Stephen Tall

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

• buff.ly
  Invest in railways, yes – that’s why HS2 should be ditched. Mandelson’s absolutely right on this http://buff.ly/…
• UK Polling Report
  Are you a political journo? Do you tweet about opinion polls? If yes to either/both, please read this post http://buff.ly/1cNPI9V
• No, It's Not Sexist to Describe Women Politicians' Clothes – Molly Ball – The Atlantic
  Interesting reseach via @TomChivers > No, It’s Not Sexist to Describe Women Politicians’ Clothes – Molly Ball http://bit.ly/11XmbJp
• Stephen Tall: Why the yellow and blue pact of mutually assured deferral continues Conservative Home Columnists
  My @ConHome article on the Coalition has got a kinder welcome from readers than I expected http://bit.ly/1cMugBX Gawd bless the Tories.
• Growth of handheld computers hits economic argument for HS2 – FT.com
  Further evidence the case for HS2 just doesn’t stack up: taxpayer costs mounting, public benefits reducing http://on.ft.com/12bqMmK
• Did Labour's social policy programme work? – 07 – 2013 – News archive – News – News and media – Home
  LSE report “Did Lab’s social policy prog work?” is a bit meh http://bit.ly/11X9XjQ More money=more outputs. No real assmnt of quality/VfM.
• Stephen Tall: Why the yellow and blue pact of mutually assured deferral continues Conservative Home Columnists
  My new ConHome column debuts » Why the yellow and blue pact of mutually assured deferral continues http://bit.ly/14K70lr