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a media service provided by New Statesman A digest of all today’s essential comment and opinion TODAY'S SUMMARY Will there ever be a true heir to Blair? 11 August 2010 In the Times, Daniel Finkelstein says the question Tony Blair needs to answer is why Blairism died and argues that not one of the Labour leadership candidates can be termed a Blairite. Elsewhere, in the Guardian, Simon Jenkins excoriates the left for its allegedly feeble response to David Cameron's war on the state. Meanwhile, in the Financial Times, Matthew Taylor examines the "colossal risks" faced by Cameron and says that the coalition will lose all credibility if the spending cuts trigger a double-dip recession. In international politics, the New York Times's Bob Herbert warns that the US government is failing to tackle dangerously high unemployment with the urgency required. Finally, in the Daily Telegraph, Con Coughlin says that Obama's plan to withdraw US troops from Iraq ignores the fact that the civilian population desperately wants them to stay.   CATEGORIES > UK Politics > International Politics > Economics & Business > Security & Defence > Environment > Science & Technology > Culture, Media & Sport > Health, Family & Society > Education > Human Rights, Law, Justice   If you would rather not receive this email, please unsubscribe from the list. CommentPlus is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. ©CommentPlus 2010. You are receiving this newsletter because you are a valued subscriber to New Statesman. Your email address has not been, and will not be, given to third parties.