Wednesday, 8 June 2011

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May offers no radical plan to deal with radical Islam

Crispin Black: This new strategy evades the difficult truth - that radicalisation begins at home


Ken Clarke’s prisoner plan is torn up by Cameron

The Mole: The PM seems to have got the message - that he cannot trust his cabinet’s political nous

Pressure on HuffPo rises ahead of UK launch

AOL-backed site hires staff here – but rumours abound of trouble in the US

Speaker Bercow attacks ‘sexist, racist’ Daily Mail

Paper is a bigoted comic cartoon strip, says Speaker, who is supposed to be a neutral figure in parliament

Sex, lies and treachery: it hasn’t gone away

Michael Bywater: One thing links these traitors - an unreasonable hatred of their homeland

Anger over Olympic ticket scramble grows

Critics turn their fire on politicians and sponsors as ticketing row continues

Oxford votes on Willetts ‘no confidence’ motion

University set to call for minister’s resignation as former tutor says he is ‘no politician’

Yemen rebel cat

Picture of the day: A cat stands with armed Yemeni tribesmen loyal to dissident tribal leader Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar