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Weekly Online Newsletter 04 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 The Conservatives want to keep Labour hemmed into its past - and so do the unions While the Labour leader takes time to ponder the future, his party is drifting into a style of politics that looks in urgent need of consignment to the past. By Rafael Behr Mark Carney: The George Clooney of finance The new governor of the Bank of England, the Canadian Mark Carney, has been hailed as the saviour of the British economy. But who is he - and is his record that good? By Alex Brummer It's finally acceptable to cast off the shackles of TV snobbery Who knows, I might even give the next series Big Brother a go. By Bim Adewunmi Leader: MPs should be paid more but the whole system needs urgent reform There is a sense of widespread disenfranchisement from a political system that people feel is corrupt and rigged against them. By New Statesman Across Europe, austerity policies have caused stagnation and despair There is a more humane way to restore our fortunes. By Marcus Miller and Robert Skidelsky Five must-read blogs Tom Watson resigns as Labour's general election co-ordinator Read the full text of the Labour MP's resignation letter to Ed Miliband. By George Eaton After Watson: who will run Labour's general election campaign? Douglas Alexander, who ran the 2010 campaign, is the frontrunner. By George Eaton Will Watson's departure prevent a new round of Labour bloodletting? The chatter in the party has been that Watson runs around the country making sure 'his' people get chosen as candidates. By Rafael Behr The Marriage Tax Allowance is an expensive way of harnessing resentment and feelings of superiority David Cameron's proposed tax break for married couples is an expensive way of saying that some people's lives are better than others. By Glosswitch The Home Office wants immigrants to be afraid The most authoritarian of the government departments also has an authoritarian Twitter account. By Alex Hern Promotion Sponsored Advertorial Wimbledon Insights Discover how IBM brings the data behind Wimbledon to life   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.