Stephen Tall

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

• Damian McBride, 40 weeks, 40 days: a time for warriors
  Damian McBride calls on Ed Miliband to recruit Dan Hodges as his ‘wartime consigliere’. I think. http://bit.ly/UgGAZ3
• lordashcroftpolls.com
  Ashcroft poll of 17 Lib Dem held seats and targets. Big Q for me is where the Ukip vote goes http://bit.ly/1lBMu2H
• New Statesman | Tim Farron: Lib Dems must not rule out support for a minority government
  He’s quite right: “Tim Farron: Lib Dems must not rule out support for a minority government” http://bit.ly/1so7zkR
• How qualitative research contributes – Daniel Willingham
  Dan Willingham spot-on about the importance and value of qualitative research (alongside quantitative) http://bit.ly/1iGypuI
• Jeremy Paxman represents the best and worst of the media elite | Media | theguardian.com
  Michael White v good on Paxman’s waxing and waning in the media elite firmament http://bit.ly/1qrTQaC
• The reason voters feel powerless: because it's the truth | Steve Richards | Comment is free | The Guardian
  Steve Richards good on the real disconnect btwn votes and politics http://bit.ly/1qrT5OW Localism part of answer, but only part.
• www.gov.uk
  New report on widening particpation to HE: right choices and good results at GCSE the main/only thing that matters http://bit.ly/1njj3iz
• Half of Labour candidates in marginal seats are Westminster insiders | Society | The Guardian
  I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover people interested in politics often work in politics before bcoming MPs http://bit.ly/1kMO5N2
• Knife crime clampdown wins Commons backing, leaving Lib Dems isolated | UK news | theguardian.com
  Guardian: “Knife crime clampdown wins Commons backing leaving LibDems isolated” http://bit.ly/U9BrlN Remember when it was a liberal paper?