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a media service provided by New Statesman A digest of all today’s essential comment and opinion TODAY'S SUMMARY Alan Johnson backs a graduate tax 08 December 2010 In the Times, Alan Johnson comes out in support of a graduate tax for the first time and argues that the coalition has unfairly distorted the system he originally introduced. Elsewhere, in the Guardian, Peter Wilby argues that far from deterring the poor, tuition fees are the only way to ensure their participation. In the Daily Telegraph, the former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown says that Nick Clegg's achievement has been to keep his party united as a team, even if they cannot be united in the lobbies. In international politics, the Washington Post's David Ignatius writes that for all China's apparent prosperity and confidence, its leaders are preoccupied with problems of internal growth and political stability. Finally, in the Independent, Johann Hari says that the rape allegations against Julian Assange must not be allowed to obscure what WikiLeaks has told us. 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.