Stephen Tall

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

• www.nytimes.com
  Brilliant from David Brooks on being ‘A Thought Leader’: “his eyes blaze at the echo of the words “breakout session”” http://nyti.ms/1hnNO3H
• Worthing Lib Dem councillor defects to UKIP (From The Argus)
  We-ell tbf our policies and theirs do overlap a lot > “Worthing Lib Dem councillor defects to UKIP” http://bit.ly/1jlljZ8
• Alan Bown's Ukip polling only tells half the story – Telegraph
  Also by @ProfTimBale (busy guy today) good sense re Ukip polling > Alan Bown’s Ukip polling only tells half the story http://bit.ly/1jlkYWe
• Members only: views of the Conservative Party’s rank-and-file | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
  “Most Tory members open to limited immigration, wary of NHS cuts + would sanction another coalition with the LibDems” http://bit.ly/1hnLZns
• The 2015 dilemma | Flip Chart Fairy Tales
  “‘You can have it good, fast or cheap. Pick two.’ A similar dilemma faces the next government.” http://bit.ly/1hnJpOk
• politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Survation defends its methodology against Lord Ashcroft, John Rentoul and YouGov’s Anthony Wells
  Survation sticks up for its polling showing Ukip doing v well in Tory marginals http://bit.ly/1hm0bNO Persuades me.
• Time to overhaul the contemptible farce of PMQs – Telegraph Blogs
  Iain Martin’s quite right abt the “contemptible farce of PMQs” http://bit.ly/J55Ifg Wrong tho not to mention journos’ part in making it so
• David Cameron at PMQs: Politics live blog | Politics | theguardian.com
  Fair PMQs assessment by @AndrewSparrow here http://bit.ly/IV0m6S < why Cam won today's battle but might not win the war.