Linkage for Sunday, 28th April 2013

Yay! "The Trip" is coming back for another series! Coogan and Brydon at their absolute best:

The hidden dangers of legal highs | Society | The Guardian

Transform Drug Policy Foundation Blog: Academic refutes 'soft on cannabis' media claims

Paul Tyma: Why We'll Never Meet Aliens

Wonder if Nick Clegg would like to justify use of secret courts in the case of this man arrested during Atos assessment

Clegg threat to block any further welfare cuts unless Cameron agrees to tax wealthy pensioners’ benefits

Sounds to me like Nigel Farage is just being honest. All parties will have a few candidates they'd "rather not have"

The story behind the MMR scare | Analysis | Society | The Guardian

How vaccine scares respect local cultural boundaries. – Bad Science

We may not feel it, but we'€™ve never been safer – Telegraph Blogs

Heresy Corner: Explaining the peace paradox

No 35% strategy, but a threadbare comfort blanket | Hopi Sen

Like it or not, Anna Soubry has a point on 'girly jobs' and women in power | Sarah Ditum | Comment is free |…

Silly Microsoft, that’s not a Start button | PC Pro blog

Why I, a Labour peer, am supporting a regulated market for NHS competition | Norman Warner | Comment is free |…

How the Snooping Bill could end up dead in the water - sooner or later » Spectator Blogs

The AP Twitter hack hoax exposes the need for 'slow news' | Dan Gillmor | Comment is free | http://t.co/FEQRDVYIym