New poll blow for AV | Is Quran burning a crime? | Tuition fees plan in chaos

Weekly Online Newsletter 19 April 2011 Home Editor's Choice Features Regulars Arts & Books Blogs Subscribe   The ten must-read blogs from the last week on newstatesman.com AV poll shows 16-point lead for the 'no' campaign Support for a 'yes' vote is collapsing, if a new poll is to be believed. By Samira Shackle The coalition's tuition fees plan remains in chaos 70 per cent of universities now plan to charge £9,000-a-year. By George Eaton Morning Call: pick of the papers The ten must-read pieces from this morning's papers If you burn a Quran, yes, you should go to jail To defend actions of this sort on the basis of free speech is to miss the point. By Dan Hodges Why I have joined the Liberal Democrats A good thing to be said for a currently unpopular party. By David Allen Green A reading list for radical thinkers This reading list may not make you happy, but it might just make you brave. By Laurie Penny Mixed metaphors in the AV race Is AV a horse race or a football match? Or is it just whatever the plebs can understand? By Steve Baxter Immigration, immigration, immigration Cameron's speech is lazy, ill-informed and inflammatory. By Mehdi Hasan IMF head sounds alarm bells over fiscal austerity An ever-growing majority of economists oppose Osborne's policies tooth and nail. By David Blanchflower The politics of games - and why there are no virtual romcoms Weasel News, socialism in Fable 3 and the limits of genre -- more from Naomi Alderman and David Varela. By Helen Lewis-Hasteley Introducing New Statesman Jobs For forward thinking, intelligent and discerning professionals. That's you. C.K. Williams: On Being Old Poetry Society Annual Lecture 2011 Influential American poet C.K. Williams, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, makes a special trip to the UK to deliver the Poetry Society Annual Lecture: 'On Being Old'. His lively and provocative lecture is interspersed with dramatic new poems exploring his changing relationship with the great poets of history. Thursday 26 May, 7pm Beveridge Hall, Institute of English Studies, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU Tickets: £12 (£8 concessions) Booking online: http://poetrysociety.org.uk/events/event/1595 For the first time, the event will also be presented in two other UK cities: Newcastle and Liverpool. All details can be found on the Poetry Society website.     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.