
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk
* Social mobility is a “diversion”, says Owen Jones.
* Clegg’s question time nightmare.
* Why we’re not a world power anymore.
* Pay cuts or job cuts choice for police.
* Julian Assange rails against a “Jewish conspiracy”.
* Record cuts at Birmingham Council.


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