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• Impact factors declared unfit for duty LSE UK Politics & Policy (Today) - Last week the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment was published. This document aims to address the research community’s problems with evaluating individual outputs, a welcome announcement for those concerned with the mis-use of journal impact... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Book Review: Red by Gary Neville Iain Dale (Today) - I’ve never met Gary Neville. But I’ve never liked him. Until now. His football punditry is excellent, insightful, and he displays a sense of humour we never knew he had. And it’s all present in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Spring Holiday Friday a good day to bury bad news? Major Projects Authority (MPA) commentary on Universal Credit here… Agile Government Blog (Today) - Yesterday the Major Projects Authority (MPA), a unit in the Cabinet Office, released an evaluation of the major projects running in central government.  Political editors of all the broadsheet newspapers were severely critical that such... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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• MEP Evans top of Plaid Cymru list BBC Wales - Politics (Today) - The Plaid Cymru Euro MP Jill Evans retains her party's top slot in its list of candidates to fight the 2014 Euro elections.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• The BBC And The IRS Biased BBC (Today) - The Director of the IRS’s tax-exempt enforcement division, Lois Lerner, has been placed on “administrative leave” after her publicly derided appearance in front of Congress the other day. Reality forces the BBC to report on... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Star, by SeeU John Ward (Today) - Composed by the famous (within Vocaloid fan circles) Dr Yun, this is Star as performed by an excellent shorter-hair model of SeeU, wearing two different shimmering outfits somewhat reminiscent of Automan (who remembers him?) in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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• Surgeries James Wharton MP (Today) - A full day in the office meeting constituents to discuss a wide range of issues from social services to planning and new business start ups.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Restoration work to start on City war memorial Chris White (Today) - Work will begin this month on cleaning and restoring the grade II-listed war memorial in St Peter’s Street, St Albans. The work is being carried out by experts on behalf of St Albans City and District Council and is... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Parking shambles in Bedford and Inkerman Roads Chris White (Today) - Following the repainting, residents have been in touch with us about the fact that the parking bays have not been properly replaced – bluntly there are fewer than there were before. We raised this with... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• How Ed Miliband compares to his predecessors Political Betting (Today) - Now that we’re just a little under two years from the General Election, I thought it might be useful to see how Dave and Ed compare to the predecessors as Prime Minister and Leader of... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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• The Harrogate Agenda: a franchise affair - Part II EU Referendum (Today) - Having promised to write a piece on the Harrogate Agenda each week (usually on Sunday), I thought of making my last piece today's subject. This deals with protest groups throughout Europe, reflecting the growing disillusionment with establishment... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• The Harrogate Agenda: a franchise affair EU Referendum (Today) - In the months following the first meeting of what we have come to call The Harrogate Agenda (THA), I have been careful not to push it too often on the grounds that over-exposure will simply... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• The Harrogate Agenda: a vision of democracy EU Referendum (Today) - My tolerance for fools is a tad limited these days, so it took Boiling Frog to pick up the ultimate stupidity from David Davis in his speech yesterday on the EU, the "money quote" being: "If we do not... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• In Case You Missed It… Michael Greenwell (Today) - Our former guest Robin McAlpine was quite good on the radio over the Farage affair…... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• The Woolwich attack: should the British feel terrorised? Open Democracy (Today) - The fact is the perpetrators want this to be perceived as anact of terrorism. Doing so would put them in a league with the Al Qaedaaficionados they have idealised. In the aftermath of the brutal... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Former Labour MP Jimmy Wray dies BBC Scotland - Politics (Today) - The former Glasgow Provan and Glasgow Baillieston Labour MP Jimmy Wray dies at the age of 78.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Former Labour MP Jimmy Wray dies BBC News - Politics (Today) - The former Glasgow Provan and Glasgow Baillieston Labour MP Jimmy Wray dies at the age of 78.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Mick McManus RIP Liberal Burblings (Today) - It’s not often I blog expressing my pleasant surprise that someone is still alive. In fact, I think I have only done it once when I blogged “Good heavens! Mick McManus is still alive” in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Woolwich and Afghanistan: the connection Our Kingdom (Today) - An understanding of the linkbetween the shocking murder of a young soldier on a London street and "remote-control" attacks by western states is essential. In the London bombings of 7 July 2005 (“7/7”), explosions on... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• The Harrogate Agenda: the people don't decide EU Referendum (Today) - While the EU takes the high ground on Bankers' bonuses, stealing a march on national governments over a populist issue, the Swiss people are exercising their own sovereignty, demanding a new law allowing shareholders to... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• The Harrogate Agenda: a foundation year EU Referendum (Today) - After launching the idea of the Harrogate Agenda last year, with the publication and subsequent approval of our six demands, things on the surface have been quiet – and deliberately so. We are in for the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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• A return to growth may answer some of Labour’s tricky questions Labour Uncut (Today) - by Kevin Meagher Confirmation from the Office of National Statistics that growth was indeed 0.3% in the first three months of this year – avoiding a triple dip recession – is good news for the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Yes to Independence! Yes to a nuclear free Scotland! East Dunbartonshire SSP (Today) - Visit Faslane  Peace CampThe Trident nuclear weapons system is based at Faslane on the Clyde.This June sees the 31st anniversary of the Faslane Peace Camp.The SSP locally are organising a solidarity trip to the Peace... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Are India & China really destined to rivalry? Global Dashboard (Today) - China and India are the two giants of what are called the emerging powers – they are the ’I’ and ‘C’ in the BRICS  – but despite their membership of that grouping, relations between them... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Andy Burnham: Jeremy Hunt Is Playing a Dangerous Game Huffington Post UK Politics Blog (Today) - For political reasons, Jeremy Hunt has turned this whole issue into a crisis of primary care. The trouble is he has a real crisis in A&E that isn't going away - and the measures he... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›

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