1. What's in it for us? The question Nick Clegg must ask himself (Independent)

For Labour this a blissful moment with both coalition leaders in severe discomfort, writes Steve Richards.

2. In the coalition’s darkest hour, it must return to the Rose Garden (Daily Telegraph)

A fresh agreement with the Lib Dems might just give the careworn PM a new lease of life, says Peter Oborne.

3. Welcome to Britain, the ludicrous Land of No (Times) (£)

Our middle classes have the depressing knack of preventing any changes that will make this country better, writes David Aaronovitch.

4. Clinton’s talk of democracy in Asia lacks precision (Financial Times)

The US Secretary of State's remarks failed to capture sense of widening freedom in China, says David Pilling.

5. Spain's prime minister has fallen hostage to his own austerity discourse (Guardian)

6. It stinks that we squander so much on foreign aid but won't help those who have to sell their homes to pay for care (Daily Mail)

The government will never be forgiven if it delays acting on the Dilnot report any longer, says Simon Heffer.

7. School-of-Brown politics is as destructive as ever (Guardian)

The reform bill fiasco has vindicated the militant oppositionism embodied by Ed Balls and Labour, and may yet threaten the coalition, writes Martin Kettle.

8. The irony of the BoE’s role in Libor mess (Financial Times)