Legal myths about Assange’s extradition | Cable v Osborne | What is Vladimir Putin up to?

Weekly Online Newsletter 21 Aug 2012 HOME EDITOR'S CHOICE ECONOMICS POLITICS CULTURE BLOGS JOBS SUBSCRIBE If you were forwarded this by a colleague please click here to subscribe Editor's Choice Ten must-read blogs Legal myths about the Assange extradition A brief critical and source-based guide to some common misconceptions. By David Allen Green Niall Ferguson attacks Obama, poorly The economic historian penned a cover-piece for Newsweek which doesn't show the best grasp of his subject. By Alex Hern Why George Osborne now looks irretrievably damaged The Chancellor is a politician unable to conceal his lack of control. By George Chesterton What is Vladimir Putin up to? What Russia wants it gets if it can. By Denis MacShane Diana Athill: "Nobody likes the thought of dying - which could be very disagreeable indeed." The editor and memoirist on death, life writing and nannying Jean Rhys. By Jonathan Derbyshire George Galloway: Assange is only accused of "bad sexual etiquette" It can't be rape if you are "already in the sex game", argues Respect MP. By By Alex Hern What people who talk about "legitimate rape" really mean At the heart of both the Julian Assange and Todd Akin debates are some very questionable assumptions about what constitutes rape. By Naomi McAuliffe Why do we let the Prudocracy police our sexual fantasies? I masturbate. You masturbate. Let's not get our knickers in such a twist about it. By Martin Robbins With hindsight, Cable's deficit reduction plan looks better than Osborne's Osborne's Plan A required the Chancellor to be lucky - and this Chancellor has not been lucky. By John Pugh The race to be the next Green Party leader Caroline Lucas is standing down as Green Party leader. Who is in the running to replace her? By Caroline Crampton Subscribe! The issue is on sale now, or you can subscribe through the website. Special Offer Magna Carta: A Very Short Introduction by Nicholas Vincent (worth £7.99) free when you purchase 12 issues today for just £12 by Direct Debit. Subscribe today for the following benefits: Save £125 on the annual cover price! Never miss an issue The magazine will be delivered to your door each week - sent by first class mail or airmail Free access to the PDF edition (worth £50 a year) Money back guarantee - we will send you a full refund on the unexpired part of your subscription should you decide you don't want to receive any more issues Free access to the New Statesman archive Subscription continues for £14.99 at quarterly intervals, unless cancelled, for one year. Then £9.99 a month thereafter. 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. PR Associate Director - FMCG / Retail / Lifestyle / Travel London Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum My client, a mid-sized PR agency in central London is looking for a Consumer Associate Director to lead some of the biggest brand consumer accounts at the agency. Every year this agency features highly on PR Weeks` top agencies and has won many prestigious PR awards and has recently been rated one of the ‘best places to work`. Recruiter: Media Contacts Search thousands of top-quality jobs, click here Sign up to New Statesman Jobs   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. Powered by Blogger.