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• Michael Kenny & Guy Lodge at the IPPR on why Gordon Brown should legislate for an elected Mayor in every major town & city in England.
• Joan Smith at Compass on why Gordon Brown is Labour's answer to Anthony Eden.
• ..but Nick Toms has discovered the answer for Labour's problems - it's called socialism.
• Chatham House had a very good paper on whether the current market turbulence is a result of poorly designed or badly implemented economic and regulatory policies.
• A couple of good things from The European Council on Foreign Relations - Andrew Duff on why the rejection of Georgia and Ukraine's bid for NATO membership was the right move for an emerging EU foreign policy.
• On a related note Daniel Korski on making Europe's voice louder on the world stage when it comes to defeating Middle East extremism.
• Talking of extremism Holly Fletcher at he Council on Foreign Relations has a very comprehensive piece on homegrown extremism / terrorism in the US.
• Also on CFR Stephanie Hanson on why African leaders need to be less reluctant to criticise their own if the continent is to solve its many problems.
• Ernest Istook looks at Ethanol's demise in popularity over at the Heritage Foundation.
• Also at HF Ben Lieberman on the good and bad in Bush's recent climate change speech.

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