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The five must-read blogs from today, including the Lib Dem plan for the next year.

By New Statesman Published 13 July 2012 15:59

1. Labour’s lost voters – lego politics or grand design?

If you want Labour to adopt a softer left stance, don't go down the Labour’s "lost votes" road, says Anthony Painter at Labour List.

2. China’s economy runs out of gas

The global growth machine is cranking down, with no signs of salvation from any quarter, writes Clarissa Tan at Coffee House.

3. The Lib Dem political plan for the next year

It will be a case of implementation, implementation, implementation for the party’s ministers and repetition, repetition, repetition for the party’s campaigners, says Mark Pack.

4. Whose bright idea was elected Police and Crime Commissioners?

As an effort from the coalition to capture the public imagination about policing, the process already appears to be doomed, says Henry Manson at PoliticalBetting.

5. Westminster’s Tony Montana needs to learn how to chillax

Cameron needs to act like a prime minister when things are going against him, not just when they’re going his way, says Kevin Meagher at Labour Uncut.