Fab 5: Tuesday 19 January 2010

Here’s your Fab 5 for today:

  • Former MPC member Danny Blanchflower argues that it should be disbanded in the New Statesman.
  • Meanwhile, James Forsyth on the Spectator’s Coffee House Blog picks up on the latest speech by Bank of England Governer Meryvn King, and its political implications.
  • The Telegraph’s Ben Brogan believes the Legg report on the expenses scandal will cause a pre-election headache for Gordon Brown.
  • On The Guardian’s Comment Is Free, Agnes Poirier wades into the butter-banning debate by pointing out the French eat four times more butter and 60% more fat than Americans, but are on average thinner. Find out how here.
  • Finally, Hopi Sen laments the rise of the Bolicy.