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		<title>Take Back Parliament in Essex</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=896</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=896#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative vote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[referendum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[take back parliament]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just a brief note to say that I&#8217;ve been informed of a Take Back Parliament (the organisation campaigning for a Yes vote in the referendum on the voting system next year) meeting for Essex that&#8217;s happening next Tuesday. It&#8217;s at 7.30pm in the Charles Peters Lounge of Chelmsford YMCA. I&#8217;ll be going along with at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laurent Fignon, RIP</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=894</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=894#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greg lemond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laurent fignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tour de france]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Laurent Fignon, twice winner of the Tour de France, has died. However, I didn&#8217;t get to see him until after his wins when Channel 4 started the first regular British coverage of the Tour (every night at 6.30, if I remember correctly) and so my overriding memory of him is from the 1989 Tour. Specifically, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August Castle Neighbourhood Action Panel meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=860</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=860#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meetings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[castle ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDRP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just to let those of you in Colchester know, the next meeting of the Castle Neighbourhood Action Panel will be on Monday 23rd August, starting at 9.30am in the Town Hall. Any residents can come along and raise issues that they want the NAP to deal with, or if you can&#8217;t make it to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A thought on Government</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=889</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=889#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael mcintyre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Merely being better at it than Labour is like being funnier than Michael McIntyre &#8211; there&#8217;s a few people who might think it&#8217;s a laudable achievement but it&#8217;s really just clearing an extremely low hurdle.]]></description>
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		<title>July Castle Neighbourhood Action Panel meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=858</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=858#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meetings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[castle ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDRP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just to let those of you in Colchester know, the next meeting of the Castle Neighbourhood Action Panel will be on Thursday 22nd July, starting at 5pm in the Town Hall. Any residents can come along and raise issues that they want the NAP to deal with, or if you can&#8217;t make it to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just a question</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=886</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=886#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[referendum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republicanism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m wondering how much it would cost to organise a speaking tour of Australian republicans who voted &#8216;no&#8217; in their 1999 referendum on establishing a republic, on the grounds that it wasn&#8217;t quite the sort of republic they wanted? (The possible audience being those who are preparing to vote against AV in a referendum on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jenkin&#8217;s Law</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=884</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=884#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bernard jenkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So if Bernard Jenkin does propose an amendment in the Commons to require a 40% threshold in an electoral reform referendum, can it be completely ignored on the grounds that he doesn&#8217;t have the support of 40% of his own electorate?]]></description>
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		<title>Quick football question</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=882</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=882#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[question]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sweden]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Which nation&#8217;s international football record does England&#8217;s most resemble &#8211; Sweden or Germany? (Answer under the cut, so if you don&#8217;t want to know the score and are reading this in some manner that doesn&#8217;t allow for the cut, look away now) The correct answer is, of course, Sweden &#8211; pretty regular qualifiers for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June Castle Neighbourhood Action Panel meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=856</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=856#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meetings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[castle ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDRP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=856</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just to let those of you in Colchester know, the next meeting of the Castle Neighbourhood Action Panel will be on Wednesday 23rd June, starting at 1pm in the Town Hall. Any residents can come along and raise issues that they want the NAP to deal with, or if you can&#8217;t make it to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cerebri</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=880</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=880#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Films]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zombies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just had an idea for a film that would surely be a massive success, merging two things that are very popular in various media: Gladiators vs Zombies. Tattered corpses lurching through the streets of ancient Rome to confront the serried ranks of gladiators who stand waiting for them as the last line of defence before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is this really of interest to anyone?</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=878</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=878#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Site announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statporn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent arbitrary time period, a number of people visited this blog. Some people just visited once, others did it repeatedly. Some followed links from elsewhere, including Google searches, others either have it bookmarked or typed in the address themselves. Certain posts were more popular than others. Am I meant to repeat this statement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TV warning</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=876</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=876#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[look east]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those of you living in the East and of a sensitive disposition might want to avoid watching Look East this evening as I&#8217;ve filmed a short interview for them that&#8217;s likely to be on it, talking about some of the issues relating to population growth here in Colchester. Those of you not in the East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who can follow Vince?</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=874</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=874#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 21:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Liberal Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alex wilcock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deputy leader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jo swinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vince cable]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just when we thought everything was settling down &#8211; is it really only three weeks since the election? &#8211; comes the news that Vince Cable is standing down as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in order to concentrate more on his new role as Business Secretary. It&#8217;s a surprising announcement in that there hadn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking north</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=872</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=872#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 20:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Walking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boxted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essex way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great horkesley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[river stour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stoke-by-nayland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wester brgholt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No meetings today, and the weather was reasonably good so I went for my first long walk in a few months &#8211; probably the first proper walk I&#8217;ve done since the Roman Circus one back in February, actually. Mostly places I&#8217;ve been before, starting with the back route to West Bergholt (detailed here) and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neighbourhood Action Panel</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=870</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=870#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 14:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meetings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Site announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[castle ward]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oops. Just discovered today that I&#8217;d forgotten to put in the automated notices of Castle NAP meetings for the rest of the year, but I have now rectified that, and there should be an automated announcement for each of the rest of this year&#8217;s meetings around a week before they happen.]]></description>
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		<title>Before I turn into Zhou Enlai, the Coalition</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=853</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=853#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 08:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First thought: it&#8217;s interesting that most usage of &#8216;the Coalition&#8217; are now using the capital C of the proper noun for it, which implies some sort of permanence to it, perhaps. This is helped by official Government documents using the same convention, of course. The implication, though, is that Britain is being run not by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: First David Miliband campaign video</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=851</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=851#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 06:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david miliband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david tennant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dead ringers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tony blair]]></category>

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		<title>This, apparently, is how reporting is done nowadays</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=848</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=848#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 21:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#ldconf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris huhne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daily mirror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom mcnally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been mentioned in the Daily Mirror. Sadly, not for any great achievement on my part, or coming out with some great opinion that needed to be heard by the people, but because they can&#8217;t be bothered to report a story properly. I was one of several people who tweeted from the Lib Dem Special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Conference #ldconf</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=847</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=847#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 09:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Liberal Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#ldconf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special conference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My first Special Conference in almost fifteen years &#8211; the last one was an NUS one in Derby about tuition fees and free education in 1996 &#8211; and what promises to be an interesting afternoon. Still haven&#8217;t written my king-promised post about the coalition thanks to all the meetings the last week has spawned getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A small reshuffle</title>
		<link>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=845</link>
		<comments>http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=845#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 11:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So as soon as the election was over, my post a day routine disappeared into the ether as I got down to catching up with other work. I will try and post my thoughts on the coalition deal before I head off to Birmingham this weekend for the Special Conference about it, but before that, [...]]]></description>
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