My must-reads this week November 7, 2014
by Stephen Tall on November 7, 2014
Here’s some of the articles that have caught my attention this week…
- New Statesman | What's behind the surprising success of raising tuition fees?
/@timwig asks “What’s behind surprising success of raising tuition fees?” New Statesman readers ain’t gonna like it! http://bit.ly/1AwdsQP
- A crisis of trust – and the rise of new political parties | News | The Guardian
Political fragmentation in European/int’l context – v interesting from @AlbertoNardelli: http://bit.ly/1EnM99V (h/t @jamesgraham)
- WATCH: The New John Lewis Christmas Ad | LBC
You can’t really go wrong with penguins and cute kids > WATCH: The New John Lewis Christmas Ad | LBC http://bit.ly/1wz8TBv
- Election 2015: A plea to all politicians – SecEd
“Election 2015: A plea to all politicians” Very good from Chris Husbands on what the parties shd offer re education http://bit.ly/1uzHUWU
- Daily catch-up: can Ed Miliband reverse the polarity of the neutron flow? – Comment – Voices – The Independent
“Blair shd be Jon Pertwee (flamboyant, posh), Tom Baker (longest lasting) or Ecclestone (revived moribund franchise)” http://ind.pn/1xhQxTU
- The discomforts of Douglas Carswell | Conservative Home
/@ wallaceme on the discomforts of Douglas Carswell, as Ukip’s MP tries to give his new party an optimistic sheen http://bit.ly/1xhvQY4
- First World War feminists WIN at satire! – Us Vs Th3m
“Why we oppose votes for men” Feminist satire c.1915 http://bit.ly/1xg2aKT (h/t @Natt)
- FactCheck: Confused about immigration? Read this | The FactCheck Blog | The FactCheck Blog
A good summary from @FactCheck: “Confused about immigration? Read this ” http://bit.ly/1AjDPJP
- Coalition has given us a narrower, angrier Tory party | Rafael Behr | Comment is free | The Guardian
Important pt from Rafael Behr: Lib Dems hv “shunted Tories off liberal terrain” making Tory maj rule much less likely http://bit.ly/1xdkmon
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