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Weekly Online Newsletter 5 April 2011 Home Editor's Choice Features Regulars Arts & Books Blogs Subscribe   The ten must-read blogs from the last week on newstatesman.com Jemima Khan to guest-edit the New Statesman A free speech special issue featuring contributions from Julian Assange, Oliver Stone, Tony Benn, Tim Robbins, Rory Stewart, Damien Hirst and more. Tory minister: Thatcher only "dreamt of" our cuts Conservative minister Greg Baker admits: "we are making cuts that Thatcher could only have dreamt of". By George Eaton Cut, cut, cut: Alistair Darling versus Greg Barker The inconvenient truth is that Labour also wanted to cut more than Margaret Thatcher. By Mehdi Hasan Farewell to the unloveliest newspaper The Sport and Sunday Sport have gone under, taking their torrent of nipples and made-up crap with them. By Steve Baxter Morning Call: pick of the papers The ten must-read pieces from this morning's papers. The shame is all theirs Nadine Dorries and Frank Field's proposal for pre-abortion counselling is morally untenable. By Laurie Penny NHS reforms: a lesson in how not to do it In assuming that Andrew Lansley had it all in hand, David Cameron and Nick Clegg have taken an enormous risk. By Olly Grender Ed Miliband needs to round up more than the Usual Suspects One disloyal article is unfortunate. Two looks like carelessness. By Dan Hodges Benjamin Zephaniah "removed" from pro-AV pamphlets We've got the proof. By Duncan Robinson The myth of AV and the BNP The No to AV campaign's nonsense continues. By Duncan Robinson Features Syria gets a taste for protest By Lana Asfour After events in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Bahrain, Syrian citizens have finally found a voice against the 40-year, two-generation Assad dictatorship. Regulars Leader: The tax burden should move from earned to unearned income There are strong, principled and pragmatic arguments for higher taxes on property. Arts & Culture SSource Code (12A) By Ryan Gilbey This time-loop movie isn't as clever as it thinks it is.     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.