Cameron promises vote on military action in Syria | Andrew Adonis: why Labour must back HS2 | How biased is the BBC?

Weekly Online Newsletter 27 August 2013 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 It would be an act of national self-mutilation for Labour to cancel HS2 Ignore the latest critics, the case for High Speed Two is as strong now as when Labour committed itself to the project in 2010. By Andrew Adonis Cameron recalls parliament and promises vote on Syria PM says there will be a vote on Thursday on a government motion on UK action in Syria. By George Eaton Miley Cyrus at the VMAs: a six-minute guide to the prejudices of the entertainment industry White men run the show, black men play support, all the women get mostly naked, and black women get to hold up the bottom of the objectification pile. By Sarah Ditum The cheek of Michael Gove - it's the Tory party that needs to clean up its finances If the Education Secretary is as concerned as he claims about party funding, why doesn't he support Labour's proposed £5,000 donation cap? By Jon Ashworth Hard Evidence: How biased is the BBC? Does the BBC really have a left-wing, anti-business agenda as certain elements of the press like to claim? By Mike Berry What Chelsea Manning can expect in a US prison What will life be like for a trans woman inside the US prison system? By Jane Fae Why a Labour-Lib Dem coalition would be the best outcome in 2015 Left-wing policies stand a far greater chance of reaching the statute book when agreed across negotiation tables than when promised in manifestos. By Alan Martin Let's stop pretending internet activism is the real thing There's a lack of modern activism. By Joe Rivers Breaking Bad series 5, episode 11: The last nail in the coffin I need a new dust filter for my Hoover MaxExtract PressurePro model 60 - can you help me with that? By Philip Maughan Leave homophobia to Speaker's Corner: don't teach it in schools Should faith schools criticise homosexuality? No, says Tom Copley. By Tom Copley 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. 2013. 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.