Thatcher’s shadow | Mehdi Hasan: the shame of Phil Woolas | George Bush and the booze

Weekly Online Newsletter 11 November 2010 Home Editor's Choice Features Regulars Arts & Books Blogs Subscribe   Editor's Choice IN THIS WEEK'S NEW STATESMAN... In this week's New Statesman, twenty years after Margaret Thatcher's fall from power, we look at how the Iron Lady's influence lives on. In our lead essay, Labour's former deputy leader, Roy Hattersley, argues that Thatcher's legacy was maintained by Tony Blair, who never challenged her belief in the ultimate efficiency of the market. Elsewhere, Norman Lamont says that a more "reasonable" prime minister would never have achieved what she did, Geoffrey Howe recalls his dramatic resignation as deputy prime minister and John Sergeant describes the "handbagging" he received from Thatcher in 1990. Also this week, Mehdi Hasan says that Labour should have reacted much earlier to Phil Woolas's BNP-style electioneering, David Blanchflower dispels the myth that the unemployed are simply lazy and Peter Wilby explains why George W Bush should have stayed on the booze. All this plus, Ryan Gilbey's verdict on the latest horror films, Kevin Maguire's Commons Confidential and Sigrid Rausing on why we should be a little less liberal when it comes to pornography. The issue is on sale now, or you can subscribe through the website. Get a FREE copy of Steve Bell's If ... Bursts Out when you start your annual subscription today for just £82. The five most read blogs The 15 best slogans from today's student rally | Laurie Penny Demonstrators smash windows and break into Millbank Tower | Rob Higson & Duncan Robinson Aversion therapy for the poor | Laurie Penny Poppy Day is the opium of the people | Laurie Penny James Purnell: I could have been Iain Duncan Smith | George Eaton Features Weekly Briefing Regulars Leader: A new welfare plan rings hollow when there are no jobs There are no jobs for many of the unemployed, nor will there be in the years to come. Toper Bush, Comrade Crick and China By Peter Wilby Why Bush should have stayed on the booze. Arts & Culture Giles and Sue Live the Good Life By Rachel Cooke There is a world beyond consumerism.     This Week's Issue Kindly note that if you receive this e-mail your e-mail address is being held by us for the purpose of communicating with you on New Statesman related matters. If you do not wish us to e-mail you, please unsubscribe from this list. New Statesman Limited is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. © New Statesman Ltd. 2009. The above information may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this email please destroy it. As Internet communications are not secure please note that the New Statesman does not accept legal responsibility for the content of this email message.