Stephen Tall

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

• Why a year of little change felt like one of sustained crisis | Rafael Behr | Comment is free | The Guardian
  Brilliant as ever from Rafael Behr: “The paradoxical instability of British politics in 2014: standing still faster.” http://bit.ly/1CCQQy9
• BBC News – Victorian Strangeness: Four Christmas incidents
  Tales of festive terrorism, murder, violence and first-degree burns, all told with a jaunty tone. You’re welcome http://bbc.in/1vaZ2wZ
• Lords a leaping: how some in the upper house jump ahead of defecting MPs
  Canny seasonal headline > Lords a leaping: how some in the upper house jump ahead of defecting MPs http://bit.ly/16NwB3L
• Alex Folkes Support Fund
  Seeking Justice for Alex Folkes http://bit.ly/1v9XqDE (If you know Cornwall Council’s ChEx, word ‘justice’ may need explaining to him)
• Murphy Proves Not To Be A Magic Bullet For Labour – What Scotland Thinks
  John Curtice on the mountain facing Jim Murphy and Scottish Labour http://bit.ly/16JptWb
• BBC News – The next Parliament: Coalition 2.0 or confidence and supply?
  Balanced assessment > BBC News – The next Parliament: Coalition 2.0 or confidence and supply? http://bbc.in/1xEBaZA
• YouGov | The moment the Tories won the 2015 election
  Peter Kellner compelling on “The moment the Tories won the 2015 election” http://bit.ly/1AP9hvA Hint: involves supporting AV
• Overrated: Russell Brand | Standpoint
  Nick Cohen being brilliant: http://bit.ly/1xazcAn Ostensibly abt Russell Brand but mostly abt lazy news journalism
• Lord Ashcroft: Eight things we learned from my polling in 2014 | Conservative Home
  Lord Ashcroft’s despair at the Tories for continuing to bang on about Europe and immigration is palpable http://bit.ly/1xayAL8