1. The scramble to announce a charity tax u-turn
Someone decided that the day that Jeremy Hunt appeared at the Leveson inquiry would be a good day to bury bad news, says Kiran Stacey at FT Westminster.
2. George Osborne has locked himself into an austerity cage. Now it threatens to destroy his career
The economy is collapsing, and the Chancellor can't move, even though all rational analysis says he needs to.
3. Krugman savages the austerians with embarrassing ease
Left Foot Forward's Shamik Das posts footage of the economist's Newsnight duel.
4. Is Sinn Fein really a party of the left?
A progressive party is rejecting modest tax increases on wealthy corporations, writes Evan O’Quigley at Liberal Conspiracy.
5. Louise Mensch accidentally accuses Hunt of misleading parliament
Hunt’s suggestion that he should meet with Cable was a clear attempt to lobby someone acting in a quasi-judicial position, notes Political Scrapbook.
