Interesting Links for 27-11-2014

• UK Health Advice: Take Vitamin D
  (tags: vitaminD health advice )
• HSBC, Goldman Sachs (and others) accused of rigged metals’ prices for years
  (tags: fraud metal business )
• Scotland is making a big change to how property is distributed after death
  (tags: law death property Scotland )
• 7 Reasons 'Assassin's Creed' Is the Least Playable Game Ever
  (tags: epicfail games fraud )
• “Everything is problematic” - how one activist moved away from the radical towards the pragmatic
  (tags: feminism politics activism viaNancyLebov )
• The Strange Log: Documenting the strange poetry of changelogs and patch notes
  (tags: computers programming )
• I had not realised that my entire understanding of the atomic bombing of Japan was wrong
  (tags: Japan nuclearweapons history wwii )
• Next time someone claims that computer games aren't mainstream, show them this...
  (tags: games dancing awesome )
• Single parents singled out by harsh benefits sanctions
  (tags: welfare parents UK )
• Scientists predict green energy revolution after incredible new graphene discoveries
  (tags: graphene power hydrogen )
• Ridley Scott on Exodus: Gods and Kings casting: 'I'm not going to get it financed if my lead actor is Mohammad so-and-so from such-and-such'
  (tags: race movies egypt RidleyScott )
• Let Elsevier Go: The potential savings from cancelling journal subscriptions would cover the Open Access transition.
  (tags: OpenAccess academia publishing )
• Vinyl record sales hit 18-year high (turns out 15% of music is bought with no intention to listen to it)
  (tags: vinyl music )
• English Votes for English Laws to be pushed forward before Christmas. (You didn't like being in a union, did you?)
  (tags: Scotland england politics voting UK )

A stroke of genius by the Conservative Party

1) Agree that Scotland should have control over income tax.

2) Bring in English Votes for English Laws.

Result: No Scottish MP will be able to vote on income tax laws in the rest of the UK ever again.

Admittedly, this would have been more of a coup six months ago, before Labour looked like losing most of its Scottish seats. But still, it's a stroke of genius on behalf of the Conservatives.

Of course, bringing in EVEL means that no Scottish MP can be Prime Minister either. Which means that Scottish Labour are much less likely to be in favour of sticking with a union that they're powerless to influence in major ways.

I'm not sure there's been a more exciting time in British politics in the last fifty years.