Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed at the Huffington Post argues that it’s time to hold the media to account for Islamophobia.

Jonathan Portes at Not the Treasury View notes that the IMF has exploded the myth of UK fiscal credibility.

Matt Dykes at the TUC’s Touchstone blog wonder whether the tide is turning on public sector outsourcing in the wake of the G4S Olympic security shambles.

Madsen Pirie at the Adam Smith Institute Blog laments the prevalence of corporatism, cronyism, extravagance, bullying and arrogance in the build up to the Olympics.

Fraser Nelson at The Spectator’s Coffee House blog encourages Conservatives to assert themselves in the coalition by asking: “who’s afraid of the Lib Dems?”