Today’s Link-Love: April 14, 2013
by Stephen Tall on April 14, 2013
Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest…
- Alan Watkins: 'Margaret Thatcher could be cautious and open to outside influence' – UK Politics – UK – The Independent
I miss Alan Watkins. This article’s an example of why > ‘Thatcher could be cautious and open to outside influence’ http://ind.pn/178ermr
- “The silencing of the Munchkins” – what the BBC should have done. | Jack of Kent
“The record should have been treated just as another number one” < @JackofKent on the ridiculous Ding Dong debate http://bit.ly/17yQNCu
- Ding Dong over Thatcher song makes the BBC no better than China | Nick Cohen | Comment is free | The Observer
As @NickCohen4 points out, it’s a good job the BBC’s Royal Charter protects it from political interference, isn’t it? http://bit.ly/ZpvfSm
- Thatcher: the unintended and paradoxical legacy of the lady in blue | Andrew Rawnsley | Comment is free | The Observer
Fair and balanced from Andrew Rawnsley » Thatcher: the unintended and paradoxical legacy of the lady in blue http://bit.ly/YUmZx5
- Europe's royal families: Should the Spanish king abdicate too? | The Economist
Juan Carlos (hero of the ’81 coup d’état) in more trouble > Should the Spanish king abdicate too? http://econ.st/119JRb6
- Elwin Wilson, Who Apologized for Racist Acts, Dies at 76 – NYTimes.com
(A couple of weeks’ old, but still heart-warming): Elwin Wilson, Who Apologized for Racist Acts, Dies at 76 – http://nyti.ms/17xLWld
- At the next election, will kicking out the Lib Dems stay in fashion in Scotland? | roadto326
Looking ahead to 2015 > At the next election, will kicking out the Lib Dems stay in fashion in Scotland? | roadto326 http://bit.ly/ZooJLw
- The 2013 local elections will only bring more gloom for David Cameron | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Just how bad will these local elections be for the Tories? asks @roadto326 > http://bit.ly/126oQQa
- David Cameron's critics are wrong. He’s on the verge of something great – Telegraph
Missed this Peter Oborne piece praising the Coalition. http://bit.ly/ZomTdx Has his piece slamming the Coalition been published yet?
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