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	<title>Always win when you&#039;re singing &#187; expenses</title>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t want to live with the common people? Don&#8217;t seek to represent them then!</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/dont-want-to-live-with-the-common-people-dont-seek-to-represent-them-then/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/dont-want-to-live-with-the-common-people-dont-seek-to-represent-them-then/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Winterton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I knew that it was going to be a bad interview for Sir Nicholas Winterton, when he asserted ‘The public are wrong, yes, the public are wrong’. His comments were a reaction to public disquiet about MPs expenses, and in particular a ban on MPs travelling first class. The ensuing interview, which lasted almost an [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/what-does-ian-oakley-have-in-common-with-jonathan-aitken/' rel='bookmark' title='What does Ian Oakley have in common with Jonathan Aitken?'>What does Ian Oakley have in common with Jonathan Aitken?</a></li>
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		<title>Parliamentary privilege should not mean criminal immunity</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/parliamentary-privilege-should-not-mean-criminal-immunity/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/parliamentary-privilege-should-not-mean-criminal-immunity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Chaytor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eliott Morley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Devine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keir Starmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lord Hanningfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MP expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parliamentary privilege]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The news that the Messrs Chaytor, Devine, Morley and Lord Hanningfield make seek to utilise parliamentary privilege to escape prosecution under the Theft Act 1968 has dealt another blow against the reputation of Parliament. The thought that parliamentarians may try to use Article 9 of the Bill of Rights Act 1689 as a shield against [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/catching-up-with-chairman-pickles/' rel='bookmark' title='Catching up with Chairman Pickles'>Catching up with Chairman Pickles</a></li>
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		<title>LibDem MP gets own duck island</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/libdem-mp-gets-own-duck-island/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/libdem-mp-gets-own-duck-island/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[duck houses]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sarabedford.org.uk/?p=4016</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A certain LibDem MP was staying with a friend of mine over Christmas. Santa thought that the MP should not have to feel inferior to their Conservative colleagues and gave  them a very special present. Related posts:Doing it by numbers Is this the most misleading bar chart ever? Day 16: The great bin challenge


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/day-16-the-great-bin-challenge/' rel='bookmark' title='Day 16: The great bin challenge'>Day 16: The great bin challenge</a></li>
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		<title>There ain&#039;t no justice in Watford</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/there-aint-no-justice-in-watford/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/there-aint-no-justice-in-watford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Claire Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminal justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whips office]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So Claire Ward has her sideways shove, from the Whips&#8217; Office to the Ministry of Justice. Doesn&#8217;t sound like so much of a change to me &#8211; now she&#8217;s doling it out to the rest of us, rather than just her colleagues! Gushing with excitement at the move, Ms Ward said, &#8220;In essence it will [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/its-official-camerons-one-dimensional-watford-whitewash/' rel='bookmark' title='It&#039;s official: Cameron&#039;s one-dimensional Watford whitewash'>It&#039;s official: Cameron&#039;s one-dimensional Watford whitewash</a></li>
<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/removing-the-cancer-from-watfords-politics/' rel='bookmark' title='Removing the cancer from Watford&#039;s politics'>Removing the cancer from Watford&#039;s politics</a></li>
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		<title>Don&#039;t let the charmers break your heart</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/dont-let-the-charmers-break-your-heart/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/dont-let-the-charmers-break-your-heart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 07:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UKIP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Sked]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ashley Mote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Spink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigel Farage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Wise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My 12 year old daughter isn&#8217;t interested in boys yet, thank goodness. But I know that one day she will have her heart broken. A smooth operator will promise her undying love and attention and she&#8217;ll fall for it. She&#8217;ll believe the best of him at first, then slowly come to realise that he is not what [...]


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		<title>Trade in your MP</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/trade-in-your-mp/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/trade-in-your-mp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 05:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Claire Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scrappage scheme]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I awake to the news that from today if your old banger has been around for more than 10 years, you can scrap them for a new one. An excellent way to remove my MP from the class of 1997 and get a shiny clean new one. I&#8217;ll even forgo my £2000 bonus to help pay for some of [...]


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		<title>Have MPs finally found a way to exempt themselves from FOI?</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/have-mps-finally-found-a-way-to-exempt-themselves-from-foi/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/have-mps-finally-found-a-way-to-exempt-themselves-from-foi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 07:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harriet Harman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuart Bell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sarabedford.com/blog/?p=2319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ So after years of trying, have Labour MPs finally found a way to exempt their outrageous expenses claims from the disinfectant of sunlight? Yesterday&#8217;s newsthat an independent audit unit would be set up to scrutinise claims may hold a clue. Stuart Bell, the senior Labour MP who has become MP Defender-in-Chief let slip a privatising the checking [...]


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		<title>The oath of allegiance &#8211; Hufflepuff or Slytherin?</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/the-oath-of-allegiance-hufflepuff-or-slytherin/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/the-oath-of-allegiance-hufflepuff-or-slytherin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 08:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harriet Harman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazel Blears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hufflepuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPs expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slytherin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sorting hat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sarabedford.com/blog/?p=2295</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Telegraph&#8217;s publication of the details of MPs&#8217; more ludicrous expenses claims, has given our MPs another chance to show off their high moral standing. Maybe PMQs hasn&#8217;t quite reached the levels of Didier Drogba&#8217;s hysterical wide-eyed finger jabbing, but it&#8217;s surely not too far away. Not content with making a total idiot of herself [...]


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		<title>For the sake of the MP&#039;s children</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/for-the-sake-of-the-mps-children/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/for-the-sake-of-the-mps-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Claire Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Watford]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m getting increasingly worried that my MP Claire Ward is losing track of her life. Under pressure for claiming the maximum in second home allowances since at least 2002, Ms Ward has come up with a number of justifications as to why she needs the allowance, despite being just a 16 minute train journey from [...]


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		<title>Blue plaques and red faces</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/blue-plaques-and-red-faces/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/blue-plaques-and-red-faces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacqui Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Plaque]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t resist this &#8216;blue plaque&#8217; erected at the home of Jacqui Smith&#8217;s sister in south London over the weekend. Related posts:I don&#039;t really live in Watford because it&#039;s a long way from London, says town&#039;s MP Hypocrisy &#8211; alive and well and living in the Labour Party&#039;s second home The oath of allegiance &#8211; [...]


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