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The NS's agenda of 'ideas and policies that we believe should be pursued' (Leader, 14 May) should include a sober analysis of what the revision of Clause Four is turning [...]

The Wanless report on social care is the third report in the past ten years to recommend that essential social care resulting from illness, disability or frailty should be state-funded, […]

Rob Blackhurst could have added to his critique of the 'new localism' ('Haven't we all got enough on our plates?', 9 May) that it is all too often a form [...]

The new Granita restaurant may not be the ideal place for the next Brown-Blair stand-off (Kevin Maguire, 25 April). It is now called Desperados. Robin Wendt [...]

Your Leader (18 April) repeatedly uses the emotive term 'middle class' to describe those electors who stand to gain most from Liberal Democrat policies. In fact, the replacement of the [...]

Mark Lynas ('Give Blair another chance', 5 April) may well be right to say that the demonstration of commitment and vision by Tony Blair on climate change and global poverty […]

Even if Tony Blair succeeds in 'blaming MI6' for his Iraq war decision (Charlie Whelan, 9 February), that will not equate to clearing him of responsibility. In this country, ministers, [...]

In his defence of competition in public services as having 'the moral virtue of encouraging respect for their users', Julian Le Grand (Essay, 13 October) lays claim to a 'basic [...]

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Presents letters to the editor of the "New Statesman" regarding articles found in previous issues of the journal. Responses to the "Leader" article in the April 18, 2005, issue regarding the Liberal Democrat Party and policies in Great Britain; Discussion of the article "Nightmare on Downing Street," by John Kampfner, regarding the condition of politics in Britain; Response to the article "In his own terms, Brown has failed," regarding Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown; Others.

Presents letters to the editor regarding current events. Consideration of the focus of the media on the lack of definitive government intelligence from Great Britain regarding the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq; Criticism of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his foreign policy; Praise for the growing interest of big business in helping the plight of social entrepreneurs.

Presents letters to the editor in response to articles in previous issues of "New Statesman." "Leader," focusing on the Labour Party's handling of national health care, in the May 9, 2005 issue; "Darcus Howe," on Michael Howard's reference to race in his campaign, in the May 9 issue; "Haven't we all got enough on our plates?," on local issues in national politics, in the May 9 issue; Other letters.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including an editorial, a column by John Pilger concerning Robert F. Kennedy and Gordon Brown and the article "Inside Track" by Philip Gould. All of these items appeared in the May 14, 2007 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including the essay by Laura Tennant in the March 27, 2006 issue, "Fly an be damned," in the April 3, 2006 issue and "Trident -- we've been conned again," in the March 27, 2006 issue.

Presents several letters to the editor. Comments on the article "How the greens were choked to death," in the April 25, 2005 issue; Response to an article by John Pilger in the April 25, 2005 issue; Discussion of "The amazing result of a 13-year-old's prank," appearing in the April 25, 2005 issue; Others.

Presents letters to the editor. Comments on how the film 'The Passion of the Christ' was adapted from the Gospels; Reference to the article 'The New Global Elite' written by John Prideaux in the April 5th issue; Reply to the article 'Give Blair Another Chance' by Mark Lynas in the April 5 issue; Others.