Morning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read pieces from this morning's papers.
By NS staff writer Published 27 February 2012 8:49
1. David Cameron wants nothing less than Tory hegemony (Guardian)
Lib Dems should beware becoming part of a grand plan to secure permanent Conservative domination, argues Chris Rennard.
2. Labour can't have it both ways on bonuses (Daily Telegraph)
Some of Ed's team want to stop City payouts, others to tax them to pay for pet projects, notes Jeff Randall.
3. Greece really needs a year to prepare for total default (Financial Times)
Months of misery lie ahead but if all goes well, Greece will have some room to manoeuvre, says Wolfgang Münchau.
4. EU causing very hostility it was meant to prevent (Sun)
More revolutions have been triggered by oppressive taxes than anything else, writes Trevor Kavanagh.
5. The itinerant US left has found its home in the Occupy movement (Guardian)
Far from alienating middle America, the progressive movement has captured the public and political imagination, says Gary Younge.
6. The loony Left, out to destroy youngsters' hopes of a job (Daily Telegraph)
Businesses that offer the young a chance of real work should be praised, not vilified, says Boris Johnson.
7. A farcical vote that does nothing for Assad's people (Independent)
It is vital that the west persuades Russia of the folly of continuing to back the regime in Damascus, says an Independent leader.
8. These militant doctors need a dose of reality (Daily Mail)
The BMA must stop behaving like a militant trade union and start putting patients first, argues a Daily Mail leader.
9. Lords reform is a fight that Nick Clegg will never win (Independent)
The Lib Dem leader is determined to throw everything at a policy that will win few votes - and lose many more, says Mary Ann Sieghart.
10. John Bercow is changing the House of Commons. Credit to him (Guardian)
Bercow will never be popular, but the Speaker's reforming zeal is slowly ridding parliament of its thuggish tendencies, writes Jackie Ashley.
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