The Great Squeeze | David Attenborough interview | Laurie Penny: our foul appetite for anorexia chic

Weekly Online Newsletter 6 January 2011 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, we explain why the real economic pain has only just begun. In a special report, Gavin Kelly, the chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, warns that Britain will suffer a "prolonged squeeze" as prices rise, wages fall and taxes increase. The result, he concludes, will be "growth without gain". Elsewhere, Andrew Brown says that Sweden only looks like a socialist utopia to those who've never lived there. In reality, social democracy has faltered, the economy has dived and tolerance of foreigners has vanished. Also this week, Sophie Elmhirst talks to David Attenborough, who calls for the BBC to have its "sails trimmed", Neil Clark reports from Belarus in the wake of the presidential election and Jon Bernstein meets New Zealand's former prime minister, Helen Clark. In politics, Mehdi Hasan says that the issue of control orders has the potential to split and realign all three parties, David Blanchflower explains why David Cameron still needs to have a plan B at the ready and Laurie Penny condemns our four appetite for anorexia chic. The issue is on sale now, or you can subscribe through the website. Get a FREE copy of Alwyn Turner's Crisis? What Crisis?: Britain in the 1970's when you start your 12 week trial subscription today for just £12. The five most read blogs The conviction of Michael Thompson | David Allen Green A bad start to 2011 for Nick Clegg | George Eaton Is it all over for the Lib Dems in Oldham? | George Eaton Facebook fact and fiction | Sophie Monks Kaufman "Why do they pick on us Pakistanis?" | Mehdi Hasan Features Weekly Briefing Regulars Leader: Prove to us that Labour is the alternative, Mr Miliband Miliband must offer a vision of the kind of society and economy he would wish to create.     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.