Is privacy dead after Giggs? | More bad news for George Osborne

Weekly Online Newsletter 24 May 2011 Home Editor's Choice Features Regulars Arts & Books Blogs Subscribe   The ten must-read blogs from the last week on newstatesman.com The legal consequences of Mr Giggs Is there now any point to privacy law? By David Allen Green Osborne is borrowing more than ever Public borrowing was £10bn in April - the highest figure ever recorded for that month. By George Eaton Ryan Giggs: the front pages The footballer protected by a superinjunction has been named. Here's what the papers had to say. By Samira Shackle Morning Call: pick of the papers The ten must-read pieces from this morning's papers. Guido, me and the smear of anti-Semitism A case study. By Mehdi Hasan What a frightening world it must be if you only read the Daily Express Frightening, but with free baked goods. By Steve Baxter Miliband is a scared man leading a scared party The Labour leader's latest speech was easily the weakest he has delivered. By Dan Hodges Barack's beast beaten by bump The President's car was left stranded for six minutes in Dublin. By Duncan Robinson Why Dawkins disappoints An ever-growing majority of economists oppose Osborne's policies tooth and nail. By David Blanchflower "Stieg Larsson's death was good PR - hopefully I won't follow him in that storyline" An interview with Danish thriller author Jussie Adler-Olsen. By Clare Conway Introducing New Statesman Jobs For forward thinking, intelligent and discerning professionals. That's you. National Poetry Competition Now in its 34th year, the Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition is one of the world's biggest and most prestigious poetry competitions. The judges this year are Colette Bryce, John Glenday and Jackie Kay. Win, and add your name to a roll-call of winners that includes Carol Ann Duffy, Ian Duhig, Philip Gross and Jo Shapcott - and have your work published in the Poetry Society's leading international journal, Poetry Review . The prizes are: £5,000 for the overall winner, £2,000 for the second, £1,000 for the third, with seven commendations of £100. The deadline is 31st October. Enter online or download an entry form at www.poetrysociety.org.uk.     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.