’s welfare debate ‘not working’
  Daily Mash right (tho too kind to left’s wonky contribution to ‘debate’) > “Britain’s welfare debate ‘not working'” http://bit.ly/16vy7Ca
• Managing Editor, British Politics and Policy at LSE blog jobs, London (City of), £26,846 per annum inclusive | Guardian Jobs
  Good opportunity > Managing Editor, British Politics and Policy at LSE blog jobs, London £26,846pa http://bit.ly/XL9wYS
• BBC News – The Great British class calculator: What class are you?
  Shd I be pleased/ashamed/indifferent that I’m elite? > BBC – The Great British class calculator: What class are you? http://bbc.in/XL8ImF
• A radical Lib-Lab coalition could begin next month | John Kampfner | Comment is free | The Guardian
  This from @johnkampfner > “Our rarefied political class is uniformly obsessed with the legacy of Tony Blair” http://bit.ly/16vnWxw
• Minimum wage should be substantially raised, not cut – Telegraph Blogs
  Telegraph’s @jeremywarnerUK > Minimum wage should be substantially raised, not cut http://bit.ly/16vnKhO Tho living wage wd lose 160k jobs
• Labour's student union rhetoric about 'evil' IDS is making it look ridiculous – Telegraph Blogs
  Reasoned & reasonable stuff from @IainMartin1 “What will Labour do? The rhetoric of student politics won’t be enough” http://bit.ly/16vn7Vw
• Miliband as Prime Minister is a disastrous prospect – Comment – Voices – The Independent
  I don’t think PM Miliband is as likely as @johnrentoul does. But his column on Lab’s unreadiness for Govt is spot-on http://ind.pn/14L9S4M
• The current enthusiasm for evidenced-based policy needs to be met with a greater degree of methodological caution | British Politics and Policy at LSE
  A fair point from Michael Bassey: policy needs to be evidence-informed, more than evidence-based http://bit.ly/YtCoEi
• BBC News – It's trade or bust for Britain
  Fascinating from @Peston on the UK’s persistent current account deficit » It’s trade or bust for Britain http://bbc.in/17beJf3