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“It’s clear from today’s social care summit that voters want politicians to come together and solve one of the biggest social challenges facing our country.
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“We need long-term solutions to this problem so that older people are treated with the&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/social-care-commitment-needed-from-labour-and-tories-says-lamb/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Insulting our armed forces' --  David Jones (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/insulting-our-armed-forces/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/insulting-our-armed-forces/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:42:32 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Clwyd West]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://davidjonesblog.com/?p=4739</guid> <description><![CDATA[For the first time, there was a flash of real anger from David Cameron at Prime Minister’s Questions today.
Cameron was questioning Gordon Brown about his evidence to the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war:
Mr. Cameron:   Following his evidence, one former Chief of the Defence Staff said that he was being “disingenuous” and another said that he was “dissembling”. Both those people worked with the Prime Minister—
From the Government&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/insulting-our-armed-forces/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Photographic exhibition tell story of people of the Congo' --  Prime Minister's Office</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/photographic-exhibition-tell-story-of-people-of-the-congo/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/photographic-exhibition-tell-story-of-people-of-the-congo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:44:47 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prime Minister's Office]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.number10.gov.uk/?p=22761</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sorry, you do not appear to have the flash player installed - please use the link below to get it now.
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Everyone&#8217;s keeping their cards close to their chests. Whips don&#8217;t know. Ministers won&#8217;t talk. But my best guess is Budget 23 or 30 March.
Dissolution of Parliament Wednesday 8 April (though it should be April Fools Fay for this Parliament)
Election campaign begins
General Election and Council elections 6 May&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
After that my crystal ball clouds up. Ominous.
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I&#8217;m completely behind him on this but then I&#8217;ve got more books&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/poetry-please/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Our Holocaust Hero: Coward' --  Andy Love (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/our-holocaust-hero-coward/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/our-holocaust-hero-coward/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Edmonton]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089085922121872753.post-296180545618755783</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yesterday I received some great news.The Holocaust Educational Trust wrote to me to thank me for my efforts in helping to gain official posthumous recognition for heroes of the Holocaust, including Edmonton's own Sergeant Charles Coward.His family - along with the relatives of 25 other British men and women who undertook exceptional acts of bravery in order to aid or rescue people persecuted during the Holocaust - were invited for&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/our-holocaust-hero-coward/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Liberal Democrats launch policy for young people' --  Party News (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/liberal-democrats-launch-policy-for-young-people/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/liberal-democrats-launch-policy-for-young-people/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:16:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:feeds.libdems.org.uk://1be46ae03911243566363216d82c7918</guid> <description><![CDATA[Launching the paper at The Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey, the policy outlined how the Liberal Democrats will ensure that all young people have better access to after-school facilities, comprehensive support and training for those entering the workplace and legislation in place to stamp out homophobic bullying.The paper includes proposals to:Introduce a new ‘Paid Internship’ scheme allowing 800,000 young people to receive a ‘Training Allowance’ of &#163;55 a&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/liberal-democrats-launch-policy-for-young-people/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Cameron modestly claims Tories won the Cold War' --  Greg Pope (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/cameron-modestly-claims-tories-won-the-cold-war/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/cameron-modestly-claims-tories-won-the-cold-war/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:08:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hyndburn]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360099996032540230.post-3018377181888159993</guid> <description><![CDATA[At today's Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) David Cameron made an astonishing assertion: the Conservatives, he told the House, had won the Cold War.Now, the Conservatives were in office at the time the Berlin Wall came down. Labour were in office when England won the World Cup but I don't claim a causal link. Well, not often anyway.I can think of a couple of other reasons that the West won the&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/cameron-modestly-claims-tories-won-the-cold-war/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Evening Standard' --  Nadine Dorries (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/evening-standard-2/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/evening-standard-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:07:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mid Bedfordshire]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blog.dorries.org://edccd4906193b08326fe40747866986c</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#38;nbsp;
Below is the article published today in the Evening Standard...&#38;nbsp; http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/&#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp; I'm very grateful to the Evening Standard for the half page and prominence of the article.
Tory MP tables Bill to sca...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/evening-standard-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Welcome action on fuel bills' --  David Lidington (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/welcome-action-on-fuel-bills/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/welcome-action-on-fuel-bills/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:03:53 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aylesbury]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://davidlidington.wordpress.com/?p=419</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last year both John Bercow and I went to the offices of the Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust to collect a petition signed by more than 1300 VAHT tenants from all parts of Aylesbury Vale protesting about the fact that prepayment meters for gas and electricity attract premium charges despite the fact that these meters are often used by some of the poorest people in society.
 During that meeting, I&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/welcome-action-on-fuel-bills/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Cool Gordon' --  Paul Flynn (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/cool-gordon/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/cool-gordon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:02:06 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Newport West]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8346d963f69e201310f87e6cc970c</guid> <description><![CDATA[Why is Gordon cool?It was a new Gordon Brown at Prime Ministers Question time today.  
He maintained his cool. He was quietly in charge in a gale of synthetic rage. Cameron finds it hard to fake anger. He went from low rant to hyper rant in a yell of contrived indignation. The House laughed uproariously. Part of the reason is that we on the labour backbenches thought Cameron&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/cool-gordon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'That really showed me' --  Douglas Carswell (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/that-really-showed-me/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/that-really-showed-me/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:48:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harwich and Clacton]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.talkcarswell.com/show.aspx?id=1332</guid> <description><![CDATA[Britain
has a Minister for Europe, Chris Bryant MP
.&#160;
I&#8217;m delighted to have been singled out by him in a speech he made yesterday to lefty organisation Progress.
Chris attacks me for wanting to give the people an in / out EU referendum.&#160;
Yes, Chris, indeed I do.
Like you, Chris, I stood for election on a manifesto pledge to hold a referendum on the European Constitution / Lisbon&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/that-really-showed-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'The War in Afghanistan: How to End It' --  David Miliband (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/the-war-in-afghanistan-how-to-end-it/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/the-war-in-afghanistan-how-to-end-it/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:46 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South Shields]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/roller/miliband/entry/the_war_in_afghanistan_how</guid> <description><![CDATA[Later today
I am delivering the Compton Lecture at MIT (Massachusetts
Institute of Technology), I will be talking about Afghanistan.The core
of my argument is simple – only politics will end the War in Afghanistan. The
immense effort of UK, ISAF and Afghan troops is vital, as is the development and
capacity building work that now runs alongside it. But – as with the vast
majority of conflicts - the&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/the-war-in-afghanistan-how-to-end-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'HILARY TAKES ACTION TO STOP VULTURE FUNDS USING UK COURTS TO PURSUE POOR NATIONS' --  Hilary Armstrong (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/hilary-takes-action-to-stop-vulture-funds-using-uk-courts-to-pursue-poor-nations/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/hilary-takes-action-to-stop-vulture-funds-using-uk-courts-to-pursue-poor-nations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:06:26 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[North West Durham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Women MPs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://hilaryarmstrong.wordpress.com/?p=335</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hilary Armstrong MP is co-sponsoring the the debt Relief (developing Countries) bill,  otherwise known as the ‘vulture funds bill’, a Private Member&#8217;s Bill introduced by Andrew Gwynne MP
Nearly 200 MPs, as well as many anti-poverty groups, churches and celebrities, are backing the bill which is set to restrict the activities of ‘vulture funds.’
‘Vulture funds’ buy the debts of the world’s poorest countries at a cheap rate, wait until&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/hilary-takes-action-to-stop-vulture-funds-using-uk-courts-to-pursue-poor-nations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'MEP delighted at Goldstone Report vote' --  Party News (SNP)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/mep-delighted-at-goldstone-report-vote/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/mep-delighted-at-goldstone-report-vote/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:52:35 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">16764 at http://www.snp.org</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alyn Smith MEP has today hailed a vote in the European Parliament endorsing the findings and recommendations of the Goldstone Report into human rights violations committed by Israeli forces during Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip last year.read more]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/mep-delighted-at-goldstone-report-vote/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Brown is leading with a weak hand says Cable' --  Party News (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/brown-is-leading-with-a-weak-hand-says-cable/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/brown-is-leading-with-a-weak-hand-says-cable/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:52:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:feeds.libdems.org.uk://ec5e36ad8cea4871874db83e53fffc74</guid> <description><![CDATA[Responding to the Prime Minister’s economic speech this morning and the announcement of the Budget date, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said:“Gordon Brown’s speech shows he is leading with a weak hand.“It’s very difficult to see how the man who claimed to have abolished boom and bust can campaign on his stewardship of the economy after the greatest bust for decades.“The only reason he is, of&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/brown-is-leading-with-a-weak-hand-says-cable/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Half of schools not good enough says Laws' --  Party News (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/half-of-schools-not-good-enough-says-laws/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/half-of-schools-not-good-enough-says-laws/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:feeds.libdems.org.uk://7d1734578d70b5028435ec90c00ffaa5</guid> <description><![CDATA[Commenting on today’s Ofsted figures, which show that half the schools they inspected last term were considered to be no better than ‘satisfactory’, David Laws said:“Labour has had 13 years to get a grip on education, but thousands of children still attend schools which are not considered to be providing good standards.
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“In spite of the controversy about whether these figures can be compared with earlier years, the&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/half-of-schools-not-good-enough-says-laws/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'My Westminster Mile' --  Oliver Heald (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/my-westminster-mile/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/my-westminster-mile/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:42:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[North East Hertfordshire]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://oliverheald.wordpress.com/?p=675</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today was the Westminster Mile for Sport Relief and I was delighted to take part. I was never going to be the winner, but that wasn’t really the point afterall. Sport Relief is a great charity and I would urge all constituents to get involved with the many runs that are taking place this year. If you want to see more on this, why not check out my video below.&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/my-westminster-mile/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Whittington A&amp;E – the first chink in their armour?' --  Lynne Featherstone (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/whittington-ae-%e2%80%93-the-first-chink-in-their-armour/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/whittington-ae-%e2%80%93-the-first-chink-in-their-armour/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:42:07 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lib Dem MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hornsey and Wood Green]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/?p=6555</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the opposition day debate yesterday on London Hospitals - the Minister Mike O'Brien said this:
'I do not see any justification for closure of the A and E at this time, and I would want to hear the case for closing it during the next Parliament. I have seen no such case.'
Well neither have we! There is no case. There is no clinically led case. There is no&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/whittington-ae-%e2%80%93-the-first-chink-in-their-armour/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Grassroots politics is hugely rewarding' --  The Blue Blog (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/grassroots-politics-is-hugely-rewarding/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/grassroots-politics-is-hugely-rewarding/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:01:15 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.conservatives.com/?p=3438</guid> <description><![CDATA[It was a real honour when, on Saturday, constituency chairmen with Area and Regional officers of the Conservative Party from up and down the country, elected me to serve as President of the National Conservative Convention for the next year.
President of the Convention is more than just a title. It&#8217;s a major commitment for the year, and a huge responsibility to represent more than 200,000 members of the Conservative&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/grassroots-politics-is-hugely-rewarding/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'All politics is local' --  Andrew Gwynne (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/all-politics-is-local/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/all-politics-is-local/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:57:22 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thinkpolitics.co.uk/andrewgwynne/?p=176</guid> <description><![CDATA[In one of the Commons committee rooms there is a huge portrait of Joseph Chamberlain, the Birmingham MP and father of the infamous Conservative Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain.
“Our Joe” as I am told he was affectionately known by his supporters, was also the Mayor of Birmingham at the height of municipal greatness; perhaps local government’s finest hour!  For example, Chamberlain established a municipal gas supply by forcibly purchasing the&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/all-politics-is-local/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'SNP and Plaid opposition to debate format' --  Party News (SNP)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/snp-and-plaid-opposition-to-debate-format/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/snp-and-plaid-opposition-to-debate-format/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:38:49 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">16763 at http://www.snp.org</guid> <description><![CDATA[The leaders of the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru, Alex Salmond MP MSP and Ieuan Wyn Jones unite in their opposition to the BBC's current proposals for leaders debates whcih cut out three of the four countries which make up the UK and two parties of government.read more]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/snp-and-plaid-opposition-to-debate-format/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'News : Gerry under the spotlight' --  Gerry Sutcliffe (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/news-gerry-under-the-spotlight/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/news-gerry-under-the-spotlight/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:33:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bradford South]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gerrysutcliffe.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?aID=241</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gerry visited Dixons City Academy last Friday 5 March. He was invited to be the first interviewee in the school&#39;s new television studio. The room has been equipped to a standard to rival professional studios and will give pupils chance to experienc...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/news-gerry-under-the-spotlight/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'The biggest risk for Britain is five more years of Gordon Brown' --  Party News (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/the-biggest-risk-for-britain-is-five-more-years-of-gordon-brown/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/the-biggest-risk-for-britain-is-five-more-years-of-gordon-brown/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:www.conservatives.com://c764e89eba7201a8f127903255a12e07</guid> <description><![CDATA[William Hague argues that the biggest risk for Britain is five more years of Gordon Brown.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/the-biggest-risk-for-britain-is-five-more-years-of-gordon-brown/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'UpRise: United Against Racism' --  Lynne Featherstone (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/uprise-united-against-racism/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/uprise-united-against-racism/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:18:23 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lib Dem MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hornsey and Wood Green]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/?p=6553</guid> <description><![CDATA[There is a group trying to continue the event that Boris discontinued - to make UpRise: London United Against Racism happen. They are nearing a crucial stage of planning but their ambitions are currently being held back by funding - a factor they always knew would be our greatest challenge.
They are waiting on the responses of funding bodies and seeking commercial sponsorship too, we are pushing to get those who have&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/uprise-united-against-racism/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Securing the recovery is essential &#8211; Gordon Brown' --  Party News (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/securing-the-recovery-is-essential-gordon-brown/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/securing-the-recovery-is-essential-gordon-brown/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:29:39 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.labour.org.uk/securing-the-recovery-is-essential-gordon-brown</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alongside a speech by Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, on the economy, the Labour Party is today publishing A Future Fair for All: Securing the recovery, not putting it at risk. The document sets out the choice that Britain faces between growth and increasing prosperity with Labour, or a decade of austerity, low growth and low employment under the Tories. To read a copy&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/securing-the-recovery-is-essential-gordon-brown/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'The Perils of Poverty Statistics' --  David Miliband (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/the-perils-of-poverty-statistics/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/the-perils-of-poverty-statistics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:18:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South Shields]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/roller/miliband/entry/the_perils_of_poverty_statistics</guid> <description><![CDATA[We often hear a lot about unreliable statistics. But the problem isn’t exclusive to domestic issues. This Aid Watch blog from New York University's Development Research Institute muses on the pitfalls of applying various indicators to measure poverty . Since the days of Rowntree, measuring poverty has never been simple, and bilateral and multinational donors need to continually keep refining their measures. But that doesn’t make working towards targeted aims&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/the-perils-of-poverty-statistics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Prime Minister’s Questions' --  Prime Minister's Office</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/prime-minister%e2%80%99s-questions-5/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/prime-minister%e2%80%99s-questions-5/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:54:03 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prime Minister's Office]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.number10.gov.uk/?p=22682</guid> <description><![CDATA[Maternal mortality, public spending and the armed forces were on the agenda at today&#8217;s PMQs.
The Prime Minister also took questions on Sure Start childrens centres, crime and school places.
We will offer a summary of the topics covered, as well as the chance to watch the broadcast again, from around 15:00 GMT.
Follow the links below to read the PMQs transcript or listen to the broadcast again.Watch PMQs&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/prime-minister%e2%80%99s-questions-5/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'(Elected) House of Commons Supports Exeter Unitary Bid' --  Ben Bradshaw (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/elected-house-of-commons-supports-exeter-unitary-bid/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/elected-house-of-commons-supports-exeter-unitary-bid/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:19:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Exeter]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbradshaw.co.uk/blog/?p=145</guid> <description><![CDATA[The House of Commons voted decisively last night to support Exeter&#8217;s bid for self rule. 
A motion tabled by the Conservatives opposing Government plans to restore unitary government to Exeter and Norwich was defeated comfortably. 
Conservative MPs from rural Devon and Norfolk lined up to criticise the plans. 
But the proposals were strongly supported by Labour members including the former Home Sectretary and Norwich MP Charles Clarke. 
The Chairman of&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/elected-house-of-commons-supports-exeter-unitary-bid/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Potholes are in Exeter, Cllrs are from Bideford' --  Ben Bradshaw (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/potholes-are-in-exeter-cllrs-are-from-bideford/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/potholes-are-in-exeter-cllrs-are-from-bideford/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:15:24 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Exeter]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbradshaw.co.uk/blog/?p=144</guid> <description><![CDATA[Potholes and the state of the roads is one of the main complaints I get on the doorstep. Another good reason for Exeter to run its own affairs. 
It’s ludicrous that councillors from Bideford and South Hams decide how much money to spend repairing Exeter’s roads and which roads to repair when. 
We need Exeter councillors who are accountable to local people making those decisions and given the money to&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/potholes-are-in-exeter-cllrs-are-from-bideford/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Unitary bid in the House of Lords' --  Ben Bradshaw (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/unitary-bid-in-the-house-of-lords/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/unitary-bid-in-the-house-of-lords/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:13:43 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Exeter]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbradshaw.co.uk/blog/?p=143</guid> <description><![CDATA[As Exeter’s bid to have its self-rule restored reaches the final lap all eyes are on the House of Lords. 
A legal attempt by Devon and Norfolk county councils to thwart Exeter and Norwich’s aspirations was rightly put on the back burner by the High Court who said Parliament should take precedence. 
The House of Lords is full of Conservative and Liberal Democrat supporters of the powerful county lobby in&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/unitary-bid-in-the-house-of-lords/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Is Ashcroft a Working Peer?' --  Gordon Prentice (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/is-ashcroft-a-working-peer/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/is-ashcroft-a-working-peer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:11:47 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gordonprentice.com/index.php/component/content/article/1-blog/67-is-ashcroft-a-working-peer</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anyone out there with a working definition of a “working peer”?
In a House of Lords briefing on the subject it merely says the term is used by the press to describe a peer appointed by a political party in the expectation that they would attend regularly.
In a letter dated 2 March 2000, William Hague told the Chair of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee, Lord Thomson of Monifieth:
“I&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/is-ashcroft-a-working-peer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Sun on the economic horizon?' --  Ben Bradshaw (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/sun-on-the-economic-horizon/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/sun-on-the-economic-horizon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:11:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Exeter]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.benbradshaw.co.uk/blog/?p=142</guid> <description><![CDATA[The narrowing of the polls, the better economic news and Tory turmoil over Lord Ashcroft and policy have all served to put a spring in people’s step. The bright crisp sunshine also helps. 
The acknowledgement by the British Chambers of Commerce that both unemployment and borrowing will be far less than people predicted should boost confidence and help further reduce the deficit. 
With Germany going backwards and other EU countries&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/sun-on-the-economic-horizon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'PM hails Northern Ireland vote' --  Prime Minister's Office</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/pm-hails-northern-ireland-vote/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/pm-hails-northern-ireland-vote/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:43:57 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prime Minister's Office]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.number10.gov.uk/?p=22746</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister has welcomed news of the Northern Ireland Assembly voting in support of the devolution of policing and justice powers.
He said the completion of devolution sends a powerful message that &#8220;democracy and tolerance will prevail&#8221;.
The PM said:
&#8220;The completion of devolution, supported by all sections of the community in Northern Ireland, is the final end to decades of strife.
It sends the most powerful message to those who would&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/pm-hails-northern-ireland-vote/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Kampfner’s got form' --  Tom Harris (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/kampfner%e2%80%99s-got-form/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/kampfner%e2%80%99s-got-form/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:32:44 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Glasgow South]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tomharris.org.uk/?p=12608</guid> <description><![CDATA[JOHN Kampfner&#8217;s decision to support the LibDems should come as no surprise to anyone.
I recall a truly bizarre feature in the New Statesman in the few weeks running up to the 2005 election in which readers were invited to vote tactically against Labour MPs. That&#8217;s right &#8211; against! He was one of the delicate flowers, I assume, who think large Labour majorities are just too, too fwightening, and so&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/kampfner%e2%80%99s-got-form/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Recovery requires lower taxes, less regulation' --  Douglas Carswell (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/recovery-requires-lower-taxes-less-regulation/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/recovery-requires-lower-taxes-less-regulation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:06:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harwich and Clacton]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.talkcarswell.com/show.aspx?id=1331</guid> <description><![CDATA[Normally, a fall in the value of the &#163; would mean exports increase relative to imports. Latest figures, however, suggest that hasn't happened.
Sterling
fell - and exports decreased compared to imports.
Perhaps after decades of high taxation and invasive regulation, it's getting pretty tough for our businesses to actually produce things folk would want to buy in an open world market.
Our wealth creators now need permission from an&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/recovery-requires-lower-taxes-less-regulation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Refugee Weblogs' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/refugee-weblogs/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/refugee-weblogs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:16:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lib Dem MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birmingham Yardley]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179743.post-8604515647698086737</guid> <description><![CDATA[Angela Wileman who is in Ireland has started a weblog.  Her story is about how she and her children have been persecuted by the state because she was a victim of Domestic Violence.Sam Hallimond who is in Spain also has a weblog.The Cootes family who are also in spain have a facebook group]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/refugee-weblogs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'John Kampfner explains why he is supporting the Liberal Democrats' --  Lynne Featherstone (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/john-kampfner-explains-why-he-is-supporting-the-liberal-democrats/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/john-kampfner-explains-why-he-is-supporting-the-liberal-democrats/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:01:54 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lib Dem MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hornsey and Wood Green]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/?p=6550</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is what John Campfner says of his reasons for supporting the Liberal Democrats.
Today I launched my pamphlet, Lost labours, with Nick Clegg.
As somebody who has a long involvement with the Labour party, including editing the New Statesman magazine, I have been able to give a frank and honest appraisal of a decade and a half of New Labour. And in it I explain why I can no&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/john-kampfner-explains-why-he-is-supporting-the-liberal-democrats/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Letter to the FT (Financial Times) – Amendment 120A Digital Economy Bill' --  Tom Watson (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/letter-to-the-ft-financial-times-%e2%80%93-amendment-120a-digital-economy-bill/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/letter-to-the-ft-financial-times-%e2%80%93-amendment-120a-digital-economy-bill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:47:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[West Bromwich East]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=4164</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dear Sirs,We regret that the House of Lords last week adopted amendment 120A to the Digital Economy Bill. This amendment not only significantly changes the injunctions procedure in the UK but will lead to an increase in Internet service providers blocking websites accused of illegally hosting copyrighted material without cases even reaching a judge. The amendment seeks to address the legitimate concerns of rights-holders but would have unintended consequences&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/letter-to-the-ft-financial-times-%e2%80%93-amendment-120a-digital-economy-bill/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Whittington A&amp;E – Story 5' --  Lynne Featherstone (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/whittington-ae-%e2%80%93-story-5/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/whittington-ae-%e2%80%93-story-5/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:31:49 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lib Dem MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hornsey and Wood Green]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/?p=6548</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alicia's story:
PERSONAL THANKS TO THE WHITTINGTON A AND E DEPARTMENT My elder son developed acute appendicitis and we had to rush him in a minicab to the Whittington. He was in agony and every second counted.
We were terrified that his appendix would burst but the A and E were wonderful and, I think, probaby saved his life. When he was badly beaten up on the Archway Road and&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/whittington-ae-%e2%80%93-story-5/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Back on the bus' --  John Prescott (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/back-on-the-bus/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/back-on-the-bus/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:29:03 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gofourth.co.uk/back-on-the-bus</guid> <description><![CDATA[I'm spending most of my time back on the Battle Bus touring marginals and safer seats, getting supporters ready for the fight ahead.   We've already campaigned in Reading, Leeds North West, Manchester Withington, and the North East. You can watch my interview on the NE Politics Show here (about 40mins in)   This week we're off to North Wales and Cheshire visiting Ruthin, Holywell, Wrexham, Chirk, Crewe and Nantwich and Chester.&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/back-on-the-bus/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="10cc8039-2355-8474-bde1-f2c2a0c75047.jpg" length="3166744" type="image/jpeg" /> <enclosure url="" length="" type="" /> </item> <item><title>'Have the Conservatives changed enough?' --  John Redwood (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/have-the-conservatives-changed-enough/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/have-the-conservatives-changed-enough/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Conservative MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wokingham]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=5761</guid> <description><![CDATA[One of the triumphs of Labour spin over the last twenty years has been to caricature Thatcherism. Because they so feared its success, economically and electorally, they set out to associate it with a set of unpleasant characteristics so we would &#8220;never go back to it&#8221;. Their presentation of Thatcherism was a tissue of lies, but quite successful with some people.
Labour sought to endow Thatcherism with five disagreeable features:&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/have-the-conservatives-changed-enough/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme' --  Gisela Stuart (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/sex-offender-disclosure-scheme/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/sex-offender-disclosure-scheme/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:22:56 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birmingham Edgbaston]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.giselastuartmp.co.uk/?p=12715</guid> <description><![CDATA[Labour Home Secretary Alan Johnson has announced a pioneering scheme that will improve protection for children by giving members of the public a formal mechanism to make enquires about people who are in contact with children.
The Child Sex Offender Disclosure scheme has already had success after more than 60 children were protected from potential abuse during a 12 month pilot.
From August 2010 the scheme will roll out to 18&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/10/sex-offender-disclosure-scheme/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>