Stephen Tall

Here’s some of the articles that have caught my attention this week…

• Obama: 'We are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once too' | US news | The Guardian
  Whole heap of awesome from Obama: ‘We are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once too’ http://bit.ly/1zIF9St
• A Lanson Boy: The truth about why I resigned and the claims being made against me
  Alex Folkes on his resignation from Cornwall’s cabinet. Its Chief Exec has serious questions to answer http://bit.ly/1t8S37B
• bit.ly
  V good from @IsabelHardman: “An opinion is not an irresistible force, it does not hurt you physically.” http://bit.ly/1vszKkn
• d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net
  Feeling pessimistic? Can I suggest, as a first step, stopping supporting Ukip http://bit.ly/1AmP4Ab
• mainly macro: The UK feel good factor
  Here’s why most people are worse off than before the recession http://bit.ly/1vsb4sn by @sjwrenlewis
• Mockingjay, Rochester, and why Mark Reckless is Katniss Everdeen – Telegraph
  “Mark Reckless is Katniss Everdeen” Oh @jameskirkup, how could you? http://bit.ly/1F6pgZ8
• No sign yet of a solution to the shambles within the Tory party – Telegraph
  Gloriously splenetic stuff from Peter Oborne railing against the Tories’ militant Bennites http://bit.ly/1xRpsrC
• Peter Riddell: What would a minority government be like? | Conservative Home
  Essential reading from Peter Riddell: What would a minority government be like? http://bit.ly/1uUydBj
• Immigration: electorate delivers vote of no confidence in all political leaders | UK news | The Guardian
  /SunderSays says: “Politicians on all sides have underestimated the British public when it comes to immigration” http://bit.ly/1xs5giu Yep.