Tom Harris captures the mood on the left… Economic Heavyweight Fight: Keynes vs Hayek at the LSE – ASI Blog It turns out other news is happening this week that doesn’t involve mobile phones. Guido thinks two polls in as many days that have shown half of the country are prepared to leave the EU would normally get more traction. This week the government forced a statutory instrument through Parliament, with the slimmest of majorities, that will see us giving more money through a £9.2 billion increase to the IMF, than we cut in the first round of spending cuts. The public is getting sick of it. A YouGov@Cambridge/PoliticsHome poll poll showed that if there was an in/out referendum tomorrow 50% would vote to leave and just 33% to stay. Remarkably this is almost identical to yesterday’s 49%/25% Angus Reid poll. As Greece continues to burn money, Italy teeters on the brink and Ireland has its credit rating reduced to junk status, the public are finally waking up to the problem. Every cloud…
“…the palpable relief that swept through the left when the identity of the terrorist was made known – a 32-year-old Norwegian christian fundamentalist – was revealing. Here, thank God, was a terrorist we can all hate without equivocation: white, christian and far right-wing. Phew.”
What You Need To Know About Growth Tomorrow – Fraser Nelson
Huhne’s Goodwin Law Obsession – Dan Han
Rebekah Brooks Preggas? – Lord Credo
Can We Return Piers Morgan? – Vanity Fair
Charles Moore Should Read Atlas Shrugged – Douglas Carswell
Why I’m Sceptical About Ed’s Donor – Kevin Maguire
Hari to Be Stripped of Orwell Prize – Mandrake
Sean Hoare the Legend – Marina Hyde
Epic Dickwaddery at the New Statesman – Mat Wardman
Will Lewis Fingered For Leak – Reuters
Coulson and the Vetting – John McTernan
Huhne’s Hitler Faux Pas – ReutersSecond Poll Shows UK Wants Out of EU
Monday, 25 July 2011
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