1 August 2008

In this week’s Tribune, available by subscription and from selected branches of WHSmith and Borders

Cover story: Slough of despond or rock bottom?

Robert Taylor, Martin Rowson and Joy Johnson consider the plight of Gordon Brown’s Government and whether a reversal of fortune is still possible

News

Pressure mounts on PM to up his game or risk challenge
National Policy Forum debates, deliberations and decisions
Lords rule that SFO acted ‘lawfully’ to drop BAE probe
High Court hears case of Guantanamo Bay’s last British resident
Sarah Veale: Proper parental leave is a good place to start

Features

Spotlights: All-black shortlists go missing/Last rites for spring conference
Robert Taylor: Government must alter course, not merely the PM
Prem Sikka: Blame banks for the credit crunch – and democratise them
Farid Bakht: Bangladesh set to remain under the thumb of its military

Comment

Paul Routledge: This eco town isn’t big enough for both of us
Martin Rowson: In too deep in the Brown stuff
Ian Williams: Labour lemmings should follow Washington reverse
Tribune editorial: What’s the deal with the NPF, NEC and Doha?
Douglas Alexander: We can still achieve Millennium Goals; David Mills
Letters; Oli Usher: Nothing mystical about Karadzic’s career change
Joy Johnson: Switch the leader or revamp the policies?

Books and Arts

David Winnick: General Franco – the fascist who saved his own skin
Nigel Nelson: God botherer’s counter-punch lacks power
Neil Young: Holy blockbuster – caped crusader makes a knight of it
Aleks Sierz: What we can learn from teachers and sex on stage