By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk
* Prison works – says Jack Straw in an article for the Daily Mail.
* One of the more rotund members of the cabinet has upgraded his car. Shall we call him one jag?
* Rapping football legend John Barnes thinks the key to success in the World Cup is Socialism.
* Next Left analyses the facts behind Barnes’s assertion.
* And the Mirror suggests that other leadership candidates are “nicking” Ed Balls’ ideas.
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