My must-reads this week October 31, 2014
by Stephen Tall on October 31, 2014
Here’s some of the articles that have caught my attention this week…
- The Conservative Party becomes a broad coalition again – or it dies | Conservative Home
Here’s Tim @montie on rebuilding a Tory coalition and disagreeing with Matthew Parris http://bit.ly/1xDaCUp
- The Tower of London poppies are fake, trite and inward-looking – a Ukip-style memorial | Art and design | The Guardian
The hand-wringing lefty miserabilism of The Guardian is getting beyond parody http://bit.ly/135eeFA
- How much does an Oxbridge undergraduate really cost? | Nick Hillman | Education | The Guardian
“How much does an Oxbridge u/grad cost?” Fair Q. I once wrote Oxford’s financial case for support but I don’t know A. http://bit.ly/1tEC9qJ
- Tony Benn – the new face of the Tories | Steve Richards | Comment is free | The Guardian
Steve Richards on the rise of ungovernable Bennism among Tory MPs http://bit.ly/1wEEbIy
- What might a full realignment of the parties look like? | Conservative Home
V interesting from @peterfranklin_ on political fragmentation > What might a full realignment of parties look like? http://bit.ly/1swjC9q
- Stephen Tall: thought provoking, rather than completely right
Latest entry in “Write my epitaph” comp via @MarkPack: “Stephen Tall: thought provoking rather than completely right” http://bit.ly/1zcj7Ki
- Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #395
Ahem in at #1 > Top of the Blogs: The Lib Dem Golden Dozen #395 http://bit.ly/1zwvBxv
- Charlie Elphicke MP: Smash the hate-tweeting trolls | Conservative Home
Meanwhile a Tory MP wants to abolish the right to online anonymity http://bit.ly/1nHtCkJ
- Silencing extreme views, even if they are those of internet trolls, is wrong | Nick Cohen | Comment is free | The Observer
Nick Cohen sticking up for free speech > “Silencing extreme views even if they are those of internet trolls is wrong” http://bit.ly/1yCQliT
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