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Twitter1. Even great science tells us nothing about God (Times)
The Chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, maintains that Stephen Hawking is wrong about God's existence: he simply refuted his own earlier mistaken theology.
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2. Blair should take responsibility for Iraq. But he won't. He can't (Independent)
This is not a debate, says Robert Fisk -- it's a bloody, blood-soaked disaster for which the former PM should take responsibility.
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3. Blair's lessons for the left (Financial Times)
Philip Stephens argues that Tony Blair succeeded in moving the centre ground leftwards -- just as 20 years earlier Margaret Thatcher had shifted it to the right.
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4. Blair's job was done by 1997: to numb Labour, and to enshrine Thatcherism (Guardian)
Simon Jenkins disagrees. In Downing Street, he argues, Blair never fulfilled his early promise and then he let Gordon Brown in. Now he can only emit a long wail of impotence.
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5. It's hypocrisy in politics which voters can't stand (Daily Telegraph)
The Commons is a hotbed for affairs, says Edwina Currie, but hypocrisy among Britain's politicians is the last unforgivable sin in the eyes of voters.
6. Why the Balls critique is correct (Financial Times)
Ed Balls's analysis of the coalition's economic policy is quite right, says Martin Wolf. The market is screaming its lack of concern about UK fiscal credibility.
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7. And the next leader of the Labour Party should be . . . (Independent)
Johann Hari endorses Ed Miliband, saying that, at its core, the disagreement between the brothers is an argument about whether Blairism is the best a Labour government can ever aim for.
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8. Police and dirty politics (Guardian)
The latest phone-hacking revelations make the story even more shocking, says Chris Bryant. David Cameron must sack Andy Coulson.
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9. Bad debts (Times)
The leading article discusses the scandal of Kabul Bank, which goes to the heart of the Afghan elite's corruption.
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10. The blessing of low expectations (Independent)
There are many reasons to fear that these new Israeli-Palestinian negotiations will be as fruitless as all the others, says the leading article, but such pessimism could ease the pressure.
