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  1. Michael Gove: failing the test | Editorial - The new CSE would predominantly be a certificate of the north and the p... ow.ly/1kLkUL
  2. By @pollytoynbee > Housing is hanging off its hinges. Could Labour fix it? | Polly Toynbee gu.com/p/38fp8/tf
  3. By @simonjenkins4 > These tax scams are all legal – that's morally repugnant | Simon Jenkins gu.com/p/38fpf/tf
  4. This flurry of memorials discourages deeper analysis of the cost of war | Richard Gott gu.com/p/38ff4/tw #BomberCommand
  5. Ai Weiwei writes one uear on from his release from detention gu.com/p/38fed/tw
  6. Scrapping GCSEs will hurt yet another generation of children, by Martin Belam (@currybet) gu.com/p/38fdj/tw
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  8. Housing benefit is out of control, but there is an alternative | Nick Pearce gu.com/p/38f2e/tw
  9. Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat: 'They broke my hands to stop me drawing Assad' - amazing video gu.com/p/38ek5/tw
  10. In praise of … the weave | Editorial - After Wayne Rooney's header gave England victory, it had to be weaves or the ... ow.ly/1kJqOE
  11. By @martinkettle > Police reform: the Tories are in the right place at the wrong time | Martin Kettle gu.com/p/38f32/tf
  12. By @zoesqwilliams > Public sector outsourcing: finally, an unfairness we can do something about | Zoe Williams gu.com/p/38emf/tf
  13. By @fromTGA > The four lives of Aung San Suu Kyi | Timothy Garton Ash gu.com/p/38f3e/tf
  14. Must read: The Jerry Sandusky trial and child sexual abuse's walking-wounded | Ellen Magnis gu.com/p/38end/tw
  15. Assange's refuge in Ecuador's embassy doesn't exempt him from UK law | Matthew Happold gu.com/p/38ekg/tw
  16. Vince Cable's pay reforms are only a first step | Deborah Hargreaves gu.com/p/38etq/tw
  17. @Geraint_Smith Sorry, what?