Andy Coulson: new revelations | Laurie Penny interviews Murdoch's attacker | Owen Jones: Starkey rewrites history

Weekly Online Newsletter 23 August 2011 HOME EDITOR'S CHOICE JOBS FEATURES REGULARS ARTS & BOOKS BLOGS SUBSCRIBE   Editor's Choice The ten must-read blogs from the last week on newstatesman.com Did Brooks mislead parliament over payments to Coulson? Rebekah Brooks said it was "incorrect" to claim that News International subsidised Coulson's wages after he left. By George Eaton What next for Libya? Despite the scenes of jubilation in Tripoli, there are more questions than answers about the next era. By Samira Shackle "The whole thing was a circus, so I played the clown" Jonnie Marbles, who was imprisoned after attacking Rupert Murdoch with a foam pie, talks about his time inside. By Laurie Penny Coulson allegedly paid by News International while working for Tories Coulson reportedly received hundreds of thousands of pounds in severance pay after he was hired by Cameron. By Samira Shackle Saif Gaddafi emerges defiant in Tripoli Gaddafi's son, who was reportedly arrested on Sunday, appears on video and declares: "we are winning". By George Eaton David Starkey tries to rewrite history Whatever he says, his Newsnight comments were grossly inflammatory. By Owen Jones Morning Call: pick of the papers The ten must-read pieces from this morning's papers. These tax cut whispers are about to get louder Bizarrely, abolishing the 50p rate remains top of the Chancellor's list. By Gavin Kelly Scotland's fees anomaly comes under challenge Does charging English students tuition fees violate human rights law? By George Eaton Canada's left mourns its leader Jack Layton's death from cancer leaves the NDP, Canada's social democratic party, with no obvious replacement. By Noah Richler The issue is on sale now, or you can subscribe through the website. Get a FREE copy of Chris Mullin's A Walk-On Part: Diaries 1994-1999 when you start your annual subscription today for just £87. New Statesman Jobs Recruiting now on New Statesman Jobs Sign up to New Statesman Jobs now Regulars Leader: After the riots, David Cameron has retreated into pessimism "Zero-tolerance" policing is neither possible nor desirable.     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.