Stephen Tall

Here’s some of the articles that have caught my attention in the past couple of days…

• Disgruntled Radical: Update on Theresa's Law and how Liberal Democrat MPs voted
  Good news: 7 Lib Dem MPs voted the liberal way on the Immigration Bill. Bad news: yeah, just 7 http://bit.ly/1ekM0Zw
• Twitter / suttonnick: Friday's Daily Mirror front …
  Daily Mirror labels them “Tory floods”. Why are they giving the Tories the credit for gay marriage? http://bit.ly/1gv88n8 (ht @suttonnick)
• Everyone likes the idea of equal opportunity. This economist thinks it’s a fantasy.
  Here’s a depressing challenge to social mobility/equal of opportunity believers like me. It’s pretty much impossible: http://wapo.st/1gv77M2
• Toby Fenwick: A challenge to Miliband’s challenger banks | Conservative Home
  “empty rhetoric and unworkable plans” < @CentreForum's Toby Fenwick on Miliband's banking reforms http://bit.ly/1gv6NNi
• Progressive parties should cut National Insurance, not income tax
  If you’re watching #bbcqt & interested in tax tho, read rhis: “Progressive parties should cut NICs not income tax” http://bit.ly/1dbJPCS
• Empty Dave won’t be offering us any ideas | The Times
  More harsh than fair. But brilliantly written. @PCollinsTimes says “Empty Dave won’t be offering us any ideas” http://thetim.es/1fBkoxN
• When educational neuroscience works! The case of reading disability. – Daniel Willingham
  Great last line from @DTWillingham > “I don’t want educators to start abbreviating “brain science” as BS.” http://bit.ly/1bCEIMh
• Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars | The Nation
  The view from the US > Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars | @michelleinbklyn in The Nation http://bit.ly/1bCxKXr
• bit.ly
  In US Republican Senators introduce their own version of Pupil Premium – $2,100 per child in annual federal state aid http://bit.ly/MAou0F