
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk
* Gordon Brown looks set to take up an academic post – alongside his work as an MP.
* Sir Michael White on the “sideshow” that is the Labour leadership race.
* Tony Blair rejected fears about post-war planning in Iraq from a junior minister.
* Steve Richards says that AV doesn’t make up for massive public sector cuts.
* While the Guardian reports that the referendum date may be challenged from all sides of the house.
* The CWU are the latest union forced to abandon a strike after a legal challenge.
* And the Mirror reports on the first U-turn of the new government.


More from LabourList
‘MPs must have a clear key role in ‘mayorland’
Three-quarters of Labour members believe Burnham can unite party – poll
Ben Cooper column: ‘Uniting Labour’s progressive return voters with those yet to come back’