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Carbon trading torpedoes it}&lpos={trail}{1}">Don't be fooled by the climate change bill. Carbon trading torpedoes it</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/climatechange.carbonemissions" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Dont be fooled by the climate change bill. Carbon trading torpedoes it}&lpos={trail}{2}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/contributor/2007/09/28/george_monbiot_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>George Monbiot:</strong> The rigged statistics and exported emissions will render worthless the apparently radical targets Labour is now setting</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/climatechange.carbonemissions?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Dont be fooled by the climate change bill. Carbon trading torpedoes it}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335929552" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/museums" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Cherish our museums. They see the bigger, civic picture}&lpos={trail}{4}">Cherish our museums. They see the bigger, civic picture</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/museums" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Cherish our museums. They see the bigger, civic picture}&lpos={trail}{5}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/contributor/2007/09/28/charlotte_higgins_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Charlotte Higgins: </strong>Its budget and collections can't match MoMA, but in reaching out to the public the Tate threatens to eclipse its New York rival</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/museums?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Cherish our museums. They see the bigger, civic picture}&lpos={trail}{6}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335929582" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/immigrationpolicy.immigration" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Consensus of hard and soft}&lpos={trail}{7}">Consensus of hard and soft</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/immigrationpolicy.immigration" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Consensus of hard and soft}&lpos={trail}{8}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/29/julian_baggini_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Julian Baggini:</strong> On asylum, the tough brigade and the bleeding hearts in fact want many of the same things</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/immigrationpolicy.immigration?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Consensus of hard and soft}&lpos={trail}{9}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335929580" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/labour.gordonbrown" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Dont give up - Labour can still win in 2010. Heres how}&lpos={trail}{10}">Don't give up - Labour can still win in 2010. Here's how</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/labour.gordonbrown" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Dont give up - Labour can still win in 2010. Heres how}&lpos={trail}{11}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/07/roy_hattersley_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Roy Hattersley:</strong> Cameron's hollow Tory challenge can be cracked if the party rallies round Brown and rediscovers its social democratic thrust</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/labour.gordonbrown?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Dont give up - Labour can still win in 2010. Heres how}&lpos={trail}{12}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335929593" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/23/barackobama.london" name="&lid={cifPicks}{What Hadrian can teach Obama}&lpos={trail}{13}">What Hadrian can teach Obama</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/23/barackobama.london" name="&lid={cifPicks}{What Hadrian can teach Obama}&lpos={trail}{14}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/contributor/2007/09/28/martin_kettle_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Martin Kettle:</strong> Senator, a trip to the British Museum's exhibition about this Roman emperor will be of far more benefit than hanging out with gloomy Gordon Brown</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/23/barackobama.london?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifPicks}{What Hadrian can teach Obama}&lpos={trail}{15}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335914926" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/22/usa.france" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Mary Magdalenes modern legacy}&lpos={trail}{16}">Mary Magdalene's modern legacy</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/22/usa.france" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Mary Magdalenes modern legacy}&lpos={trail}{17}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/06/05/tracy_quan_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Tracy Quan:</strong> The feast day for the patron saint of fallen women should remind the world of the plight of sex workers</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/22/usa.france?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Mary Magdalenes modern legacy}&lpos={trail}{18}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335863965" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/23/glasgoweast.scotland" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Can Glasgow East abandon Labour?}&lpos={trail}{19}">Can Glasgow East abandon Labour?</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/23/glasgoweast.scotland" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Can Glasgow East abandon Labour?}&lpos={trail}{20}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938im_/http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/07/iain_macwhirter_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Iain Macwhirter:</strong> The party may be in the doldrums, but it could be tricky for a ward steeped in Labour history to abandon it</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/23/glasgoweast.scotland?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifPicks}{Can Glasgow East abandon Labour?}&lpos={trail}{21}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335924844" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="cif-extra"> <h2>From the paper: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/mainsection/commentanddebate">Comment</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/mainsection/leadersandreply">editorials</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/g2/features">G2</a></h2> <div class="reduced"> <h4>Michael White</h4> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/gordonbrown.education" name="&lid={cifExtra}{Testing time for Balls}&lpos={trail}{1}">Testing time for Balls</a></h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/gordonbrown.education?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifExtra}{Testing time for Balls}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335929779" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> <div class="reduced"> <h4>William Kristol</h4> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/barackobama.johnmccain" name="&lid={cifExtra}{In JFKs footsteps}&lpos={trail}{3}">In JFK's footsteps</a></h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/barackobama.johnmccain?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifExtra}{In JFKs footsteps}&lpos={trail}{4}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335929581" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> <div class="reduced"> <h4>Editorial</h4> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/globaleconomy" name="&lid={cifExtra}{Talked out}&lpos={trail}{5}">Talked out</a></h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/globaleconomy?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifExtra}{Talked out}&lpos={trail}{6}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335929300" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> <div class="reduced"> <h4>Editorial</h4> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/barackobama.usforeignpolicy" name="&lid={cifExtra}{The message that matters}&lpos={trail}{7}">The message that matters</a></h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/barackobama.usforeignpolicy?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifExtra}{The message that matters}&lpos={trail}{8}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335929302" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> <div class="reduced"> <h4>Editorial</h4> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/sailing" name="&lid={cifExtra}{In praise of ... tall ships}&lpos={trail}{9}">In praise of ... tall ships</a></h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/sailing?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifExtra}{In praise of ... tall ships}&lpos={trail}{10}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335929301" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> <div class="reduced"> <h4>Ariel Leve</h4> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/1" name="&lid={cifExtra}{One thing all The Dark Knights fanatics have in common is profound enthusiasm. I envy that}&lpos={trail}{11}">One thing all The Dark Knight's fanatics have in common is profound enthusiasm. I envy that</a></h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/1?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifExtra}{One thing all The Dark Knights fanatics have in common is profound enthusiasm. I envy that}&lpos={trail}{12}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335929936" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> <div class="reduced"> <h4>Chris Grayling</h4> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/conservatives.labour" name="&lid={cifExtra}{Labour has lifted our welfare reform policies, but still doesnt get it}&lpos={trail}{13}">Labour has lifted our welfare reform policies, but still doesn't get it</a></h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/24/conservatives.labour?commentpage=1" name="&lid={cifExtra}{Labour has lifted our welfare reform policies, but still doesnt get it}&lpos={trail}{14}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline" id="comment-count-335929776" style="display: none;">Comments (<span class="comment-count"></span>)</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div 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