Palin is coming to London | Tuition fees policy in chaos | Rowan Williams guest-edit | Sesame Street’s “gay agenda”

Weekly Online Newsletter 7 June 2011 Home Editor's Choice Features Regulars Arts & Books Blogs Subscribe   The ten must-read blogs from the last week on newstatesman.com Palin is coming to London Palin says that she hopes to visit London soon to meet with Margaret Thatcher. By George Eaton/p> Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, guest-edits the New Statesman The magazine will feature contributions from Philip Pullman, A S Byatt, and Gordon Brown, among others. Sesame Street is pushing a liberal, gay agenda, says Fox News You might have thought it was a children's programme. But you were wrong. By Samira Shackle Morning Call: pick of the papers The ten must-read pieces from this morning's papers. Why are we arming the British Transport Police? No good reasons or good evidence have been disclosed. By David Allen Green How higher tuition fees will cost the government more Ministers face a spiralling bill for loans after underestimating how many universities would charge full fees. By Samira Shackle Human cost of welfare reform The scandal is that no one is prepared to make a moral case for welfare provision. By Laurie Penny The IMF has no credibility in forecasting the UK economy George Osborne has effectively already resorted to Plan B, because his policies are not working. By David Blanchflower Children being children Are sex and shopping really the worst problems facing the nation's children? By Nelson Jones A liveblog about liveblogging It is easy to dismiss this new form of journalism -- but it is here to stay. By Steve Baxter New Statesman Jobs Job of the Week: Head of Government Affairs London £Competitive + Benefits We are looking for a top government affairs specialist to manage a small but highly capable and established government affairs team and lead our client's engagement with UK Government, Parliament and Whitehall. Sign up to New Statesman Jobs now Regulars Leader: For the sake of the planet we cannot follow Germany's lead Germany's decision to reject nuclear power will lead to an increase in carbon emissions. Arts & Culture Senna (12A) By Ryan Gilbey The career of a folk hero is reconstructed from archive footage.     This Week's Issue Kindly note that if you receive this e-mail your e-mail address is being held by us for the purpose of communicating with you on New Statesman related matters. If you do not wish us to e-mail you, please unsubscribe from this list. New Statesman Limited is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. © New Statesman Ltd. 2009. The above information may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this email please destroy it. As Internet communications are not secure please note that the New Statesman does not accept legal responsibility for the content of this email message.