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1. Hang on, did Ed Miliband just change Labour’s local government policy?

The Labour leader appears to have abandoned his support for directly-elected mayors, notes Atul Hatwal at Labour Uncut.

2. The centre-right ideology vacuum

Coalition policies are sold in Labour language, and tested against Labour benchmarks, says Tim Morgan at Coffee House.

3. Euro breakup would lead to another great depression

To think that the euro should never have been created is reasonable, writes the Telegraph's Daniel Knowles. To think that it should be dismantled is crazy.

4. Ed Miliband needs to go further on Englishness

The Labour leader will and should ignore the usual suspects, argues Liberal Conspiracy's Sunny Hundal.

5. Osborne, May, Lansley, Hammond, Mitchell and Greening all suffer big losses in association membership

Cabinet members are not immune from the decline in Tory membership, reports Matthew Barrett at ConservativeHome.