New links policy

You may have noticed less links in posts. I've decided as a matter of policy not to link to sites that are subscription only. Where possible I will find a non-subscription site that reports the same news (heads up to 24dash.com, GNN, ePolitix, BBC, Guardian, ruralnet and a whole load of blogs...) and in fact, most everything can be traced back to the original source press release which is a more accurate way of reporting anyway. But sometimes I just don't have time to do this - in which case you've just got to take my word for it that I'm not making stuff up.