By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk
* TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber on cuts, and how the majority killed the poll tax.
* Barber says the public will back the unions against cuts.
* Trade Unions have threatened mass strikes against cuts.
* David Miliband’s “wake-up call” after latest poll.
* Nelson Mandela felt “betrayed” by Blair over Iraq.
* The Pope has warned of the “danger” of equality laws in the UK.
* Next Left asks if the coalition should admit it wants to “smash the state”.
* And Andy Burnham has urged changes to be made to Labour’s leadership contest.