Tariq Ramadan on the Muslim Brotherhood | Murdoch's long goodbye | Laurie Penny: the horror of vajazzling

Weekly Online Newsletter 3 February 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, as despots come under threat across the Middle East, we look at the implications for the region and ask if radical Islam will fill the vacuum. The Islamic philosopher Tariq Ramadan says the Muslim Brotherhood is playing the long game and that no one can tell which faction will emerge in a dominant position. Elsewhere, Maajid Nawaz, the co-founder of the Quilliam Foundation, argues that a takeover by the Brotherhood is not only undesirable but unlikely, Mehdi Hasan says the neocons can take no credit for the Egyptian revolution and Lana Asfour reports from Tunis, the city where it all began. Also this week, Tim Montgomerie says that David Cameron must do much more to raise his party's morale, David Blanchflower explains what the Prime Minister can learn from the Charge of the Light Brigade and Laurie Penny examines the new celebrity craze for "vajazzling". All this, plus Peter Wilby on Murdoch's long goodbye, Alex Preston on why the traders are still smiling and an interview with former death row inmate Wilbert Rideau. The issue is on sale now, or you can subscribe through the website. Get a FREE copy of Eric Hobsbawm's How to change the world: Tales of Marx and Marxism when you start your annual subscription today for just £82. The five most read blogs Leaked Labour email: lay off Murdoch | Dan Hodges In defence of the "C" word | Laurie Penny How on earth can lefties like football? | Helen Lewis-Hasteley Paxman bashes BBC bosses in email | Duncan Robinson My war with Frankie Boyle | Mark Watson Regulars Leader: A taxing problem, alternative thinking required The coalition's neglect of the "squeezed middle" presents opportunities for Labour. Arts & Culture The Fighter (15) By Ryan Gilbey The Fighter is a boxing film that packs a punch outside of the ring.     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.