Stephen Tall

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

• Nick on Nigella / Saatchi. His LBC comments were incoherent and ill thought out. But let’s keep some proportion
  My take on Nick’s Nigella / Saatchi comments > Incoherent and ill thought out. But let’s keep some proportion http://bit.ly/19UBLtD
• If only Russell Brand could use his cleverness for more than humiliation | Sarah Ditum | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
  Sarah Ditum on Russell Brand (who, if he weren’t a lefty, his casual sexism would get him a load more flak) http://bit.ly/17YV6t2
• The state won't protect our children from porn – education is the answer | Suzanne Moore | Comment is free | The Guardian
  The state won’t protect our children from porn – education is the answer < Sensible stuff from Suzanne Moore http://bit.ly/17YTKhI
• John Kay – Don’t blame the havens – tax dodging is everyone else’s fault
  John Kay: corp tax = “a tax on corporate activity + shareholders…it’s not well designed to achieve either purpose” http://bit.ly/1bX7RBF
• Journalism through the Prism, darkly | Tim Black| spiked
  Alternative take on Guardian’s Prism scoop from Spiked > Journalism through the Prism, darkly | Tim Black http://bit.ly/17nwWsA
• Oh boy! There was nothing wrong with fiscal policy under Labour, says top economics prof – Telegraph Blogs
  .@JeremyWarnerUK is good on Suimon Wren-Lewis’s slightly odd recent defence of Lab Govt’s fiscal policies http://bit.ly/11LQWMx
• Gove Letter
  Dislike/enjoy Gove’s ad hom stuff as you wish, but his letter to Twigg does ask some decent questions http://bit.ly/17mPzNo