Morning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read pieces from this morning's papers.
By Staff blogger Published 17 January 2012 8:34
1. Ed Miliband's leadership is threatened by this Blairite policy coup (Guardian)
By embracing cuts, Ed Balls and Ed Miliband have left all those who stand against them disenfranchised, argues Len McCluskey.
2. America, Greece and a world on fire (Financial Times)
A Greek economic crisis is threatening Europe but the US has no intention of leading the rescue mission, writes Gideon Rachman.
3. Iran's nuclear scientists are not being assassinated. They are being murdered (Guardian)
Killing our enemies abroad is just state-sponsored terror - whatever euphemism western leaders like to use, says Mehdi Hasan.
4. Nick Clegg might not look sad much longer (Times) (£)
The received wisdom says coalition government has ruined the Lib Dems' chances. But it's too early to write them off, says Rachel Sylvester.
5. Don't be fooled by the power of false assumptions (Independent)
As the abuse has grown, Miliband has passed one of the tests of leadership, says Steve Richards. He has kept calm.
6. By stealing the Lib Dems' ideas, Labour leader Ed Miliband can split the coalition (Daily Telegraph)
If the Labour leader finds common ground with his rivals, he will reinvigorate the left, writes Mary Riddell.
7. We are all going to hell in a shopping basket (Financial Times)
At a deeper level the crisis marks the triumph of consumers and investors over workers and citizens, says Robert Reich.
8. The British boarding school remains a bastion of cruelty (Guardian)
While condemning global injustices against children, we fail to examine the ethics of removing seven-year-olds from their families, writes George Monbiot.
9. The hour has come for a new Britannia (Daily Mail)
There could be no more fitting way for this seafaring nation to mark its gratitude and respect for the woman who has been our greatest ambassador for 60 years, argues a Daily Mail editorial.
10. Kim Jong Un's subjects are already singing his praises (Daily Telegraph)
There's no let-up in the bowing and scraping as North Korea's new leader warms to the job, writes Robert Colvile.
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Mehdi Hasan's article on the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists is very good actually.
As is Len McCluskey's article on Balls/Miliband. A welcome antidote.
The Mambo is covering the Balls volte-face too:
http://representingthemambo.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/so-what-did-ed-ball...