Welcome to the Elevator Pitch, where we give a Labour blogger two minutes in an elevator with a Minister or Cabinet Minister of their choice and instructions to keep it in line with the Queensbury Rules. This week Mars Hill's Paul Burgin takes Douglas Alexander on over the "Education for All" initiative.
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What are your policies?
Prem Sikka has a few questions for David Cameron. (0)Creating an insult to intelligence
Melanie Philips is now two for two. (1)Feck! Etc
Ireland is thinking of draconian blasphemy laws. (0)The devil may get the best lines ...
… but what’s the point in having them if the self-described representatives of Heaven don’t appreciate them, laments Tom Harris? (0)Selective moral outrage
With uncharacteristic insight, Melanie Phillips sums up her entire output in a single headline. (0)Financial crisis: Perspective.
Brian Barder offers a response to the main claims about UK government finances. (0)Canada's Quiet Bargain
The benefits of public spending – a calculator. (h/t Clifford) (0)Three Excellent Politicians
Courtesy of Don Paskini at LibCon. (0)On Graphs and Budget Speeches
Duncan has some sound advice for news channels reporting on the budget. (0)Tom Harris on the plumbers
Tom Harris calls time on the recent tendency of howling “smearblog!” at everything up to and including the CBeebies Twitter feed. Read his post here. (0) -
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