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a media service provided by New Statesman A digest of all today’s essential comment and opinion TODAY'S SUMMARY Could Cameron shift the blame for cuts? 15 September 2010 In the Guardian, Simon Jenkins argues that David Cameron should shift the blame for cuts downwards by giving councils more power over public spending and local services. Elsewhere, in the Times, Roy Hattersley says that Nick Clegg should remember the fate of David Lloyd George, whose reputation was ruined by his decision convert the 1916 coalition of national necessity into the 1918 coalition of expediency. Meanwhile, in the Daily Telegraph, Simon Heffer writes that the RAF should be reduced in order to protect the Navy and the Army from dangerous and "insane" cuts. In international politics, the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson says that Newt Gingrich's increasingly wild outbursts reveal his belief in a clash of civilisations. Finally, in the Independent, Mark Steel says that the coalition's distaste for the state reflects its Ryanair-style philosophy. 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.