Diane Abbott: not racist | Maurice Glasman on Ed Miliband | Christopher Hitchens: the New Statesman years | Fisting on trial

Weekly Online Newsletter 5 January 2012 HOME EDITOR'S CHOICE FEATURES REGULARS ARTS & BOOKS BLOGS JOBS SUBSCRIBE Editor's Choice Five must-read pieces from the magazine Ed Miliband must trust his instincts and stand up for real change If Ed Miliband is to seize the initiative in 2012, this has to be a year of surprises. By Maurice Glasman Welfare reform? You can't force people into jobs that don't exist There is only so long the Tories can blame the length of the dole queue on the people standing in it. By Rafael Behr All gloom on the growth front There seems scant hope of an economic revival in the year ahead. By Mehdi Hasan Christopher Hitchens: the New Statesman years Friends and colleagues recall how Christopher Hitchens bagged his dream job as a staff writer at the New Statesman, where he learned his craft slowly -- but eventually outstripped them all. By George Eaton No place like home The limits of Roger Scruton's love of the land. By Richard Mabey Five most-popular blogs 10 things you didn't know about Rick Santorum... ...but might like to know in the wake of his Iowa surge. By Mehdi Hasan When Ed called Diane The moment Miliband called Abbott while she was being interviewed live on Sky News. By George Eaton Let's not pretend that Diane Abbott's comments were genuine racism The MP was stupid to refer to "white people", but her tweet has been taken out of context. By Samira Shackle Fisting on trial The obscenity case continues against Michael Peacock. By David Allen Green A lesson on health spending for Rick Santorum The US state spends more on healthcare than the UK. By George Eaton Subscribe! The issue is on sale now, or you can subscribe through the website. Print Edition Special Offer Get a FREE £10 Waterstone's voucher when you start your annual subscription today for just £87. New Statesman Jobs Now recruiting New Statesman Jobs is the job site for intelligent and forward thinking job seekers. Click below to search jobs from our featured employers. Interim senior cateogry manager South East England £275 - £300 per day The key purpose of the role is to support in the development and ownership of the rolling 3 year category vision, drivers and tactics for these categories, and to sell in this vision externally with retail customers, as well as internally to the wider category and customer marketing teams. Recruiter: Computer People Search thousands of top-quality jobs, click here Sign up to New Statesman Jobs Regulars Leader: Labour must be much more imaginative about welfare A commitment to universalism need not imply unconditional support for all universal benefits.   Subscribe 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.