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The Guardian has a piece that examines a new trend in the Labour party to attempt to 'outflank the Lib-Cons from the right, and so satisfy the proles'. They are attempting to do so by talking about immigration in terms designed to win back white skilled workers who have deserted them. The author singles the Miliband brothers out for largely avoiding this, but adds that particularly worrying was Margaret Hodge's victory over the BNP in Barking, which was achieved by suggesting that she would somehow be "putting "indigenous" people ahead of new arrivals in the queue for public services."
The same newspaper also published a leader this week calling for Israel to 'come clean' about its nuclear holdings in light of the news that transpired a few days ago that it may have been involved in selling nuclear weapons to South Africa.
The Times has an interesting profile of the hawkish, Eurosceptic new Defence Secretary Liam Fox and his recent trip to Helmand province in Afghanistan with Foreign Secretary William Hague.
In a field of young(ish) male candidates, all looking to the future and seeking to disassociate themselves from the baggage of New Labour, Diane Abbott stands for a different route in a number of ways. It's a route that many members of the public would like the party to pursue (she came out top in a recent poll of the leadership contestants), though given that she has yet to chalk up a single nomination from her MP colleagues, it would appear that they don't agree. She laid out her vision for a return to old Labour values in The Independent. In a final piece in a Guardian heavy week the former editor of The Jewish Chronicle reports on the common belief amongst Afghan people, including many of the most intellectual sections of society, that far from being an enemy to the Taliban, the United States are in fact financing them in order to maintain influence on the region.
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Labour blogger Hopisen welcomes Oona King's decision to stand to be the Labour candidate for the Mayor of London. She was the Labour candidate who lost to George Galloway in Bethnal Green and Bow's bitterly contested seat in 2005. The prize at stake for the victor of the mayoral election: Incumbency during the 2012 Olympics. Right-wing columnist Melanie Phillips has recently released a book called God, Truth and Power, a scathing review of which we linked to in last week's opinion roundup. She presents her side in a talk she gave about the book at the American Enterprise Institute. The review we mentioned last week can be found here.
Foreign Policy Watch, a blog about international affairs and diplomatic strategy, examines how relevant the Israel-Palestine situation is to US foreign policy interests. Douglas Carswell MP has a question tabled at Prime Minister's Questions next week. It will be the first ever asked to David Cameron as Prime Minister. He has asked for suggestions from the public on his blog.
Picking up on the same topic as the Guardian piece in the first section does, Pickled Politics, a left leaning political blog, asks the question 'What is the progressive narrative on immigration?'.
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Writing in the Washington Post, Asma T. Uddin, editor of Altmuslimah.com, picks up on the Facebook banning controversy in Pakistan, arguing that it 'protects the violent'. She also has a piece on CNN's 'Belief' blog arguing that most victims of Muslim religious persecution, are, in fact, other Muslims.
The New York Times magazine has an interview with the controversial film maker Ayaan Hirsi Ali. The Jerusalem Post has an interesting analysis of Iran's nuclear deal with Turkey and Brazil. It welcomes it, but suggests that it is missing key elements that will persuade the international community that Iran has the right intentions.
The News, a leading newspaper in Pakistan, has an opinion piece discussing the problems and successes of madressahs and some of the alternatives available. Twitter Top Trends
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#DuncanSmith Iain Duncan-Smith's journey from political laughing stock during his Tory leadership, and his 'quiet man' days, to expert on social justice and member of the Cameron front bench is remarkable. Despite this, many of the tweets about him strike a mocking note.
#cpbill The Irish parliament is voting on a bill to introduce civil partnerships to the country.
#oilspill The oil spill on the US Gulf Coast is unsurprisingly a global Twitter trend. The latest news is that the technique of pumping mud into the hole seems to be succeeding.
#dunkirk London was tweeting about the 70th anniversary of the escape of the British Army from Northern France in a fleet made up of navy, commercial and personal ships. Follow Unitas Communications on Twitter by clicking here.
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The best opinion pieces from the websites of the national press.
The Guardian has a piece that examines a new trend in the Labour party to attempt to 'outflank the Lib-Cons from the right, and so satisfy the proles'. They are attempting to do so by talking about immigration in terms designed to win back white skilled workers who have deserted them. The author singles the Miliband brothers out for largely avoiding this, but adds that particularly worrying was Margaret Hodge's victory over the BNP in Barking, which was achieved by suggesting that she would somehow be "putting "indigenous" people ahead of new arrivals in the queue for public services."
The same newspaper also published a leader this week calling for Israel to 'come clean' about its nuclear holdings in light of the news that transpired a few days ago that it may have been involved in selling nuclear weapons to South Africa.
The Times has an interesting profile of the hawkish, Eurosceptic new Defence Secretary Liam Fox and his recent trip to Helmand province in Afghanistan with Foreign Secretary William Hague.
In a field of young(ish) male candidates, all looking to the future and seeking to disassociate themselves from the baggage of New Labour, Diane Abbott stands for a different route in a number of ways. It's a route that many members of the public would like the party to pursue (she came out top in a recent poll of the leadership contestants), though given that she has yet to chalk up a single nomination from her MP colleagues, it would appear that they don't agree. She laid out her vision for a return to old Labour values in The Independent. In a final piece in a Guardian heavy week the former editor of The Jewish Chronicle reports on the common belief amongst Afghan people, including many of the most intellectual sections of society, that far from being an enemy to the Taliban, the United States are in fact financing them in order to maintain influence on the region.
The Best of the Blogs
The finest from the politcal blogosphere.
Labour blogger Hopisen welcomes Oona King's decision to stand to be the Labour candidate for the Mayor of London. She was the Labour candidate who lost to George Galloway in Bethnal Green and Bow's bitterly contested seat in 2005. The prize at stake for the victor of the mayoral election: Incumbency during the 2012 Olympics. Right-wing columnist Melanie Phillips has recently released a book called God, Truth and Power, a scathing review of which we linked to in last week's opinion roundup. She presents her side in a talk she gave about the book at the American Enterprise Institute. The review we mentioned last week can be found here.
Foreign Policy Watch, a blog about international affairs and diplomatic strategy, examines how relevant the Israel-Palestine situation is to US foreign policy interests. Douglas Carswell MP has a question tabled at Prime Minister's Questions next week. It will be the first ever asked to David Cameron as Prime Minister. He has asked for suggestions from the public on his blog.
Picking up on the same topic as the Guardian piece in the first section does, Pickled Politics, a left leaning political blog, asks the question 'What is the progressive narrative on immigration?'.
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The best opinion pieces from news sources around the world.
Writing in the Washington Post, Asma T. Uddin, editor of Altmuslimah.com, picks up on the Facebook banning controversy in Pakistan, arguing that it 'protects the violent'. She also has a piece on CNN's 'Belief' blog arguing that most victims of Muslim religious persecution, are, in fact, other Muslims.
The New York Times magazine has an interview with the controversial film maker Ayaan Hirsi Ali. The Jerusalem Post has an interesting analysis of Iran's nuclear deal with Turkey and Brazil. It welcomes it, but suggests that it is missing key elements that will persuade the international community that Iran has the right intentions.
The News, a leading newspaper in Pakistan, has an opinion piece discussing the problems and successes of madressahs and some of the alternatives available. Twitter Top Trends
We bring you the top relevant Twitter trends of the week from the UK and elsewhere.
#DuncanSmith Iain Duncan-Smith's journey from political laughing stock during his Tory leadership, and his 'quiet man' days, to expert on social justice and member of the Cameron front bench is remarkable. Despite this, many of the tweets about him strike a mocking note.
#cpbill The Irish parliament is voting on a bill to introduce civil partnerships to the country.
#oilspill The oil spill on the US Gulf Coast is unsurprisingly a global Twitter trend. The latest news is that the technique of pumping mud into the hole seems to be succeeding.
#dunkirk London was tweeting about the 70th anniversary of the escape of the British Army from Northern France in a fleet made up of navy, commercial and personal ships. Follow Unitas Communications on Twitter by clicking here.
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Labour will be a responsible opposition – Harman
Harriet Harman MP, Acting-Leader of the Opposition, today said in response to the Queen’s Speech that Labour will be a responsible opposition – determined to prevent unfairness, speaking up for the public services that matter, and vigilant to protect jobs and the economy.Harriet Harman said:“We will be an effective opposition. We will not oppose for the sake of it. That’s not what the public wants. But, we will not pull our punches. Though we are in opposition, we will be powerful in the public interest.“We will be determined – to prevent unfairness.“We will speak up – for the public services that matter.“We will be vigilant – protecting jobs and businesses.“As the Government acknowledges, their most important domestic task is the economy. The new Government takes over an economy in which recovery is already underway and where Government action has blunted the impact of the recession.“But the recovery cannot be taken for granted. The challenge now for the Government is to embed and secure the economic recovery with new manufacturing and an even greater role for the low carbon sector.“Where the Government takes steps to do that, we will back them. But taking support away from businesses risks slower growth for the future.“We all agree with cutting waste. What the country needs to know is that the Government will do that in a fair way; without damaging frontline services; and without putting future growth at risk.“And the country will want to see that it is not they who are left bearing the cost of holding the coalition together. Before the election, the leader of the Tory party – now the Prime Minister was telling us all that the Lib Dems’ promises were simply unaffordable.“At the very same time the Lib Dem leader, now his deputy, warned that the Tories’ tax and spending promises could only be paid for by increasing VAT or cutting frontline services.“It's the combination of the two of them that worries me.”
Harriet Harman MP, Acting-Leader of the Opposition, today said in response to the Queen’s Speech that Labour will be a responsible opposition – determined to prevent unfairness, speaking up for the public services that matter, and vigilant to protect jobs and the economy.Harriet Harman said:“We will be an effective opposition. We will not oppose for the sake of it. That’s not what the public wants. But, we will not pull our punches. Though we are in opposition, we will be powerful in the public interest.“We will be determined – to prevent unfairness.“We will speak up – for the public services that matter.“We will be vigilant – protecting jobs and businesses.“As the Government acknowledges, their most important domestic task is the economy. The new Government takes over an economy in which recovery is already underway and where Government action has blunted the impact of the recession.“But the recovery cannot be taken for granted. The challenge now for the Government is to embed and secure the economic recovery with new manufacturing and an even greater role for the low carbon sector.“Where the Government takes steps to do that, we will back them. But taking support away from businesses risks slower growth for the future.“We all agree with cutting waste. What the country needs to know is that the Government will do that in a fair way; without damaging frontline services; and without putting future growth at risk.“And the country will want to see that it is not they who are left bearing the cost of holding the coalition together. Before the election, the leader of the Tory party – now the Prime Minister was telling us all that the Lib Dems’ promises were simply unaffordable.“At the very same time the Lib Dem leader, now his deputy, warned that the Tories’ tax and spending promises could only be paid for by increasing VAT or cutting frontline services.“It's the combination of the two of them that worries me.”
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