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	<title>Always win when you&#039;re singing &#187; MPs</title>
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	<description>The thoughts of a Mum, LibDem and Gooner</description>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t need sexual seasoning, thanks</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/i-dont-need-sexual-seasoning-thanks/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/i-dont-need-sexual-seasoning-thanks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newspapers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lembit Opik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Hague]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I wrote about my sympathy for Ffion and William Hague amidst the media storm and the Hagues&#8217; later statement. As I said at the time of David Laws&#8217; outing earlier this year, I neither know nor care if Hague is gay or bisexual. If he had been unfaithful, then I would be sorry for Ffion, but I still [...]


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		<title>I&#8217;ve never voted Tory &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/ive-never-voted-tory/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/ive-never-voted-tory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Winterton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is my first attempt at one of the mydavidcameron.com posters, inspired by my earlier posting. Related posts:&#039;Tory bird&#039; fails to fly


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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>
		<category><![CDATA[MPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Winterton]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sarabedford.org.uk/?p=4444</guid>
		<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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		<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>Even Tessa&#039;s had enough now</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/even-tessas-had-enough-now/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/even-tessas-had-enough-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tessa Jowell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was only a month ago that Gordon Brown was forced to recall Tessa Jowell to the Cabinet, after it looked like he was not only short on gender balance, but also MPs with an iota of credibility willing to serve. Now it appears that the ultimate &#8216;professional politician&#8217; has had enough. I know she&#8217;s [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/does-manchester-labour-party-believe-gordon-brown-is-fit-to-be-in-parliament/' rel='bookmark' title='Does the Manchester Labour Party believe Gordon Brown is fit to be in Parliament?'>Does the Manchester Labour Party believe Gordon Brown is fit to be in Parliament?</a></li>
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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>

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		<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>
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		<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>Forget it Dave, the wedding&#039;s off</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/forget-it-dave-the-weddings-off/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/forget-it-dave-the-weddings-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 07:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Times has carried a shortened version of a report from Conservative Home about the sort of parliamentary party David Cameron may find himself leading after the next General Election. A majority of one would leave Cameron with 50% of his party new to the Commons, whilst the Tories&#8217; private hopes for 140 new MPs and a majority [...]


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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>
		<category><![CDATA[MPs expenses]]></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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