My recommended reading for today March 2, 2014
by Stephen Tall on March 2, 2014
Here’s some of the articles that have caught my attention in the past couple of days…
- Liberal Hero of the Week #61: Ross Kemp | CentreForum Blog
My choice of @CentreForum Liberal Hero this Week? Ross Kemp. Yes, that Ross Kemp. http://bit.ly/MDEo9B
- Why are there so few women on TV? | The Times
Caitlin Moran’s always worth reading but I really don’t buy this male/female binary view of comedy http://thetim.es/Nfr4sW
- Boris should return to the Commons at the next election | Conservative Home
If Cam wins in 2015 “Boris should be appointed Secretary of State for B.I.S.C.U.I.T.S.” says @PaulGoodmanCH: http://bit.ly/Nfpw2l
- Blair welcomes changes to Labour voting structures – FT.com
Here’s an alternative (less sympathetic) view from @PickardJE on how the Miliband reforms strengthen union power http://on.ft.com/OL4XMc
- New Statesman | Ed Miliband's Special Conference speech: the three key themes
Useful (sympathetic) primer from @georgeeaton on Ed Miliband’s Special Conference speech: the three key themes http://bit.ly/OL4fhZ
- This generational smugness about paedophilia is wrong | Jonathan Freedland | Comment is free | The Guardian
Intelligent, as ever, from @Freedland on our paedophilia confusion: http://bit.ly/OKYIba. Youngest age of consent in Europe is 14.
- Apathy in the UK? Understanding the attitudes of non-voters
Biggest single reason non-voters don’t vote? They don’t think their vote’ll make any difference. Mostly they’re right http://bit.ly/1jG73XI
- NCCL paedophilia scandal: Patricia Hewitt's apology blows Harriet Harman's last defence out of the water – Telegraph Blogs
I’m pretty much past caring about Harman / PIE and her failure to apologise. But for the record Dan Hodges is right http://bit.ly/1evU3U5
- A symptom of broken Britain is fixed at last | The Times
Column of the day from @PCollinsTimes: “politics in Britain so much more about appearance than it is about success” http://thetim.es/1evTGc7
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