The great property swindle | Laurie Penny on John Galliano | Natasha Walter: the forgotten women

Weekly Online Newsletter 3 March 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, Kevin Cahill explores why our houses are the smallest and most expensive in Europe. In a special investigation, he demolishes the myth that land is scarce in Britain, and reveals how landowners are paid to keep it off the market. Elsewhere, Mehdi Hasan says Ed Miliband should follow Ronald Reagan's lead on living standards, David Blanchflower looks at the economics of natural disasters, Alice Miles asks if we should be obliged to rescue British "citizens" in Libya, and Alex Preston explains why Qatar has its sights on Britain's banks.. Also this week, Slavoj Žižek says a binational state remains the simplest solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Sophie Elmhirst explores the fate of Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old accused of leaking US secrets to WikiLeaks, Tony Blair's former chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, reviews Donald Rumsfeld's "mean-spirited" memoir, and novelist Natasha Walter looks at the plight of women who seek refuge in Britain. All this, plus Rachel Cooke's take on Jamie's Dream School, Kevin Maguire's Commons Confidential, and Laurie Penny on why the problem with racism and sexism in fashion goes far beyond John Galliano. The issue is on sale now, or you can subscribe through the website. Get a FREE copy of John Gray's The Immortalization Commission: Science and the Strange Quest to Cheat Death when you start your annual subscription today for just £82. The five most read blogs Is it crass to compare the protests in London, Cairo and Wisconsin? | Laurie Penny The Tories' shameful attack on trade unionism | Denis MacShane PMQs review: Cameron comes unstuck on Sure Start | George Eaton Suze Rotolo, 1943-2011 | Anna Winter Morning Call: pick of the papers Regulars Leader: The west needs a grand plan to pay its debt to the Arab world A multilateral fund should be deployed to support economic development and civil society. Arts & Culture Archipelago (15) By Ryan Gilbey An impressive understated portrait of a conflicted family holiday.     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.