Stephen Tall

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

• Padraig Reidy: Who can speak and who must be silent? – Index on Censorship | Index on Censorship
  Why free speech matters by @mePadraigReidy > “What if you woke up one day, the world had tilted 180 degrees” http://bit.ly/1yj3iBx
• Deficit reduction plan disappears into La La Land | Flip Chart Fairy Tales
  Shh, @FlipChartRick. Election first, candour later > Deficit reduction plan disappears into La La Land http://bit.ly/1pXF7FN
• BuzzFeed UK appoints new senior writer, plans to expand with 'beat structure' | Media news
  There’s soon going to be no-one left at the Telegraph worth reading. Just waiting for Dan Hodges to defect to Spiked. http://bit.ly/1pXxsY8
• Letting go of the Westminster comfort blanket | LabourList
  Very thoughtful from John Denham @LabourList: “Our old unionist structures are the past.” http://bit.ly/1pS2XTp
• Gordon Brown: a man consumed by politics | The Times
  I think this Gordon Brown anecdote is one to chalk up to ‘You had to be there at the time’ http://thetim.es/1FN4AFG
• George Osborne the urban liberal knows the real battle is in his own party | Rafael Behr | Comment is free | The Guardian
  Subtle and excellent from @rafaelbehr on Osborne & the coming battle btwn forces of closed reaction & open engagement http://bit.ly/1CEeWcX
• Summer-born children suffer at school – but this can be solved
  “Summer-born children suffer at school but this can be solved” (A: routinely age-standardise all assessment results) http://bit.ly/1pNeLGl
• Stephen Tall: A spectre haunts the Lib Dems. Actually, scratch that. At least five spectres haunt the Lib Dems. | Conservative Home
  Me @ConHome: A spectre haunts the Lib Dems. Actually, scratch that. At least five spectres haunt the Lib Dems. http://bit.ly/1B8umo2
• Theresa May abandons target to reduce migration – Telegraph
  Ingenious stuff from James Kirkup: “What Cameron should have said on immigration” Make sure you read to final para http://bit.ly/1pJvRoF