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><channel><title>Blogminster</title> <atom:link href="http://blogminster.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blogminster.com</link> <description>Blogging for Westminster</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:41:21 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=abc</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>6</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>'The thriller in the Rhyl-ah!' --  John Prescott (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/the-thriller-in-the-rhyl-ah/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/the-thriller-in-the-rhyl-ah/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:40:12 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gofourth.co.uk/the-thriller-in-the-rhyl-ah</guid> <description><![CDATA[Day 2 of our Go Fourth tour of North Wales and Cheshire and it's been a great day.   Peter Hain joined me campaigning in Clwyd West with our fantastic candidate Donna Hutton.     But whilst I was in Ruthin, the local Tory MP, David Jones, thought he'd have a go on Twitter, saying my presence there actually helped him.   My subsequent twitter exchange, which revealed he was actually in London and&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/the-thriller-in-the-rhyl-ah/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/YC174EPsDQc/2.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg" /> </item> <item><title>'Labour have bombarded schools with red tape' --  The Blue Blog (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/labour-have-bombarded-schools-with-red-tape/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/labour-have-bombarded-schools-with-red-tape/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:56:07 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.conservatives.com/?p=3453</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s debate on the Children&#8217;s Schools and Families Bill really brought to the fore the anger that parents, teachers and significant others feel at the way the Government has bombarded schools with legislation, regulation and bureaucracy.
I have been inundated with letters, emails and faxes raising huge concerns about the contents of this Bill. Who says the public is apathetic?
The parents that have contacted me about the Children&#8217;s Schools&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/labour-have-bombarded-schools-with-red-tape/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'BBC refusal to negotiate unfair to Scotland' --  Party News (SNP)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/bbc-refusal-to-negotiate-unfair-to-scotland/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/bbc-refusal-to-negotiate-unfair-to-scotland/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:53:12 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">16772 at http://www.snp.org</guid> <description><![CDATA[SNP Leader and First Minister Alex Salmond MP has said that the refusal of the BBC and ITV to reopen negotiations over the format of the proposed leaders debate which exclude Scotland is "deeply unsatisfactory".read more]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/bbc-refusal-to-negotiate-unfair-to-scotland/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'UK support for vital energy project &#8216;not enough&#8217;' --  Party News (SNP)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/uk-support-for-vital-energy-project-not-enough/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/uk-support-for-vital-energy-project-not-enough/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:45:43 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">16771 at http://www.snp.org</guid> <description><![CDATA[UK Government is set to provide funding for partial development of the Carbon Capture and Storage project at Longannet. SNP MP Mike Weir calls on them to stop dithering and get behind the project fully.read more]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/uk-support-for-vital-energy-project-not-enough/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Inspirational Edmonton Eagles' --  Andy Love (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/inspirational-edmonton-eagles/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/inspirational-edmonton-eagles/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:50:00 +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-7106404025953839107</guid> <description><![CDATA[The name "Edmonton Eagles Amateur Boxing Club" may be getting more and more familiar to you.Recently the club was awarded the Club of the Year prize for its community work at Enfield's Celebrating Sports awards night at the Lea Valley Sports College.  And prior to that, Head Coach Costakis Evangelou was honoured with the Jack Petchey Foundation Leader Award for his work in coaching and mentoring the club's ever-growing membership.This&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/inspirational-edmonton-eagles/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Blog the Week Episode 10' --  Greg Pope (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/blog-the-week-episode-10/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/blog-the-week-episode-10/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:43:00 +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-1105209166826569615</guid> <description><![CDATA[With my lack of blogging this week, you might expect that I have something special hidden up my sleeve for this episode of Blog The Week.Unfortunately, I do not. I do get a little help from Douglas Alexander and Jess Asato though:And here's the Jeremy Vine clip I was referring to:]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/blog-the-week-episode-10/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'The Electoral Commission and Bearwood Corporate Services' --  Gordon Prentice (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/the-electoral-commission-and-bearwood-corporate-services/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/the-electoral-commission-and-bearwood-corporate-services/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:40:09 +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/72-the-electoral-commission-and-bearwood-corporate-services</guid> <description><![CDATA[Did the Electoral Commission give the Conservative Party a clean bill of health on the money it received from Ashcroft’s Bearwood Corporate Services?
I was shocked to learn that Conservative party staff had refused to co-operate with the Electoral Commission.
Here is my exchange yesterday in the Commons with Gary Streeter who represents the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission.
"As I was saying, what does it say about today's&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/the-electoral-commission-and-bearwood-corporate-services/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Liberal Democrats reveal election slogan' --  Party News (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/liberal-democrats-reveal-election-slogan/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/liberal-democrats-reveal-election-slogan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:37:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:feeds.libdems.org.uk://d2361b8550efe668051a2877d7fca4d8</guid> <description><![CDATA[The slogan is being used at the party&#8217;s Spring Conference in Birmingham this weekend.Commenting, Nick Clegg&#8217;s Chief of Staff, Danny Alexander said:“This election will be about fairness and change and the Liberal Democrats are the only party that will deliver both.
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“The Labour Party has let people down, they failed to make Britain fair, failed on the economy, failed to protect our environment and they failed to&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/liberal-democrats-reveal-election-slogan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Election Results 11th March 2010' --  John Hemming (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/election-results-11th-march-2010/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/election-results-11th-march-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:23:00 +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-5084233943294553741</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dacorum BC, Adeyfield WestCon 486 (32.8; -8.6)Lab 429 (29.0; -13.3)LD Steve Wilson 362 (24.5; +8.1)BNP 203 (13.7; +13.7)Majority 57Turnout 35.83%Con holdPercentage change is since May 2007Wellingborough BC, Redwell WestCon 570 (57.2; -20.3)Lab 186 (18.7; -3.9)BNP 84 (8.4; +8.4)LD Penny Wilkins 72 (7.2; +7.2)English Democrats 62 (6.2; +6.2)Green 23 (2.3; +2.3)Majority 384Turnout 37.7%Con]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/election-results-11th-march-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'&#8220;Hedging Our Bets&#8221; &#8211; Lib Dems reveal election slogan' --  Greg Pope (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/hedging-our-bets-lib-dems-reveal-election-slogan/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/hedging-our-bets-lib-dems-reveal-election-slogan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:05:00 +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-4904419316987602063</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democrats today revealed their new election slogan, "Change that works for you, building a fairer Britain".The slogan was accompanied by a statement from the party: "We are pleased to announce that our slogan for the upcoming election campaign will be 'Change that works for you, building a fairer Britain'. You may notice this is similar to both the Conservatives and Labour slogans. This is because we, the Liberal&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/hedging-our-bets-lib-dems-reveal-election-slogan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'MP Encouraged by Expanding Barrowford Engineering Company' --  Gordon Prentice (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/mp-encouraged-by-expanding-barrowford-engineering-company/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/mp-encouraged-by-expanding-barrowford-engineering-company/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:02:15 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:www.gordonprenticemp.com://2b08e8a50c3ea71891e7a212587cac09</guid> <description><![CDATA[Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice recently visited MERC Engineering in Barrowford, to hear from the sharp end how local businesses are coping with the economic downturn. MERC Engineering has recently been awarded a £40,000 contribution towards the cost of a new CNC lathe and machining centre from the Local Enterprise Grant Initiative (LEGI) funded by the Government. This is part of a major initiative to increase employment opportunities and help safeguard&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/mp-encouraged-by-expanding-barrowford-engineering-company/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Restoring confidence in child protection' --  The Blue Blog (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/restoring-confidence-in-child-protection/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/restoring-confidence-in-child-protection/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:37:03 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.conservatives.com/?p=3451</guid> <description><![CDATA[The terrible treatment of seven-year old Khyra Ishaq has shocked everyone who has heard the details of the case. Today her mother and stepfather who subjected her to such appalling abuse have been sentenced.
The extent of their crimes is horrific enough, yet the fact that the authorities missed several opportunities to step in and save Khyra makes the case all the more traumatic.
Whenever a child&#8217;s death could have&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/restoring-confidence-in-child-protection/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'When the bans don&#8217;t work' --  Greg Pope (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/when-the-bans-dont-work/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/when-the-bans-dont-work/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:45:00 +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-2333702056214463669</guid> <description><![CDATA[It's time for those of us who loathe the BNP and its vacuous racism to face facts: the bans and boycotts not only don't work they are actively counter-productive. They play to the BNP's own sense that the system gangs up on them, that they are somehow the plucky outsiders presenting uncomfortable truths in a way that gains electoral traction. Two MEPs, dozens of councillors and a million votes in&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/when-the-bans-dont-work/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Regulators have always made judgements' --  John Redwood (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/regulators-have-always-made-judgements/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/regulators-have-always-made-judgements/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:41:24 +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=5778</guid> <description><![CDATA[The FSA says today it will in future monitor more and make judgements about the safety of various financial products and activities.
The tripartite regulators led by the Chancellor made some very important judgements 2005-8. Between 2005 and 2007 they thought banks had more than enough capital and cash for their huge increases in lending and investment banking. They were  wrong. They allowed the banks to bloat their balance sheets&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/regulators-have-always-made-judgements/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Beware banana skins' --  David Jones (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/beware-banana-skins/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/beware-banana-skins/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:04:51 +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=4755</guid> <description><![CDATA[After years of having their logo mocked as &#8220;the dead parrot&#8221;, I&#8217;m not sure why the LibDems thought it a good idea to adopt a banana as their general election emblem.
More appropriate for David Miliband&#8217;s Labour leadership campaign, one would think.
Filed under: David Miliband, Liberal Democrats Tagged: Politics]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/beware-banana-skins/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Hague invited to Ashcroft hearing' --  Gordon Prentice (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/hague-invited-to-ashcroft-hearing/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/hague-invited-to-ashcroft-hearing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:41:05 +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/71-hague-invited-to-ashcroft-hearing</guid> <description><![CDATA[William Hague has been invited to come before the Public Administration Select Committee next Thursday to shed what light he can on how Michael Ashcroft got his peerage.
Ashcroft told Hague in 2000, in his solemn and binding undertaking, that he would become a permanent UK resident.
But we now know from Ashcroft himself that this changed to "long term" resident. This made a huge difference&#160;to his liability for tax.&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/hague-invited-to-ashcroft-hearing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'News : National award for Appleton Academy, Wyke' --  Gerry Sutcliffe (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/news-national-award-for-appleton-academy-wyke/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/news-national-award-for-appleton-academy-wyke/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:10:01 +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=242</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gerry has written a letter of congratulations to pupils at Appleton Academy in Wyke after it was announced that they have won a national challenge to design and plan a National Handball Centre for the 2012 London Olympics. Pupils in the academy&#038;...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/news-national-award-for-appleton-academy-wyke/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Wokingham Times' --  John Redwood (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/wokingham-times-15/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/wokingham-times-15/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:03:59 +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=5765</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sometimes people come to see me at my surgery with debt problems. They often have a large mortgage, and on top have borrowed too much on the Credit card and personal loans. The first advice I always give them is to go through all their spending and see how they can cut it. If each month you need to borrow more you end up on the road to personal bankruptcy.&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/wokingham-times-15/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Lost in translation' --  Douglas Carswell (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/lost-in-translation-2/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/lost-in-translation-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:50:00 +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=1334</guid> <description><![CDATA[Back in December 2007, Home Office Local Government minister Hazel Blears urged councils to spend less on translation. In February 2008, she said learning English must be an "absolute priority" for migrants to the UK.
&#160;
Yet in 2008-09, the Home Office spent &#163;67.9 million on translation.
&#160;
Either ministers aren't in control of their own bureaucracies. Or they take us for fools. Or both.
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You can't trust a&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/lost-in-translation-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Traffic calming consultation gets green light' --  Lynne Featherstone (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/traffic-calming-consultation-gets-green-light/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/traffic-calming-consultation-gets-green-light/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:47:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lib Dem MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/?p=6569</guid> <description><![CDATA[Haringey Liberal Democrats are urging residents to take part in a statutory consultation on plans to provide new traffic calming measures and 20mph limits in the Palace Gates area of Alexandra ward.
All households in the consultation area received documents from Haringey Council on 4 March 2010 to take part before the deadline for responses on 25 March 2010.
The consultation marks the last step of a six year campaign by Liberal&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/traffic-calming-consultation-gets-green-light/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Tormented to death' --  David Jones (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/tormented-to-death/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/tormented-to-death/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:45:58 +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=4751</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Today programme this morning carried a report on an incident in Greater Manchester in which David Askew, a 64 year-old man with learning difficulties, had been found dead outside his house.
According to a neighbour, Mr Askew had been subjected to many years of torment by local youths, who had picked on him because of his disabilities.  The only way he could obtain temporary relief from their otherwise ceaseless&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/tormented-to-death/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Travelling safely' --  John Redwood (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/travelling-safely/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/travelling-safely/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:51:32 +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=5776</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yesterday was another successful day for anti terrorism. I was especially grateful as I was travelling to and from Manchester by public transport in order to make a speech there. We should not  tempt providence or take things for granted. The anti terrorist police and Intelligence services are to be congratulated for all the networks and plots they have intercepted to make us safer.
I wanted to get to Manchester&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/travelling-safely/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Whittington A&amp;E – Story 7' --  Lynne Featherstone (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/whittington-ae-%e2%80%93-story-7/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/whittington-ae-%e2%80%93-story-7/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:53:33 +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=6559</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gillian's story:
In 2005 I became unwell and developed a high temperature. I wasn't well enough to go to the doctor and was prescribed antibiotics on a home visit from our local doctor on a Friday. Unfortunately I was extremely allergic to the drugs and was told on Saturday by Camidoc (phone call) to stop taking them if they were making me vomit. On Sunday I felt considerably worse and&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/whittington-ae-%e2%80%93-story-7/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'We&#8217;re going to fight and win' --  John Prescott (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/were-going-to-fight-and-win/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/were-going-to-fight-and-win/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:33:47 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gofourth.co.uk/were-going-to-fight-and-win</guid> <description><![CDATA[Attended a great rally for Susan Elan Jones, our excellent PPC for Clwyd South last night in North Wales.   Peter Hain gave a great speech on the damage a Tory Government would do to this country and the party members went away with a spring in their step.   Then just at the end, news came in of the new YouGov tracker poll - the lead down to just three points.&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/were-going-to-fight-and-win/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/1eJZ9imJ-cc/2.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg" /> </item> <item><title>'LD2010 Issue Four: Spring Conference comes to Birmingham' --  Party News (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/ld2010-issue-four-spring-conference-comes-to-birmingham/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/ld2010-issue-four-spring-conference-comes-to-birmingham/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:feeds.libdems.org.uk://7707679e2ea1fa88b618c0831ef72644</guid> <description><![CDATA[Spring Conference 2010: BirminghamFor the first time, Birmingham will be playing host to the Liberal Democrats&#39; spring conference. Whether you are attending or not, we want you to be able to be part of it. All the latest speeches and motions, videos and photos will be available online. Read more >On Saturday Nick will be holding an online Q &#38; A for all those not attending conference.Find out&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/ld2010-issue-four-spring-conference-comes-to-birmingham/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Warmer Homes, Greener Homes' --  Gisela Stuart (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/warmer-homes-greener-homes/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/warmer-homes-greener-homes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:23:49 +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=12731</guid> <description><![CDATA[The plans for a proposed &#8216;green&#8217; transformation of Britain&#8217;s homes which will take place over the next decade, making them warmer and cheaper to run, has been welcomed by Gisela Stuart.
The Labour Government&#8217;s new &#8216;Warmer Homes, Greener Homes&#8217; strategy will aim to help up to 7 million UK households to benefit from eco-upgrades by 2020 in order to cut the UK&#8217;s total home emissions by 29%.
The programme will&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/warmer-homes-greener-homes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'New Video Blog! World Book Day, High Speed Rail, Polls and Ashcroft' --  Jim Murphy (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/new-video-blog-world-book-day-high-speed-rail-polls-and-ashcroft/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/new-video-blog-world-book-day-high-speed-rail-polls-and-ashcroft/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[East Renfrewshire]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:www.jimmurphymp.com://ab362c519479953c128fac5967212b26</guid> <description><![CDATA[In this weeks video blog Jim talks about World Book Day and Horrid Henry,High Speed Rail, Polls and Ashcroft. Click here to view.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/new-video-blog-world-book-day-high-speed-rail-polls-and-ashcroft/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Kerry shows support for WWF&#8217;s Earth Hour' --  Kerry McCarthy (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/kerry-shows-support-for-wwfs-earth-hour/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/kerry-shows-support-for-wwfs-earth-hour/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bristol East]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:www.kerrymccarthymp.org://89901792e6fab309fbd9134286c5f2bb</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kerry has signed up to WWF’s Earth Hour to show her support for the fight against climate change. Kerry has urged people to support Earth Hour by encouraging local businesses, organisations and...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/kerry-shows-support-for-wwfs-earth-hour/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'MP Pledges Support to Mental Health Campaign' --  Andy Reed (Lab &#38; Co-op)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/mp-pledges-support-to-mental-health-campaign/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/mp-pledges-support-to-mental-health-campaign/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Loughborough]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">#118350</guid> <description><![CDATA[Andy Reed MP today gave hi backing to the Rethink campaign to highlight mental health issues.
The campaign aims to tackle stigma and discrimination, provide better access to services and to give fairer treatment to those in the criminal justice system.
Andy Reed said "I am fully aware that mental health remains the Cinderella service yet 1 in 4 of us will suffer from mental health issues in our lives.&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/12/mp-pledges-support-to-mental-health-campaign/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Bruce George MP – Final Advertiser Column' --  Bruce George (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/bruce-george-mp-%e2%80%93-final-advertiser-column/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/bruce-george-mp-%e2%80%93-final-advertiser-column/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:45:03 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Walsall South]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">/?p=66</guid> <description><![CDATA[I’ve been writing this column since the Advertiser first appeared on Walsall’s streets around 30 years ago.  I must admit that my columns haven’t always been riveting and exciting and occasionally if I haven’t proofread what I’ve dictated, the odd spelling and grammatical errors have crept in.  But I’ve enormously enjoyed and appreciated this regular opportunity for communicating directly with my constituents and others on any topics of my choice.&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/bruce-george-mp-%e2%80%93-final-advertiser-column/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Memoirs are made of this' --  Tom Harris (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/memoirs-are-made-of-this/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/memoirs-are-made-of-this/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:30:18 +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=12638</guid> <description><![CDATA[DANIEL Kawczynski is not a happy camper. Shewsbury&#8217;s Tory MP has written to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, John Lyon, to complain that Paul Flynn MP used a room on the House of Commons estate to launch his memoirs.
Kawczynski has been gracious enough to &#8220;share&#8221; his letter of complaint with conservativehome, the site announced this evening, just as a BBC correspondent in Olden Days might have asked Harold Macmillan&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/memoirs-are-made-of-this/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'The Gordon and Mandy Show' --  David Jones (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/the-gordon-and-mandy-show/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/the-gordon-and-mandy-show/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:55:40 +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=4748</guid> <description><![CDATA[Techie Labour MP Derek Wyatt (the only Member with his own iPhone app) has suggested that the Prime Minister should deliver a regular address to the nation over the internet, a proposal apparently inspired by President Obama’s weekly radio talk.
A few months ago, it was mooted that Lord Mandelson was to be appointed Minister for Information, in which guise he would deliver a weekly televised briefing from No 10. &#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/the-gordon-and-mandy-show/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Poodle future' --  Paul Flynn (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/poodle-future/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/poodle-future/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:20:43 +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-6a00d8346d963f69e20120a9282c7d970b</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#0160;Many, many times have I blogged about my
pride in the work of the Public Administration Committee (PASC). Now it’s
demise is imminent.&#0160; The Tory whips
are trying to kill the committee as a powerful weapon of independent scrutiny.
&#0160;The Labour members have always voted for
the merits of the evidence. Frequently, we have voted for what is right not
what is politically convenient. Many of conclusions have&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/poodle-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Infallible Gordon' --  David Jones (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/infallible-gordon/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/infallible-gordon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:56:14 +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=4744</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hard on the heels of my post of yesterday (showing that, contrary to Gordon Brown’s assertion that defence spending is rising year on year, it has in fact drastically declined as a share of GDP), come the findings of an inquiry by Channel 4’s FactCheck.  These reveal that in real terms – taking inflation into account – defence spending has fallen year-on-year four times since 1997.
Shadow Leader of the&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/infallible-gordon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'MP leads campaign for Westminster lights to go off' --  Dan Rogerson (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/mp-leads-campaign-for-westminster-lights-to-go-off/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/mp-leads-campaign-for-westminster-lights-to-go-off/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:59:28 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lib Dem MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[North Cornwall]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.danrogerson.org/?p=1566</guid> <description><![CDATA[Local MP, Dan Rogerson, has publicly backed WWF’s Earth Hour 2010  event and is spearheading the campaign for the Houses of Parliament to  take part too.Related posts:Lights out for Earth Hour &#8211; MP
Local MP Dan Rogerson supports &#8216;Stop Cliamte Chaos&#8217; event
Rogerson welcomes Holiday in Bodmin for St. Piran]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/mp-leads-campaign-for-westminster-lights-to-go-off/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Tory threat to new schools cash' --  Dan Rogerson (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/tory-threat-to-new-schools-cash/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/tory-threat-to-new-schools-cash/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:53:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Lib Dem MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2005 elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[North Cornwall]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.danrogerson.org/?p=1557</guid> <description><![CDATA[New cash for Cornish schools could be under threat if the Conservative Party takes a majority of seats at the next election.Related posts:Cornwall schools funding blow
MPs congratulate Cornish schools
Local MP welcomes new rules for charging cash machines]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/tory-threat-to-new-schools-cash/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'A Year for Change on the NUS' --  The Blue Blog (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/a-year-for-change-on-the-nus/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/a-year-for-change-on-the-nus/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:42 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.conservatives.com/?p=3443</guid> <description><![CDATA[For a number of years, NUS elections have been contested by open Labour Students, and &#8220;Independents&#8221; who are often Labour Party Members (or at a push Liberal or Green).
But this year, I&#8217;m going to be contesting as an official Conservative candidate. I believe standing for office carries with it a responsibility to be open about affiliations, and that if the NUS claims to be a truly representative body, this&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/a-year-for-change-on-the-nus/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'We need a public inquiry into new nuclear says Hughes' --  Party News (Lib Dem)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/we-need-a-public-inquiry-into-new-nuclear-says-hughes/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/we-need-a-public-inquiry-into-new-nuclear-says-hughes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:feeds.libdems.org.uk://4c1165bd678f74491bebafe5092b37a0</guid> <description><![CDATA[Commenting, Simon Hughes said:“It would be completely unacceptable for the Government to rush through new nuclear in its last days in office without a public inquiry.
&#160;
“New reactors still haven’t been approved and no-one knows how we’re going to deal with the deadly waste.
&#160;
“Ed Miliband has made himself judge and jury having already expressed a clear view on new nuclear.
&#160;
“The Liberal Democrats are strongly&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/we-need-a-public-inquiry-into-new-nuclear-says-hughes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Why I love t&#8217;web' --  John Prescott (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/why-i-love-tweb/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/why-i-love-tweb/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:40:33 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Blogs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gofourth.co.uk/why-i-love-tweb</guid> <description><![CDATA[We're in Chirk on the Prescott Express for the start of a three day tour of North Wales and Cheshire marginals.   Obviously, I try to respond to tweets and one asked me if I was going to Cornwall and Devon. As we're still working on the grid I mentioned the nearest date, Bristol a week on Saturday.   This was picked up by a Matt Chorley, a hack on the Western&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/why-i-love-tweb/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'High Speed (6)' --  David Lidington (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/high-speed-6/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/high-speed-6/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:42 +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=440</guid> <description><![CDATA[I have just come off the phone after a ten minute  conversation with the Transport Secretary, Lord Adonis.  He accepted straight away that the route he  has proposed for HS2 would have a damaging impact on my constituency and the lives of many  local residents.
He told me that he had personally travelled up and down  the line of each of the route options that had been considered by the&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/high-speed-6/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Drafting the manifesto' --  Douglas Carswell (Con)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/drafting-the-manifesto/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/drafting-the-manifesto/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:40:00 +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=1333</guid> <description><![CDATA[Regular readers&#160;will know that I do rather like to contribute when it comes to&#160;policy suggestions.&#160;&#160;
I'm therefore especially pleased to have been allowed to&#160;write a section of the&#160;manifesto.&#160; The Spectator magazine manifesto, that is.
It's inside this week's issue of the Spectator - on sale for a mere &#163;1.95.&#160;&#160;
I
n case anyone happens to be a bit&#160;short of big ideas&#160;to fix broken Britain, they'll find plenty in there.&#160;&#160;
My&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/drafting-the-manifesto/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'A new personal best!' --  Andy Love (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/a-new-personal-best/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/a-new-personal-best/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:37:00 +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-595336519347166668</guid> <description><![CDATA[You might not have expected it from me, but yesterday lunchtime I swapped my suit and tie for my shorts and trainers and jogged the Westminster Mile for Sport Relief.Here I am with former England rugby player Kyran Bracken after I'd crossed the finish line in my own personal best time of 9 minutes and 28 seconds.So it's not going to get me a place in Team GB for the&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/a-new-personal-best/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Scrap Scotland Office says former Minister' --  Party News (SNP)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/scrap-scotland-office-says-former-minister/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/scrap-scotland-office-says-former-minister/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:16:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Party Blogs/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">16766 at http://www.snp.org</guid> <description><![CDATA[Former Scottish Secretary, Ian Lang, has said that the position of Secretary of State for Scotland ‘no longer has any influence in the cabinet’, ‘pads out the cabinet’ and 'defies credibility’.read more]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/scrap-scotland-office-says-former-minister/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Iraq memorial re-dedicated' --  Prime Minister's Office</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/iraq-memorial-re-dedicated/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/iraq-memorial-re-dedicated/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:15:13 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prime Minister's Office]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.number10.gov.uk/?p=22774</guid> <description><![CDATA[A momument to 179 people who lost their lives in the Iraq war has been re-dedicated at a service in the East Midlands today.
The Prime Minister and his wife were among those who attended the ceremony at the Basra Memorial Wall in the National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire.
The wall was originally built in Basra in 2006 and was dismantled and moved to Britain after UK combat operations in&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/iraq-memorial-re-dedicated/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>'Walverden Water Flood Alleviation Scheme' --  Gordon Prentice (Lab)</title><link>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/walverden-water-flood-alleviation-scheme/</link> <comments>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/walverden-water-flood-alleviation-scheme/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:07:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Labour MP News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP Statements/News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:www.gordonprenticemp.com://e75060c50cdfb3e1e12d1b7b2f82642a</guid> <description><![CDATA[Work on the Walverden Water Flood Alleviation Scheme gets under way in April and, according to the Environment Agency, is expected to take about a year.
The Agency told local MP, Gordon Prentice, that the £2 million investment is needed to reduce the flood risk to businesses and properties in the area.
The Agency explained: "The scheme involves water channel improvements to&#160;remove restrictions to flow, improvements to flood defences and&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blogminster.com/2010/03/11/walverden-water-flood-alleviation-scheme/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>