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		<title>So what the hell can Britain afford then?</title>
		<link>http://politicsrules.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/so-what-the-hell-can-britain-afford-then/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what the hell can Britain afford then?.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicsrules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10330738&amp;post=99&amp;subd=politicsrules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tories miss Andy Coulson</title>
		<link>http://politicsrules.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/tories-miss-andy-coulson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The value of even a second class communications director is suddenly apparent.  
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		<title>Scottish polling: Good for Labour. Not bad for SNP.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SNP government in Scotland has not been a resounding success or failure and have remained stable in the polls. Labour poll results are more interesting though. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicsrules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10330738&amp;post=87&amp;subd=politicsrules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Could Clegg stitch up his own party?</title>
		<link>http://politicsrules.wordpress.com/2010/05/09/could-clegg-stitch-up-his-own-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 13:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lib Dems are biting their nails. Party activists, local councillors, and millions of committed voters are all very nervous. And here is why. Their MPs are talking to the Tories and they don't like it. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicsrules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10330738&amp;post=84&amp;subd=politicsrules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is it really only Wednesday?</title>
		<link>http://politicsrules.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/is-it-really-only-wednesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past two days of accusations, counter claims and u-turns have left this observer feeling weary, questioning the abilities of press officers, but growing increasingly excited about the upcoming twists and turns in this campaign. Whilst most of the country was only interested in a great British (Scottish?) triumph at the Australian Open; we were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicsrules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10330738&amp;post=81&amp;subd=politicsrules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Political climate change</title>
		<link>http://politicsrules.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/political-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[America has been abuzz with talk of tea-party moments this week. Obama’s gloss has dulled and his party took a pasting on home turf. In England, maybe because we can’t stand to think of all that wasted tea, there are slower changes underway.   In the last few years I can think of just one tea-party [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicsrules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10330738&amp;post=77&amp;subd=politicsrules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas is a time for solidarity</title>
		<link>http://politicsrules.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/christmas-is-a-time-for-solidarity/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsrules.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/christmas-is-a-time-for-solidarity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the festive season upon us at the end of a tough year for millions, we should now reassert solidarity with our fellow man.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicsrules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10330738&amp;post=75&amp;subd=politicsrules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An easy guide to reducing poverty</title>
		<link>http://politicsrules.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/an-easy-guide-to-reducing-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should we sell off the NHS and give an equal share of its annual cost to every man woman and child in the country? Doing so would mean a hand out of £33 per week to everyone, effectively eliminating poverty all together.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicsrules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10330738&amp;post=71&amp;subd=politicsrules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Please aim low at Copenhagen</title>
		<link>http://politicsrules.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/please-aim-lower-at-copenhagen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Copenhagen deal is the first global climate change agreement in which the world’s major polluting countries will agree to cut emissions and so reduce global warming. And yet some people, as part of their moral arms race, are now claiming the climate would be better off without a deal.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicsrules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10330738&amp;post=66&amp;subd=politicsrules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An independent Scotland? RBS and Iceland suggest not</title>
		<link>http://politicsrules.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/an-independent-scotland-rbs-and-iceland-suggest-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alex Salmond today published Scotland’s independence White Paper. He offered his countrymen the choices of keeping the status quo, taking more powers to Edinburgh, taking a lot more powers to Edinburgh, or leaving the United Kingdom all together. Sadly for him that last option is pie in the sky.
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