Five things Osborne doesn't want you to know about the economy | Anthony Weiner: America's Boris Johnson | Why sleep is an affront to capitalism

Weekly Online Newsletter 25 July 2013 HOME EDITOR'S CHOICE ECONOMICS POLITICS WORLD AFFAIRS BLOGS JOBS SUBSCRIBE If you were forwarded this by a colleague please click here to subscribe Editor's Choice Five must-read pieces from the magazine Westminster's short-sighted obsessions will not be what decides the next election The Tories are starting to notice Labour's higher levels of local organisation. By Rafael Behr Without immigrants, our country wouldn't function. So let's give it a go... Fancy Ukip's oh-so-reasonable line on the nee to save our "out-of-control", overcrowded, overburdened country? Let's all try living, just for one day, without immigrants. By Sleep is a standing affront to capitalism When hungry digital companies measure success in "eyeballs" is sleep the last remaining zone of dissidence, of anti-productivity and even of solidarity? By Steven Poole Commons Confidential: Is Boris heading for a seat in Kensington? Plus: Why Bob Crow turned down Big Brother. By Kevin Maguire How we are gentrified, impoverished and silenced - if we allow it Momentous change almost always begins with the courage of people taking back their own lives against the odds. By John Pilger Five must-read blogs The Secret Cuts: Part Five, The Low-Pay Debate How workers are being bludgeoned into accepting wages that are too low to live on. By Alan White and Kate Belgrave Women on bank notes: I was wrong What looked at first to me like a trivial issue opened up a vital debate about the importance of women's achievements in our society. By Helen Lewis rt Five things George Osborne doesn't want you to know about the economy Including, this is still the slowest recovery for 100 years, the economy is 3.3% smaller and unemployment hasn't fallen for six months. By George Eaton Why Anthony Weiner is America's Boris Johnson "Carlos Danger" is the man New Yorkers just can't let go of. By Nicky Woolf A memorable conversation What really* happened when Crosby and Cameron talked. By Rafael Behr Promotion The New Statesman Century The New Statesman Century celebrates one hundred years of the finest cultural and political commentary written in the English-speaking world. This perfect-bound, 244-page collector's edition of the magazine brings together a selection of work from former New Statesman contributors including George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, Edward Said, Rebecca West and Julian Barnes. This limited edition of the New Statesman is now available. Click here to buy a copy now (UK). For order of multiple copies or for overseas delivery contact Stephen Brasher by email or on 44 0207 936 6459. Sponsored Advertorial   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.