Stephen Tall

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

• Three years after the Coalition took power, Labour has gone nowhere, very, very slowly – Telegraph Blogs
  Key pt from Dan Hodges: “Lab has not even begun to address issue of how it makes itself relevant in age of austerity” http://bit.ly/16WH75Y
• Is Liverpool FC deliberately driving Anfield into poverty, in order to keep its overheads down? – Telegraph Blogs
  Interesting/shocking Q from @TomChivers (“Is Liverpool FC deliberately driving Anfield into poverty?”) Any follow-up? http://bit.ly/10hIxQd
• BBC News – Lord Lawson's argument with business
  Interetsing take on Lawson from @Peston – big issue is UK’s currrent account deficit within EU (cf say Germany) http://bbc.in/13h06W2
• FactCheck: Is Nigel Lawson right about quitting the EU? | The FactCheck Blog
  (Tho @CathyNewman ignores obvs point that Clegg said 3m jobs wd be ‘jeopardised’ by EU exit NOT the same as ‘lost’.) http://bit.ly/13gZFeg
• FactCheck: Is Nigel Lawson right about quitting the EU? | The FactCheck Blog
  A v weak conclusion, but otherwise interesting from @CathyNewman > FactCheck: Is Lawson right about quitting the EU? http://bit.ly/13gZwaP
• Britain and Europe: Making the break | The Economist
  Economist on UK post-Brexit: “a scratchy outsider w ltd access to the single mkt, almost no influence + few friends” http://econ.st/16WDtJB
• 5 things people get wrong about Ukip | Rob Ford | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
  This, from @robfordmancs, is essential reading > 5 things people get wrong about Ukip http://bit.ly/13eUgnU
• Cranes lift London to towering height over rest of UK – FT.com
  The ‘crane index’ shows how London/SE Eng economy dominates UK. 1 crane per km² compared to NE Eng’s 1 per 120km² http://on.ft.com/18S3J4i
• RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Arrest first – ask questions later: How dawn raids and ransacking houses became standard operating procedure | Mail Online
  A Richard Littlejohn column that’s worth reading. Honest. (On the issue of arresting celebs). http://bit.ly/13eT2ZZ