A trio of tweets I wouldn’t have predicted to be on the receiving end this weekend… First, John Prescott re-tweets one of the most predictable jokes I’ve ever cracked: .@mrjohnofarrell I see Maria Hutchings getting mobbed on the streets of (…)

It’s Sunday lunchtime, so here are a baker’s dozen of thought-provoking articles to stimulate your thinking juices culled from all those I’ve linked to this last week. You can follow me on Delicious here. The lesson from Poundland: work pays – Tim Harford looks at the workfare which didn’t work and the workfare which did […]

Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest… Are the Republicans Beyond Saving? by Elizabeth Drew | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books Question to which answer may just be yes > ‘Are the Republicans Beyond Saving?’ | (…)

Nick’s latest weekly missive focuses on two places: his visits as party leader to the Lib Dem by-election campaign in Eastleigh, and his visit as Deputy Prime Minister to Mozambique and Ethiopia to focus on ‘the three Ts’ – tax, transparency and trade. Here’s his letter in full… Like so many of you, I’ve been […]