Stephen Tall

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

• Hexham Lib Dem's defection means politician is having to sell number plate – Today's News – News – JournalLive
  LibDem’s defection to Lab = putting his personalised reg > LI6 DEM < up for sale http://bit.ly/10vBl32 < So sad. In *every* possible way.
• Dan Brown's Inferno: a tall writer offers his historic review | Books | The Guardian
  Secret of Dan Brown’s success: “…the seductive urgency of a good-looking someone telling you a brainy secret” http://bit.ly/16wvCCA
• Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition set to run Cumbria County Council (From The Westmorland Gazette)
  Birth of a Lib Dem / Labour coalition* http://bit.ly/10vpe6b (* for Cumbria County Council)
• Letters: Lord Adonis, Labour and the 2010 coalition talks | Politics | The Guardian
  LD Coalition negotiator Andrew Stunell on Lab tactics: “they made up in arrogance what they lacked in comprehension” http://bit.ly/13uFucU
• A failure of leadership that leaves Cameron as a latter-day John Major The Tory Diary
  I’ve read “Cameron as a latter-day Major” piece by @PaulGoodmanCH. But distracted by hipster-looking Cam cartoon http://bit.ly/13uBB7P
• The noise on immigration is drowning out real problems | Polly Toynbee | Comment is free | The Guardian
  How tighter immigration rules are creating a modern slavery via Polly Toynbee http://bit.ly/17ot09Q (h/t @RobinMcGhee)
• The Tory party’s gone crazy over Europe, and it’s Cameron’s fault – Telegraph Blogs
  Whene even @benedictbrogan says Tory MPs have “gone crazy over Europe” you can bet they truly, truly have http://bit.ly/15Ibwpk
• Britain’s economy: the gloom starts to lift
  Prob most significant polling news today: “Slowly but inexorably our gloom abt our living standards has been lifting” http://bit.ly/16v3q2R
• Farage factor powers Ukip support to record high | Politics | guardian.co.uk
  Ukip doubles ICM poll rating to 18%. Other 3 parties slump: LibDems on 11%, Lab on 34%, Tories on 28% (all down 4%) http://bit.ly/19jHUux