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Friday, March 04, 2011
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Book list (ideal for reading)
* The Story of Stuff
Annie Leonard and co. (review)
* The Life and Legend of Mithradates
Adrienne Mayor (review)
* Delusions of Gender Cordelia Fine (review)
* 97 Almost-Legal Ways To Stick It To The Man Rich Fulcher (review)
* Jilted Generation
Ed Howker and Shiv Malik
* The Spirit Level Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
* Coming to England
Floella Benjamin (review)
* Why Vote Green Shahrar Ali (review)
* One Dimensional Woman Nina Power (launch)
* Crap at the Environment
Mark Watson (review)
* Prosperity without Growth
Tim Jackson (post)
* Zombie Capitalism Chris Harman (my obit)
* A History of British Serial Killing
David Wilson (post)
* A Citizens' Income
Clive Lord (post)
* Whores in History
Nickie Roberts
Annie Leonard and co. (review)* The Life and Legend of Mithradates
Adrienne Mayor (review)* Delusions of Gender Cordelia Fine (review)
* 97 Almost-Legal Ways To Stick It To The Man Rich Fulcher (review)
* Jilted Generation
Ed Howker and Shiv Malik* The Spirit Level Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
* Coming to England
Floella Benjamin (review)* Why Vote Green Shahrar Ali (review)
* One Dimensional Woman Nina Power (launch)
* Crap at the Environment
Mark Watson (review)* Prosperity without Growth
Tim Jackson (post)* Zombie Capitalism Chris Harman (my obit)
* A History of British Serial Killing
David Wilson (post)* A Citizens' Income
Clive Lord (post)* Whores in History
Nickie Roberts
4 comments:
Time for change on Thursday...
The Libs and Tories were hammered, but it wasn't a particularly brilliant result for Labour, only half what they got in 1997.
Here's my take on the result: http://riversstream.blogspot.com/2011/03/barnsley-central-by-election-bad-result.html
The other big story is that turnout was only around 37%...
I know we've debated this before, but what "alternative" to the cuts were the electors of Barnsley Central offered. Disaffected voters on the right clearly switched to UKIP and to a lesser degree the BNP. As it stood Labour had a very easy ride, there was no left alternative. Yes I know that Barnsley would not be described as fertile territory for the Green Party etc. Just left feeling that the alternative to cuts in the public sector was not made.
I suppose the Lib Dems got it right in one sense - the Conservatives were third in Barnsley.
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