Today’s stories from and about the CPS, as well as some of the most interesting articles seen online.
Top CPS stories
- Nigel Knight blogs on the u-turns of David Cameron’s government and argues Cameron is a Heath character who lacks the ‘gravitas of Macmillan or the sure touch of Baldwin – ‘U-Turn? I want to! – David Cameron’s first 18 months’ http://tiny.cc/zh7ar
- Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne has some more thoughts about the Autumn Statement – ‘Autumn Statement: some more observations’ http://tiny.cc/2q773
- Hugo de Burgh blogs on the cultural bureaucracy in China – ‘China and its Culture Industries’ http://tiny.cc/qbr0e
- CPS Research Fellow Keith Boyfield in Dublin Finance – ‘The eurozone implodes: politicians’ dreams encounter a stark reality check’ http://tiny.cc/qik05
Today’s Top Links
Economy
- George Osborne’s autumn statement speaks to the public mood (Guardian) http://tiny.cc/ytrka
- Public Disservice (Old Holborn) http://tiny.cc/2xyo1
Politics
- Don’t let U.S. bully us over skewed Extradition Act: It’s time for MPs to stand up for British justice (Mail Online) http://tiny.cc/oz5ll
- Christmas Should Be Political, Says Think tank Theos (Huffington Post) http://tiny.cc/ad1md
- Sketch: Ed Miliband’s quest to woo women (The Telegraph) http://tiny.cc/rknp4
- The public overwhelmingly rejects taxpayer funding for political parties (ConHome) http://tiny.cc/hcu0b
- The Government’s economic strategy is failing – Labour must ditch Ed Balls if they are to exploit it (Daniel Knowles, The Telegraph) http://tiny.cc/j9lcb
- Labour’s secret army has turned on Ed Balls. Vive la résistance! (Daniel Hodges, The Telegraph) http://tiny.cc/ocukq
Europe
- Woman takes up MEP post despite not a single vote being cast for her (Mail Online) http://tiny.cc/9o3ox
- Millions were spent preparing UK to join the euro (North East Journal) http://tiny.cc/ukc17
- Ain’t you just proud to be a Conservative? (Roger Helmer, TFA) http://tiny.cc/4m8jb
- Merkel urges euro fiscal union to tackle debt crisis (BBC News) http://tiny.cc/vnb8r
- Unintentionally hilarious EU video celebrates ten years of the ‘success’ of the euro (Dan Hannan MEP, The Telegraph) http://tiny.cc/dzpma
World Politics
- Group calls for Bush arrest (Politico.com) http://tiny.cc/l5yqn
- Setback For Putin As Russian Elections Loom (Sky News) http://tiny.cc/pqluz
- We don’t want to carry out military strike on Iran to end nuclear programme… but might have to, says Israeli foreign minister (Mail Online) http://tiny.cc/ln1nr
- Russia’s elections: Not quite back to the USSR (Harry Cole, The Commentator) http://tiny.cc/k03gp
Technology
- YouTube unveils radical design in bid to be more like TV (Daily Express) http://tiny.cc/hse2o
General
- Young carnivores should be taught the truth (Telegraph) http://tiny.cc/ub0cq
- To Skirt Ban, McDonald’s to Charge for Happy Meal Toys in San Francisco (Time) http://tiny.cc/1b7kg
- Sweetie And Sunshine Prepare For Life In UK (Sky News) http://tiny.cc/cd5uj
- ‘Moment of truth’ approaching in Higgs boson hunt (BBC News) http://tiny.cc/pzd0z
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Date Added: Friday 2nd December 2011
