Stephen Tall

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

• The lost tribes of British politics – day 4: the high liberals and the libertariansThe Deep End
  It’d be a start… “What the high liberals would really like is a Conservative Party without any conservatives in it” http://bit.ly/YwHo7X
• Thatcher funeral address prompts Tory praise for bishop of London | Politics | The Guardian
  Guardian’s passive-aggressive approach to Thatcher funeral so tiresome. This Patrick Wintour article case in point http://bit.ly/YwFdkO
• The date George Osborne's vultures are circling over » Spectator Blogs
  .@IsabelHardman previews next week’s GDP figures > The date George Osborne’s vultures are circling over http://bit.ly/15mIF8Y
• History For Politicians of Today | Rory Stewart MP
  I don’t buy the dismissal of social sciences but @RoryStewartUK is excellent on the value of history for politicians http://bit.ly/173JYYq
• Sutton Trust announces new board – Sutton Trust
  Congrats to my colleagues @SuttonTrust on assembling their new board http://bit.ly/ZraY1N < impressive bunch!
• Marjorie Scardino: business leaders will back EU in the end | Media | guardian.co.uk
  Probs but they need to start sooner than ‘in the end’ > Marjorie Scardino: business leaders will back EU in the end http://bit.ly/17nAntV
• The 'socialist firebrand' Derek Hatton screwed Liverpool just as much as Margaret Thatcher did – Comment – Voices – The Independent
  .@janemerrick23 spot-on in her denunciation of Derek Hatton for almost ruining Liverpool http://ind.pn/17nzQZ0 (I grew up in the city)