My recommended reading for today October 10, 2013
by Stephen Tall on October 10, 2013
Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest…
- BBC News – Public service cuts – did we notice?
> “people who use a particular service are more likely to say it has got better than the general population” http://bbc.in/1cwPHvn
- BBC News – Public service cuts – did we notice?
Striking that ratings higher among service users than gen public > “BBC: Public service cuts – did we notice?” http://bbc.in/1cwPAjn
- Ed Miliband has yet to convince voters he can be PM, poll of polls reveals – UK Politics – UK – The Independent
3 weeks of party conferences. Polls shift… not at all http://ind.pn/1e9v7zm
- The Best Of The Amazing "Penis Beaker" Debate
The pen is mightier than the sword. But the penis beaker, then the sword. http://bit.ly/15VRWq5
- Blairites don't really exist | Steve Richards | Comment is free | The Guardian
Steve Richards damns (unintentionally?) w/ faint praise “part of Blair’s genius was to make the banal seem profound” http://bit.ly/1cwwqdC
- BBC News – Does England have the skills to win in the global economy?
.@Peston: “those who moan that education standards have declined in Britain are correct, according to the OECD” http://bbc.in/1e9iLHi
- Lionel Barber memo to staff on reshaping the newspaper for the digital age | About us | FT.com
Where the FT leads, all papers will follow: “In future our print product will derive from the web, not vice versa” http://on.ft.com/1e9gnQP
- Danny Alexander writes… A good home should not be a luxury for the few, but an achievable aspiration for the many
I asked earlier if any other Lib Dems agreed with Danny Alexander on Help to Buy. Turns out Danny still does http://bit.ly/GNcFkZ
- BBC News – Badgers 'moved goalposts' says minister Owen Paterson
Quote of the year from Owen Paterson: “The badgers moved the goalposts” Video at http://bbc.in/GO4eoF
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