Vietnam: the last battle | Mehdi Hasan on the unelected King | David Laws: why we rejected Labour

Weekly Online Newsletter 2 December 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, John Pilger returns to Vietnam, finding that the country's last great battle is keeping at bay the forces that pour trillions into corrupt banks and wars while destroying the means of civilised life. Also this week, we feature Rob Brown's report from Ireland, which has gone from Free State to failed state. Elsewhere, in the politics column, Mehdi Hasan criticises Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, for straying into party politics, while David Blanchflower warns that the banking collapse spreading across Europe might soon be too big a mess for the bail-out fund to clear up. Also, don't miss David Laws on why the Liberal Democrats rejected Labour, a riposte to Andrew Adonis's review of his book last week, Rachel Cooke on what The Battle for Barking reveals, and Neal Lawson and John Harris on the future of centre-left politics. New Subscribers Club Offers: Have you seen this month's amazing offers? Log onto the subscribers area of New Statesman or click here to register for free to begin benefiting from the great discounts available exclusively to New Statesman subscribers. The five most read blogs The student plan to play Miliband against Miliband | Laurie Penny Christopher Hitchens vs. Tony Blair: the full transcript | Jon Bernstein WikiLeaks and the liberal mind | David Allen Green Inside the Whitehall kettle | Laurie Penny The student movement evolves | Laurie Penny Features Weekly Briefing Regulars Leader: In praise of WikiLeaks     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.