| New Statesman - Monday 05 May 2008 |
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 Selected articles from the British weekly New Statesman.Cover story Everything you want to know about the bank crisis As the financial crisis enters what the governor of the Bank of England has called a "new and dangerous phase" Iain Macwhirter has been looking at the big questions Features What's driving the BNP ? Brendan O'Neill The rapid growth in support at the ballot box for a nationalist party of the right has gone hand in hand with voter cynicism and disillusion with the main parties Why the housing bubble finally burst Alex Brummer Alex Brummer explains that it's the new homes that are the worst hit as housebuilders have stopped building until their are signs of real economic recovery Is Labour abolishing illness ? Alison Ravetz The new rules on incapacity benefit stake everything on a major gamble: that a large proportion of claimants are, in fact, well enough to work Can talking make you better ? Simon Wessely CBT does not cure cancer, schizophrenia or arthritis, but it does improve mood, coping and quality of life Forgotten Burma Rachel Aspden As the country prepares to vote in a discredited referendum, Rachel Aspden visits the forgotten Burmese resistance - the eastern ethnic groups promised independence 60 years ago Regulars New Statesman Leader - The banks need the state's help - so they should abide by its rules. The unfettered market has shown itself to be hugely imperfect. The true logic is that bankers should become paupers Letter From China - There are other Tibets Lindsey Hilsum In Xinjiang, as in Tibet, the government tries to bend unwilling subjects to its will, rather than accommodate the disparate cultures and beliefs Urban Life - Celebrate new immigrants Darcus Howe On International Workers' Day, we need to extend our hands across nations, instead of greeting the new immigrants with fists and hobnail boots Arts & Culture Uncool Britannia Blake Morrison An exhibition curated by Grayson Perry reclaims a certain strand of our culture that has been written off as naff, ephemeral, or self-effacing Books Seven Pillars of Wisdom was hailed on its first appearance as a historical and literary masterpiece. But, argues Robert Fisk, this memoir of the Arab revolt, and T E Lawrence's other writings, also offer prescient warnings about western policy in the Middle East Reviewed by Robert Fisk
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