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a media service provided by New Statesman A digest of all today’s essential comment and opinion TODAY'S SUMMARY Ireland is too nervous to make the banks pay 25 November 2010 It is high time that the banks share some of the pain of Ireland's crisis, says David Wighton in the Times, but the government is too nervous about the impact of such a move. Meanwhile, in the Guardian, Seumas Milne argues that the renewed threat of recession, debt and banking crises in the rest of Europe undermines the government's programme of cuts. In the Independent, Steve Richards says that while most of Michael Gove's schools reforms are welcome, his free schools policy is that of an atomised reactionary. Elsewhere, on his Telegraph blog, Ed West suggests that Conservatives should support the nationalisation of the railways. Finally, in the Washington Post, Jimmy Carter discusses North Korea, where the choice for the US may be between diplomatic niceties and avoiding a catastrophic confrontation. 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.