http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/3784 <!--paging_filter--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p><strong>SHIRAZ MAHER</strong></p> <p>Laurie Penny has published a remarkably ill informed piece over at the <em>New Statesman</em> today. Ordinarily, I would have described it as &quot;disappointing&quot; but to do so would overlook the spectacular decline of the Staggers in recent years. Penny <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/03/tahrir-square-egypt-difference">writes</a>:<p><a href="/node/3784"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3784#comments Egyptian Revolution Laurie Penny New Statesman Tahrir Square Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:07:14 +0000 Shiraz Maher 3784 at http://standpointmag.co.uk