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	<title>Always win when you&#039;re singing &#187; crime</title>
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		<title>Conservatives’ use of crime statistics ‘selective and mendacious’</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[british crime survey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning’s Today programme provided another of those ‘mustn’t miss’ moments, as presenter Evan Davis  took the Conservatives’ Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling to task over the party’s misleading use of crime statistics. Last week Mark Easton, the BBC’s Home Affairs editor, had asked ‘Are the Tories being honest with their claims on violent crime’: [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/shocking-abuse-and-a-shocking-misunderstanding-of-statistics/' rel='bookmark' title='Shocking abuse &#8211; and a shocking misunderstanding of statistics'>Shocking abuse &#8211; and a shocking misunderstanding of statistics</a></li>
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		<title>Put your dog whistle down, David</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/put-your-dog-whistle-down-david/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this afternoon, David Cameron told BBC1&#8242;s Politics Show &#8220;The moment a burglar steps over your threshold, and invades your property, with all the threat that gives to you, your family and your livelihood, I think they leave their human rights outside.&#8221; To many people, dismayed by recent headline court cases, I expect this sounds [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/forget-it-dave-the-weddings-off/' rel='bookmark' title='Forget it Dave, the wedding&#039;s off'>Forget it Dave, the wedding&#039;s off</a></li>
<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/cameron-must-investigate-conservatives-trail-of-harassment-and-abuse/' rel='bookmark' title='Cameron must investigate Conservative&#039;s trail of harassment and abuse'>Cameron must investigate Conservative&#039;s trail of harassment and abuse</a></li>
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		<title>Daily Mail promotes thieves and vandals charter</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/daily-mail-promotes-thives-and-vandals-charter/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/daily-mail-promotes-thives-and-vandals-charter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminal justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[car tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog fouling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graffiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in today&#8217;s Daily Mail shows all the signs of a cut and shut story which has seriously lost its way. The piece entitled &#8216;Minor &#8216;crimes&#8217; of the middle classes raking in a £400m fortune for cash-hungry councils&#8217; starts with the usual Mailesque jibe at fines for putting your rubbish bin out on the [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/maybe-the-daily-mail-should-keep-its-mouth-shut/' rel='bookmark' title='Maybe the Daily Mail should keep its mouth shut?'>Maybe the Daily Mail should keep its mouth shut?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/the-daily-mail-are-pants/' rel='bookmark' title='The Daily Mail are pants'>The Daily Mail are pants</a></li>
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		<title>Are you drinking what he&#8217;s drinking?</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/are-you-drinking-what-hes-drinking/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/are-you-drinking-what-hes-drinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this time of year, most of us enjoy a festive tipple or two. Judging by David Cameron&#8217;s New Year message&#8217;  I can only assume that he&#8217;s  spent rather too long tasting the contents of his wine cellar. Taking up the LibDem lovebombing baton from Eric Pickles (what a thought!), he said: &#8220;Let&#8217;s be honest that [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/when-backing-the-winner-isnt-always-the-best-course/' rel='bookmark' title='When backing the winner isn&#039;t always the best course'>When backing the winner isn&#039;t always the best course</a></li>
<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/cameron-must-investigate-conservatives-trail-of-harassment-and-abuse/' rel='bookmark' title='Cameron must investigate Conservative&#039;s trail of harassment and abuse'>Cameron must investigate Conservative&#039;s trail of harassment and abuse</a></li>
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		<title>What message should we send, Mr Oakley?</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/what-message-should-we-send-mr-oakley/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/what-message-should-we-send-mr-oakley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Oakley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LibDems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Yesterday Ian Oakley was warned by the Chair of Magistrates of the seriousness of the offences that he had committed. Mr Barry Northrop said that the offences were so serious that &#8216;custody is an option&#8217;. These remarks drew gasps from several people in the public gallery. I can only assume that these people were not [...]


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		<title>And there&#039;s more &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/and-theres-more/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/and-theres-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trying to save your fingers, bandwidth and the forests of Scandinavia, here are the latest comments on the Ian Oakley case: the Watford Observer have covered it here and here. Liberal Democrat Voice has an article with comments from a wider LibDem membership and some Tories. Cllr Iain Sharpe has his thoughts. Sal Brinton has written a [...]


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<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>Removing the cancer from Watford&#039;s politics</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/removing-the-cancer-from-watfords-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/removing-the-cancer-from-watfords-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sarabedford.com/blog/?p=195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past three years, members of the Watford constituency LibDems (of which I am a member) have suffered from a sustained campaign of harassment, intimidation and hate. Today the Conservatives&#8217; parliamentary candidate Ian Oakley, who stepped down only after he arrested and then charged two weeks ago, pleaded guilty to seven specimen offences and asked for a [...]


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		<title>Soft on the causes of crime</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/soft-on-the-causes-of-crime/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/soft-on-the-causes-of-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So David Cameron has had his bike stolen. According to The Independent, it was chanined to a metre high bollard outside his local supermarket. So all the thieves had to do was lift the bike up and remove it from the bollard and walk off with it. This time, it appeares that Dave had ventured out [...]


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