My must-reads this week December 5, 2014
by Stephen Tall on December 5, 2014
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
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