links for 2010-09-28

• Big Brother
  "In voting for Ed, the Labour Party is investing in potential as well as current leadership – and has concluded that the Coalition will run (close to) its full 5-year course. If they felt another election were imminent, I suspect they'd have gone for big brother David. But instead, they've conceded that the Coalition is likely to remain intact, and gone for Ed – knowing that he's not yet the finished article, and will take time to grow into the role."
  (tags: edmiliband davidmiliband labour politics)
• British Political Speech
  "British Political Speech, an online archive of British political speech and a place for the discussion, analysis, and critical appreciation of political rhetoric."
  (tags: politics speech)
• Local councils: When public services go private
  "If that is all there is to it, then all the new contracts will rightly be seen as a device to allow the state to contract."
  (tags: suffolk reform localgovernment guardian toread)
• Barnet 'easyCouncil' project lacks proper business plan, audit finds
  (tags: localgovernment reform)
• Disability bodies set to be abolished
  From Disability Now, including a quote from me.
  (tags: ECDPpublicitycoverage personal disability work equality cuts)

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