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a media service provided by New Statesman A digest of all today’s essential comment and opinion TODAY'S SUMMARY Blair and Mandelson return to haunt Labour 31 August 2010  In the Guardian, Polly Toynbee says that David Miliband needs to find the independence to tell Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson to end their destructive interventions. Elsewhere, the Financial Times's Gideon Rachman argues that the hatred of Blair has reached absurd levels and that the New Labour years will be remembered as a period of prosperity and optimism. In international politics, the Washington Post's Anne Applebaum says that the US has paid a high price for Iraq as its reputation for effectiveness has eroded. Meanwhile, in Slate, Christopher Hitchens attacks Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally as a vague and undirected expression of white self-pity. Finally, in the Times, Hugo Rifkind explores why a fifth of Americans believe that Barack Obama is a secret Muslim. 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.