Linkage for Thursday, 20th September 2012

Our debate on welfare reform is a dismal scandal - Spectator Blogs - Alex Massie on top form

UK government is squatting on 1.67 million unused IPv4 addresses - Not sure about the maths here. Can each individual IP address really be worth nearly $100?

Does Romney seriously think he can spend next 5 weeks running on slogan of “I’m gonna get you suckers”? via @DPJHodges

If Toynbee's rhetoric today was actually true wouldn't we essentially be living in a fascist state? - Polly goes way over the top. I'm not sure she's giving herself any further hyperbole headroom for if we ever have a Tory majority government again.

As much as I agree with Peter Reynolds' comments here, it is surely not the place of the police to make political statements?


And just in case you missed it, here's Kelvin MacKenzie getting a taste of his own doorstepping medicine from Channel 4's Alex Thomson: