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	<title>Always win when you&#039;re singing &#187; Watford</title>
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	<description>The thoughts of a Mum, LibDem and Gooner</description>
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		<title>Watford&#8217;s Labour Party really don&#8217;t understand how elections work</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/watfords-labour-party-really-dont-understand-how-elections-work/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/watfords-labour-party-really-dont-understand-how-elections-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dorothy Thornhill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigel Bell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Watford Labour Party has published a members&#8217; newsletter and placed a copy online. In the report of May&#8217;s local elections it reads: &#8216;In the Mayoral election, Nigel Bell came a close second&#8217;. Which is strange. Because in the vote for Watford&#8217;s elected mayor, won for the third time by Lib Dem Dorothy Thornhill, Labour&#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>
<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/hypocrisy-alive-and-well-and-living-in-the-labour-partys-second-home/' rel='bookmark' title='Hypocrisy &#8211; alive and well and living in the Labour Party&#039;s second home'>Hypocrisy &#8211; alive and well and living in the Labour Party&#039;s second home</a></li>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[MPs]]></category>
		<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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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/does-watfords-mp-know-anything-about-the-constituency/' rel='bookmark' title='Does Watford&#039;s MP know anything about the constituency?'>Does Watford&#039;s MP know anything about the constituency?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/now-will-you-leave-our-children-in-peace/' rel='bookmark' title='Now will you leave our children in peace?'>Now will you leave our children in peace?</a></li>
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		<title>It&#039;s difficult to feel sorry for the Hatters</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/its-difficult-to-feel-sorry-for-the-hatters/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/its-difficult-to-feel-sorry-for-the-hatters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soccer specials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luton Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always slightly sad to see a team drop out of the Football League. Sometimes the manner is sadder than others -  I am always sad to see a team which is the only one in its part of the country go. But I find it difficult to feel any sympathy for Luton Town. It&#8217;s [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/after-six-steps-back-will-leeds-take-one-step-forward/' rel='bookmark' title='After six steps back, will Leeds take one step forward?'>After six steps back, will Leeds take one step forward?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/it-still-doesnt-feel-like-home-but-its-where-the-heart-is/' rel='bookmark' title='It still doesn&#039;t feel like home &#8211; but it&#039;s where the heart is'>It still doesn&#039;t feel like home &#8211; but it&#039;s where the heart is</a></li>
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		<title>I don&#039;t really live in Watford because it&#039;s a long way from London, says town&#039;s MP</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/i-dont-really-live-in-watford-because-its-a-long-way-from-london-says-towns-mp/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/i-dont-really-live-in-watford-because-its-a-long-way-from-london-says-towns-mp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacqui Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MP expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony McNulty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even I was surprised at the speed at which Claire Ward went to the local paper in an attempt to justify her second home allowance.You can see that her constituents don&#8217;t agree with her from the long list of comments (I&#8217;m the one using my real name, BTW). The paper reports Ms Ward as saying: [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/a-london-home-thats-not-in-london/' rel='bookmark' title='A London home that&#039;s not in London'>A London home that&#039;s not in London</a></li>
<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/ward-defends-tax-free-perk/' rel='bookmark' title='Ward defends tax-free perk'>Ward defends tax-free perk</a></li>
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		<title>Conservative council broke rules to lose £27 million in Icelandic banks</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/conservative-council-broke-rules-to-lose-27-million-in-icelandic-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/conservative-council-broke-rules-to-lose-27-million-in-icelandic-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hertfordshire County Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iceland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Albans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Three Rivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Conservative controlled Hertfordshire County Council may have lost over £27 million of residents&#8217; money by breaking their own rules to invest in Iceland&#8217;s banks. An independent report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers has revealed a number of errors that led to the county council  investing millions in Icelandic banks. The council did not follow its own investment rules, which were [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/council-tax-rises-are-infinitely-bigger-than-you-think/' rel='bookmark' title='Council tax rises are infinitely bigger than you think'>Council tax rises are infinitely bigger than you think</a></li>
<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/labour-council-leader-demonstrates-partys-poor-grasp-of-arithmetic/' rel='bookmark' title='Labour council leader demonstrates party&#8217;s poor grasp of arithmetic'>Labour council leader demonstrates party&#8217;s poor grasp of arithmetic</a></li>
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		<title>Conservatives admit that they didn&#039;t do enough to stop Ian Oakley</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/conservatives-admit-that-they-didnt-do-enough-to-stop-ian-oakley/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/conservatives-admit-that-they-didnt-do-enough-to-stop-ian-oakley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Oakley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ It appears that the shock waves that reverberated around Watford, after then Conservative parliamentary candidate Ian Oakley pleaded guilty to a vile hate campaign against his LibDem opponents, has hit Conservative Central Office. Newsnight&#8217;s political editor Michael Crick has obtained a copy of the minutes of a top level meeting at CCHQ which demonstrates some real nervousness [...]


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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/a-watford-conservative-speaks-about-ian-oakley/' rel='bookmark' title='A Watford Conservative speaks about Ian Oakley'>A Watford Conservative speaks about Ian Oakley</a></li>
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		<title>A Watford Conservative speaks about Ian Oakley</title>
		<link>http://sarabedford.org.uk/a-watford-conservative-speaks-about-ian-oakley/</link>
		<comments>http://sarabedford.org.uk/a-watford-conservative-speaks-about-ian-oakley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarabedford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Oakley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LibDems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candidate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Lewell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  There&#8217;s nothing like an insider&#8217;s view to get a real insight into the workings of a local party, so I was fascinated by Watford Conservative Craig Lewell &#8216;s view on the Ian Oakley case, posted at ConservativeHome. The spelling mistakes are all his. I actually took part in the candidate selection process in Watford [...]


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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>
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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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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/ian-oakley-charged/' rel='bookmark' title='Ian Oakley charged'>Ian Oakley charged</a></li>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Oakley]]></category>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Oakley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LibDems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watford]]></category>

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		<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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<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/nothing-to-do-with-us-mate/' rel='bookmark' title='Nothing to do with us, mate'>Nothing to do with us, mate</a></li>
<li><a href='http://sarabedford.org.uk/what-shall-we-do-with-the-little-toerag/' rel='bookmark' title='What shall we do with the little toerag?'>What shall we do with the little toerag?</a></li>
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