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		<title>The Fierce Urgency of Now</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-fierce-urgency-of-now.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-fierce-urgency-of-now.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 15:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kasch Wilder (@KaschWilder)</dc:creator>		
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		<description><![CDATA[This hung Parliament has delivered the progressive majority in this union a once in a generation opportunity to hardwire fairness into our society. Fairness in creating an economy and tax-system that  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Gordon Brown and Fanny Craddock</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/gordon-brown-and-fanny-craddock.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/gordon-brown-and-fanny-craddock.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All the important things in life - football, relationships, football - can be planned to within a gnat's crotchet only to be knocked off course by something completely unexpected. The mother-in-law po [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Lives of 'Others' - Griffin, Farage and Lucas</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/lives-of-others--griffin-farage-and-lucas.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/lives-of-others--griffin-farage-and-lucas.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nick Griffin MP, anyone?
Already further down the rabbit hole than previous General Elections, this year appears to be glaring out towards us from somewhere beyond the looking glass. It's the least pr [...]]]></description>

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		<title>National pride: My response to the right-wing media</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/national-pride-my-response-to-the-right-wing-media.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/national-pride-my-response-to-the-right-wing-media.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kasch Wilder (@KaschWilder)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[National pride is a sense between people. It's a strong sense of historic achievements that the Great British people have risen to throughout our time. 
To suggest our national pride can be eroded bec [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Just a few thoughts on the Right-Wing Smear Campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/just-a-few-thoughts-on-the-right-wing-smear-campaign.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/just-a-few-thoughts-on-the-right-wing-smear-campaign.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Richards (@hypnotic)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The smears in the right-wing press today are disgraceful and I think the British public are not daft enough to be fooled into believing them. It's a disgusting show of panic from the media that is lik [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Clegg Factor</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/clegg-factor.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/clegg-factor.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[God damn, it's a good time to be a Liberal Democrat.
Above most serious and considered reasons, we've got the Daily Mail spitting feathers. I will warn you, it's Daily Mail at about Level 5 on the &qu [...]]]></description>

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		<title>An open letter to Oliver Letwin</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/an-open-letter-to-oliver-letwin.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/an-open-letter-to-oliver-letwin.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kasch Wilder (@KaschWilder)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I do not write this as a political activist, but as a member of a council tax paying family and a first-time voter.

The long-running West Dorset District Council plans to spend &pound;15 million on n [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Free Zone Revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/free-zone-revolution.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/free-zone-revolution.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Scarlett (@sscrltt)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In New Labour&rsquo;s puerile and patronising &lsquo;Animated Manifesto Film&rsquo;  their first pledge is the desire to instigate a &lsquo;new industrial revolution&rsquo;. This is followed by no exp [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Election Fever, part 94...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/election-fever-part-94.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/election-fever-part-94.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nick Clegg emailed me today. Well the address was from &quot;LIBDEMLEADER-SUBS2010@emarketing...&quot;, but with the Leaders Debates starting tomorrow, appearance is everything. He's a very busy man.
 [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Chris Grayling: 24 hours that could make Cameron PM</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/chris-grayling-24-hours-that-could-make-cameron-pm.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/chris-grayling-24-hours-that-could-make-cameron-pm.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kasch Wilder (@KaschWilder)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Conservative Party have been hounded with calls for Chris Grayling's head to roll today after the Shadow Home Secretary was caught stating that Christian owners of B&amp;B's should be allowed to r [...]]]></description>

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		<title>I welcome the tax-break scheme for British video game developers</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/i-welcome-the-tax-break-scheme-for-british-video-game-developers.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/i-welcome-the-tax-break-scheme-for-british-video-game-developers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown, so controlling and demanding, and reportedly high on the autistic spectrum, has never understood how the economy fell from out of his grasp. Having inherited the golden economic legacy f [...]]]></description>

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		<title>We need the public debate on lobbying, but not the one in the headlines</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/we-need-the-public-debate-on-lobbying-but-not-the-one-in-the-headlines.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/we-need-the-public-debate-on-lobbying-but-not-the-one-in-the-headlines.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kasch Wilder (@KaschWilder)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Byers MP was recorded admitting he could work as a lobbyist, influencing Government policy for up to &pound;5k a day, likening himself to a &quot;cab for hire&quot;. Patricia Hewitt MP has als [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Lib Dem TV on HoT</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/lib-dem-tv-on-hot.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/lib-dem-tv-on-hot.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Watch Lib Dem TV here: http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem.html&nbsp; [...]]]></description>

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		<title>A Major chance for Gordon?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/a-major-chance-for-gordon.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/a-major-chance-for-gordon.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Bedford (@sarabedford)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So the Tories haven't sealed the deal yet. There seems to be a great deal of puzzlement as to why HM Official Opposition isn't gliding gracefully into the role of HM Government, most of all from the C [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Step up, or we're destined for another decade of McBrides</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/step-up-or-were-destined-for-another-decade-of-mcbrides.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/step-up-or-were-destined-for-another-decade-of-mcbrides.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kasch Wilder (@KaschWilder)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/step-up-or-were-destined-for-another-decade-of-mcbrides.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been engaged with politics and involved in grassroots campaigning for about eighteen months now. With the general election fast approaching as well as the start of a BSc in Politics and Internati [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The bullied lose again</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-bullied-lose-again.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-bullied-lose-again.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Harding (@spiderplant88)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Watching todays' 'bullygate' unfold it is very clear that other forces are at play outside of the fundamental question of whether Gordon Brown is or is not a bully.
Two points strike me:
1. The damage [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Fall of Gordon</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/fall-of-gordon.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/fall-of-gordon.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Hennessy's &quot;Prime Ministers - the Job and its Holders&quot; is one of my most well-thumbed reference books. Each post-war PM is treated with care and consideration, with a chapter heading a [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Monarchy, checks and balances</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/monarchy.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/monarchy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Richards (@hypnotic)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Having just read Adam White's piece here on House of Twits about the Monarchy and Democracy, I feel a need to add my own thoughts.
Adam's thoughts were primarily focussed on ideology, and the principl [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The point is the Conservatives are out of touch</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-point-is-the-conservatives-are-out-of-touch.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-point-is-the-conservatives-are-out-of-touch.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Bedford (@sarabedford)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So the Tories mislaid a decimal point? So what, you might say. Mistakes happen. It's embarrassing that the error wasn't picked up, but no-one's perfect - certainly not the Tories. So whilst this headl [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Class War and Power Play</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/class-war-and-power-play.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/class-war-and-power-play.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Scarlett (@sscrltt)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The longer I am involved in politics the more I grow to dislike class war. The world in which class war exists is a world where no one holds political viewpoints beyond their own vested interests.

Th [...]]]></description>

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		<title>I want radical change, not lipstick on a pig!</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/i-want-radical-change-not-lipstick-on-a-pig.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/i-want-radical-change-not-lipstick-on-a-pig.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kasch Wilder (@KaschWilder)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/i-want-radical-change-not-lipstick-on-a-pig.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When watching Gordon Brown's proposals for a &quot;new politics&quot;, I couldn't help but remember a line deployed by 'campaign-trail Obama' back in 2008 where he caused much controversy when whackin [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Parliamentary privilege  should not mean  criminal immunity</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/parliamentary-privilege-should-not-mean-criminal-immunity.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/parliamentary-privilege-should-not-mean-criminal-immunity.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Bedford (@sarabedford)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/parliamentary-privilege-should-not-mean-criminal-immunity.html</guid>
		<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 re [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Wot no Lib Dem? Again?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/wot-no-lib-dem-again.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/wot-no-lib-dem-again.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Richards (@hypnotic)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, Ladies and Gentlemen, #bbcqt&nbsp;is coming to Warwick University Campus. (They'll tell you they're in Coventry which technically they are, but campus is very much on the outskirts and Dimber [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Fabians, Co-Operativists and the Living Dead of the Left</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/fabians-co-operativists-and-the-living-dead-of-the-left.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/fabians-co-operativists-and-the-living-dead-of-the-left.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Scarlett (@sscrltt)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The news that our Prime Minister was going to rake the Co-op Party over the coals for Labour&rsquo;s GE manifesto upset me. It really did. Everything the man touches turns to dust before our eyes. I w [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Global 17: Who can the next generation blame?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-global-17-who-can-the-next-generation-blame.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-global-17-who-can-the-next-generation-blame.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kasch Wilder (@KaschWilder)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you blame it on domestic political circumstances, apathetic constituencies or on a deficit of ambitious leadership, it's a foregone conclusion that our generation are going to be saddled with  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The unprecedented event that could reignite the Obama Presidency</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-unprecedented-event-that-could-reignite-the-obama-presidency.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-unprecedented-event-that-could-reignite-the-obama-presidency.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kasch Wilder (@KaschWilder)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After a difficult first year in office featuring dwindling poll numbers, fierce right-wing opposition and the loss of the Liberal Lion's Senate Seat in Massachusetts, President Obama turned the tables [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Mark Hendrick MP goes fishing</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/mark-hendrick-mp-goes-fishing.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/mark-hendrick-mp-goes-fishing.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
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		<description><![CDATA[0.1% growth. The country is a sneezing fit away from flat-lining. Little wonder our dear leaders were not doing much vox-pop yesterday, given the last three months has seen the end of the longest, dee [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Lovers coming together</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/lovers-coming-together.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/lovers-coming-together.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Opponents of fixed-term elections appear not to have noticed that Gordon Brown's cowardice has effectively ensured that a full-term parliament is exactly what we are living with in the present. And wh [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Clegg on Marr: Setting out the Liberal Agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/clegg-on-marr-setting-out-the-liberal-agenda.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/clegg-on-marr-setting-out-the-liberal-agenda.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I didn't watch Nick Clegg's interview on Andrew Marr live. I couldn't face getting out of my nice warm bed. Not for the first time, I cursed myself for sticking so rigidly to my no tv in the bedrooms  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Saying No to Ed Balls</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/saying-no-to-ed-balls.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/saying-no-to-ed-balls.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/saying-no-to-ed-balls.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Cushions and Soft Furnishings, is a notorious arm-twister, class warrior, and in the running to be solely responsible for Labour's forthcoming defeat the General Elect [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Leaving the Lib Dems</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/leaving-the-lib-dems.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/leaving-the-lib-dems.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a hard blog to write; I have agonised over this decision for a long time, sat on my hands and done not a lot locally politically. However, in the last analysis a decision has to be made and it [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Hypocrisy of university places for children of fallen soldiers…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/hypocrisy-of-university-places-for-children-of-fallen-soldiers.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/hypocrisy-of-university-places-for-children-of-fallen-soldiers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Conservatives have announced that they would offer the children of fallen soldiers university scholarships. Impossible to argue against, surely? Well, no; this is the latest in a long-line of Cons [...]]]></description>

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		<title>(D) Miliband’s last chance gone?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/d-milibands-last-chance-gone.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/d-milibands-last-chance-gone.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Rentoul thinks not. Sunny Hundal isn&rsquo;t too bothered if it is (preferring, much like myself,  the younger Miliband) while comments on the LabourList thread indicate a growing sense of unease [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Did David Tennant learn nothing from the Doctor?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/did-david-tennant-learn-nothing-from-the-doctor.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/did-david-tennant-learn-nothing-from-the-doctor.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/did-david-tennant-learn-nothing-from-the-doctor.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Doctor Who actor David Tennant and longstanding Labour supporter has outlined what he sees as the &quot;terrifying prospect&quot; of the Tories in Government with David Cameron as their Prime M [...]]]></description>

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		<title>‘SnowStorm’ plot over before thaw begins…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/snowstorm-plot-over-before-thaw-begins.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/snowstorm-plot-over-before-thaw-begins.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/snowstorm-plot-over-before-thaw-begins.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It looks like the snow settled on the ground across the country will last longer than the &lsquo;SnowStorm&rsquo; plot to oust Gordon Brown.&nbsp;
Daniel Finklestein writing in The Times argues that e [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Big loser of ‘SnowStorm’ plot will be Blairism…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/big-loser-of-snowstorm-plot-will-be-blairism.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/big-loser-of-snowstorm-plot-will-be-blairism.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/big-loser-of-snowstorm-plot-will-be-blairism.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s quite amazing given the events of the last few weeks; when both Labour and the Conservatives appeared to be limbering-up for an election-fight on a sightly more even footing than before tha [...]]]></description>

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		<title>PMQs: David Heath: the man who made Gordon Brown laugh</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/pmqs-david-heath-the-man-who-made-gordon-brown-laugh.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/pmqs-david-heath-the-man-who-made-gordon-brown-laugh.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/pmqs-david-heath-the-man-who-made-gordon-brown-laugh.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you're feeling the pressure, maybe if your work colleagues are winding you up, for example, it can be really great if someone unexpected comes along and just makes you laugh, even if they're havi [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Is #kerryout the Future of Campaigning?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/is-kerryout-the-future-of-campaigning.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/is-kerryout-the-future-of-campaigning.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Scarlett (@sscrltt)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/is-kerryout-the-future-of-campaigning.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marked the launch of the #kerryout campaign. New Labour&rsquo;s poster girl for New Media, Kerry McCarthy, is being fought in an increasingly heated battle by her own weapon of choice: Twitter.c [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Lord Adonis flys a kite?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/lord-adonis-flys-a-kite.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/lord-adonis-flys-a-kite.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/lord-adonis-flys-a-kite.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lord Adonis has successfully managed to alienate half the northern hemisphere by editing them out of his high-speed rail proposals. Meanwhile, in The Sunday Times he follows his leader in extending an [...]]]></description>

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		<title>What if...the Greens do get their first MP elected?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/what-ifthe-greens-do-get-their-first-mp-elected.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/what-ifthe-greens-do-get-their-first-mp-elected.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/what-ifthe-greens-do-get-their-first-mp-elected.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of blogs have commented on the recent ICM poll for Brighton Pavillion which shows that the Green Party could be successful at getting Caroline Lucas (pictured) elected to Westminster next yea [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Priced out of Green Transport</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/priced-out-of-green-transport.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/priced-out-of-green-transport.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Richards (@hypnotic)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I'm not the greenest of people. I'm not a climate change denier, I'm not opposed to the green movement, I'm just not terribly caught up in it either. I do believe in need to take action to tackle clim [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Why I will support ‘Back the Ban’…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-i-will-support-back-the-ban.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-i-will-support-back-the-ban.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-i-will-support-back-the-ban.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Walter writes about the campaign that the Labour Party has launched to &lsquo;Back the Ban&rsquo; on fox-hunting. Paul won&rsquo;t support it because the party tag makes him feel uncomfortable an [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Prescott, Hypocrisy and the TPA</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/prescott-hypocrisy-and-the-tpa.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/prescott-hypocrisy-and-the-tpa.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Scarlett (@sscrltt)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh John, you are comedy value! You conduct a class war as if your behaviour in office was any different from, well&hellip; any &ldquo;tory toff&rdquo;.  Well, you behave like an individual who hasn&rs [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Magic “M” Word</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-magic-m-word.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-magic-m-word.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Scarlett (@sscrltt)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-magic-m-word.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[3 months ago I floated the idea (not entirely seriously, I might add) that in the even of a hung parliament the only other party the LibDems should consider going into coalition with is the Cooperativ [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Small state is a tax dodgers dream…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/small-state-is-a-tax-dodgers-dream.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/small-state-is-a-tax-dodgers-dream.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/small-state-is-a-tax-dodgers-dream.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian this morning has a breathtaking story which continues the saga of the Conservative Party and the dodgy tax dealings of its allies. It says that the Taxpayers Alliance which campaigns agai [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Blame Clegg for tuition fee confusion</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/blame-clegg-for-tuition-fee-confusion-1261235869.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/blame-clegg-for-tuition-fee-confusion-1261235869.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/blame-clegg-for-tuition-fee-confusion-1261235869.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Lovell has a blog suggesting that the recent &lsquo;confusion&rsquo; over the Liberal Democrats policy on tuition fees is the media&rsquo;s fault. Nothing could be further from the truth;  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Lib-Lab pact; the future of progressive politics?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/lib-lab-pact-the-future-of-progressive-politics.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/lib-lab-pact-the-future-of-progressive-politics.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This argument is always bound to generate alot of heat because people&rsquo;s party loyalties are tribal in character. Sometimes that is a good thing and sometimes that is a bad thing; generally, when [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Unions have a future...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/unions-have-a-future.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/unions-have-a-future.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
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		<description><![CDATA[Labour will lose seats at the next election (whether that will be enough to lose the reins of government or not is another question) and following from that there will invariably be soul-searching and [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The MP's Expenses that worry me the most</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-mps-expenses-that-worry-me-the-most.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-mps-expenses-that-worry-me-the-most.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-mps-expenses-that-worry-me-the-most.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You'll know that while I've been exasperated at the lack of transparency in the MPs' expenses system and the unholy conspiracy between Labour and Tory MPs over the years to keep information secret, I  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Is the political blogsphere landscape changing?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/is-the-political-blogsphere-landscape-changing.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Wardman sees the tectonic plates of the political blogsphere shifting pre the General Election. I think you will have to wait until after, and the changed political landscape, to see significant  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Will the poll erosion become a slide?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/will-the-poll-erosion-become-a-slide.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another poll comes and another poll shows that the Conservatives lead in the opinion polls; if not sliding then certainly eroding. The question then becomes whether this will become a more decisive sl [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Clegg is wrong about class…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/clegg-is-wrong-about-class.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/clegg-is-wrong-about-class.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nick Clegg, talking about the recent &lsquo;class war&rsquo;, got it totally wrong in saying that the Conservatives background didn&rsquo;t matter but it was their &lsquo;values&rsquo;. Clegg&rsquo;s  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Return of Class War?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/return-of-class-war.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/return-of-class-war.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been made of Gordon Brown&rsquo;s comments that the Conservatives tax policies appear to have been &lsquo;dreamt up on the playing fields of Eton&rsquo;. It featured heavily on last nights Qu [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The opposite of courage...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-opposite-of-courage.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-opposite-of-courage.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our policy on Europe is a bit of a mess; to put it mildly. As Mark Reckons chronicles, Sir Menzies Campbell effectively ditched the policy saying there was &lsquo;no public appetite for a vote&rsquo;. [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Making our tax system fairer…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/making-our-tax-system-fairer.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/making-our-tax-system-fairer.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the challenge that Nick Clegg and Vince Cable have set themselves and it&rsquo;s a laudable aim. Taking the lowest paid out of tax and rebalancing the horrible imbalance that sees them take on [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Why Iain Dale is wrong about Zac Goldsmith</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-iain-dale-is-wrong-about-zac-goldsmith.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-iain-dale-is-wrong-about-zac-goldsmith.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-iain-dale-is-wrong-about-zac-goldsmith.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Numerous bloggers (including plenty of Lib Dems) have commented on the story in the Sunday Times today that Tory Richmond Park PPC Zac Goldsmith is a non-dom and currently avoids UK income tax.
Iain D [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Why Tom Harris is wrong on Gary McKinnon</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-tom-harris-is-wrong-on-gary-mckinnon.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-tom-harris-is-wrong-on-gary-mckinnon.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-tom-harris-is-wrong-on-gary-mckinnon.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, Tom Harris published this posting in which he basically took Alan Johnson's line that Asperger's Sufferer Gary McKinnon should be hung out to dry and be extradited to the United  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Johnson should resign…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/johnson-should-resign.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/johnson-should-resign.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/johnson-should-resign.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some things just simply take your breath away; despite all the umming and arrring Alan Johnson has decided he cannot stop the extradition of Gary McKinnon. He has decided that the extradition does not [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Tom Harris against democracy…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/tom-harris-against-democracy.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/tom-harris-against-democracy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Harris often illustrates vividly so much of what is wrong with the Labour Party. It strikes me that a commitment to basic, often radical and reforming democracy has disappeared with Clause IV.
Har [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Brown’s Letter from America…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/browns-letter-from-america.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/browns-letter-from-america.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/browns-letter-from-america.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well not quite a letter but more, if the Wall Street Journal blog is to believed, a friendly helping of political advice. My first question when reading this has to be simply why? It is to be rightly  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Chicken Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/chicken-supreme-court.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/chicken-supreme-court.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/chicken-supreme-court.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United Kingdom Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the banks in the on-going saga (there is no other term, really) on the right to reclaim the value of charges on such things as overdrafts.
Atten [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Liberal Democrats get their ACT together - New Lib Dem Social Network...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/liberal-democrats-get-their-act-together--new-lib-dem-social-network.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/liberal-democrats-get-their-act-together--new-lib-dem-social-network.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/liberal-democrats-get-their-act-together--new-lib-dem-social-network.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democrats have launched a new social network today called Lib Dem ACT. Its lovely jade and yellow colour scheme looks very fetching. You don't have to be a party member to join, so why not [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Iraq Enquiry - just better quality whitewash?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/iraq-enquiry--just-better-quality-whitewash.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/iraq-enquiry--just-better-quality-whitewash.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/iraq-enquiry--just-better-quality-whitewash.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 15th 2003, Bob, Anna and I took the train to Glasgow, It was a beautiful, sunny, crisp and therefore absolutely totally freezing morning. We walked from Queen Street station to Glasgow Gre [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Bin strikes and bringing my 'party into disrepute'...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/bin-strikes-and-bring-my-party-into-disrepute.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/bin-strikes-and-bring-my-party-into-disrepute.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/bin-strikes-and-bring-my-party-into-disrepute.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, the bin strike in Leeds is over and, as is usual when industrial disputes end, both sides claim a measure of victory. The workers have by and large successfully protected their wages and the counc [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Vote Lib Dem….Cameron for PM?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/vote-lib-demcameron-for-pm.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/vote-lib-demcameron-for-pm.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/vote-lib-demcameron-for-pm.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So many things wrong with Nick Clegg&rsquo;s recent comments regarding coalitions that it is hard to know where to actually start. Clegg said that he would offer to his support to whichever party &lsq [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Tories are seeking to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 - Why?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-tories-are-seeking-to-repeal-the-human-rights-act-1998--why.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-tories-are-seeking-to-repeal-the-human-rights-act-1998--why.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Richards (@hypnotic)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-tories-are-seeking-to-repeal-the-human-rights-act-1998--why.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm writing this, partly because of a point raised in the Guardian today about the Human Rights Act and European Convention, but mainly as a response to a debate that took place this morning between @ [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Why we should not be afraid of a hung parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-we-should-not-be-afraid-of-a-hung-parliament.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-we-should-not-be-afraid-of-a-hung-parliament.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-we-should-not-be-afraid-of-a-hung-parliament.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the latest Ipsos MORI poll for The Observer showing a reduced Conservative lead to only 6% (Con 37%, Labour 31%, LD 17%) talk of a potential hung parliament has reared its head again.
Indeed if t [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Police reform means democratic accountability...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/police-reform-means-democratic-accountability.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/police-reform-means-democratic-accountability.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/police-reform-means-democratic-accountability.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer, 2006. In Lancaster, local Liberal Democrats are helping collect signatures for a petition against Home Office plans to merge police forces in a drive to improve services and drive down costs.  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Fiscal Responsibility Bill is a landmine for the Tories</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/fiscal-responsibility-bill-is-a-landmine-for-the-tories.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/fiscal-responsibility-bill-is-a-landmine-for-the-tories.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/fiscal-responsibility-bill-is-a-landmine-for-the-tories.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The more I think about it, the more I am coming to the conclusion that the Fiscal Responsibility Bill that was outlined in Labour's Queen's Speech yesterday is actually a landmine set to go off under  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Queen: Respect from a republican</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-queen-respect-from-a-republican.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-queen-respect-from-a-republican.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-queen-respect-from-a-republican.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I watch the Queen arrive at the Palace of Westminster for the pompfest that marks the State Opening of Parliament, I just wanted to put on record my feelings about our 80 year old Head of State who [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Queens Speech; a damp squib...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/queens-speech-a-damp-squib.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/queens-speech-a-damp-squib.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/queens-speech-a-damp-squib.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, the Queens Speech has been and gone and if you did blink you may well have missed it. We can easily brush aside the criticism of the Speech that it was &lsquo;electioneering&rsquo;; as if this has [...]]]></description>

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		<title>'Vermin' and missing the point...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/vermin-and-missing-the-point.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/vermin-and-missing-the-point.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Peter White, an aspirant Labour councillor for Havering, has been dubbed &lsquo;Britain&rsquo;s most famous Republican&rsquo; by Paul Waugh at the Evening Standard after calling the Queen &lsquo;vermi [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Clegg, fine rhetoric...less impressive delivery</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/clegg-fine-rhetoricless-impressive-delivery.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/clegg-fine-rhetoricless-impressive-delivery.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/clegg-fine-rhetoricless-impressive-delivery.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nick Clegg wants to cancel the Queens Speech and instead use the last Parliamentary term before the next General Election; to give it&rsquo;s successor a &lsquo;fresh start&rsquo;. Yet another headlin [...]]]></description>

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		<title>What will happen to Labour in opposition?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/what-will-happen-to-labour-in-opposition.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/what-will-happen-to-labour-in-opposition.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/what-will-happen-to-labour-in-opposition.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the purposes of this piece I am going to assume a narrow Conservative victory at the next election. In fact, I think the mood music is pointing to this being the outcome.  Proponents of the hung-p [...]]]></description>

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		<title>SNP fail in Glasgow North East</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/snp-fail-in-glasgow-north-east.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/snp-fail-in-glasgow-north-east.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/snp-fail-in-glasgow-north-east.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had for some time thought it was likely that Labour would win the Glasgow North East by-election. The biggest sign that they thought they were on to a dead cert was the fact that they were quite hap [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Representation crises...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/representation-crises.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/representation-crises.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/representation-crises.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reach your minds back into the mists of time for a second; once there was one party a Liberal Party and over time this party cleaved into the Liberal Party and the Labour Party. Centrally, at first, t [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Big ideas will be supplied by Conservative Right once Cameron comes to power</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/maybe-cameron-will-count-the-moon.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/maybe-cameron-will-count-the-moon.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/maybe-cameron-will-count-the-moon.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the many depressing things about the Conservative opposition is it&rsquo;s lack of a original big idea; and the fact that when they articulate one it all sounds so horribly disjointed. It&rsquo [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Votes @ 16 B4 '10</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/votes-16-b4-10.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/votes-16-b4-10.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Gordon Brown suggested that he supported the call for &quot;votes at 16&quot;. The question was put by Phyllis Starkey, of the Milton Keynes South West constituency, and apparent expenses-r [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The Sun has stung Brown…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-sun-has-stung-brown.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-sun-has-stung-brown.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
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		<description><![CDATA[I disagree with many policies pursued by Gordon Brown but the conduct of The Sun over the last couple of days has shown that beyond doubt &lsquo;lettergate&rsquo; is a sting. It will never be proved a [...]]]></description>

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		<title>When you really have to get the details and the spelling right</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/when-you-really-have-to-get-the-details-and-the-spelling-right.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/when-you-really-have-to-get-the-details-and-the-spelling-right.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/when-you-really-have-to-get-the-details-and-the-spelling-right.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm well known in the blogosphere and beyond for being freakishly obsessive about spelling and punctuation. I have, to my eternal shame, even upset people by going on about it. I didn't mean to be evi [...]]]></description>

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		<title>What has happened to The Thick of It?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/what-has-happened-to-the-thick-of-it.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/what-has-happened-to-the-thick-of-it.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/what-has-happened-to-the-thick-of-it.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I absolutely adore Armando Iannucci&rsquo;s The Thick of It and suspect I am not alone on the political blogsphere in this. Comparisons with the equally excellent Yes Minister are somewhat counter-pro [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Are things this bad for Labour?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/are-things-this-bad-for-labour.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/are-things-this-bad-for-labour.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A fair amount of coverage of Jackie Ashley&rsquo;s revelation in The Guardian that Labour could come out the other side of next election with as few as 120 MP&rsquo;s.  Substantively, Ashley&rsquo;s p [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Politics and the Poppy…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/politics-and-the-poppy.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/politics-and-the-poppy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today&rsquo;s Observer&nbsp;has a short, pithy and trite editorial arguing that;
There is, in that confluence of past and present, a danger that grief is itself politicised. The act of remembrance is  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Charles Kennedy hits the Campaign Trail in Glasgow North East</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/charles-kennedy-hits-the-campaign-trail-in-glasgow-north-east.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/charles-kennedy-hits-the-campaign-trail-in-glasgow-north-east.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/charles-kennedy-hits-the-campaign-trail-in-glasgow-north-east.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy joined Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate Eileen Baxendale to chat with local people on Alexandra Parade. Charles, of course, has long held co [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Remembering the agony of the families</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/remembering-the-agony-of-the-families.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/remembering-the-agony-of-the-families.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/remembering-the-agony-of-the-families.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I sit in my cosy house, surrounded by my small but happy family, I feel so much for those families of members of the Armed Forces who have lost their lives in the course of their duties.

There are [...]]]></description>

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		<title>A view from the other side...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/a-view-from-the-other-side.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/a-view-from-the-other-side.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/a-view-from-the-other-side.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was lucky enough to be able to speak to one of the GMB&rsquo;s Branch Secretary&rsquo;s in Leeds, Steve Terrington, this morning regarding the ongoing dispute with the council between it and refuse  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>MPs would be mad to try and get a £15,000 pay rise</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/mps-would-be-mad-to-try-and-get-a-15000-pay-rise.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/mps-would-be-mad-to-try-and-get-a-15000-pay-rise.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning's Telegraph reports that senior MPs are lobbying for a &pound;15,000 pay rise for MPs. They seem to think that in the wake of the Kelly report on expenses, they should be compensated for  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Cameron locks the Conservatives into Euro-chaos….</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/cameron-locks-the-conservatives-into-euro-chaos.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/cameron-locks-the-conservatives-into-euro-chaos.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/cameron-locks-the-conservatives-into-euro-chaos.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Much ado about David Cameron&rsquo;s speech outlining the new Conservative position on Europe. Of course, the abandonment of a commitment to a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty had been well-trailed. Hi [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Labour schism’s over Afghanistan…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/labour-schisms-over-afghanistan.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/labour-schisms-over-afghanistan.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/labour-schisms-over-afghanistan.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Kim Howells (pictured) who has used a piece in The Guardian to argue;
It would be better to bring home the great majority of our fighting men and women and concentrate, instead, on  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Conservatives and Lisbon; another fine policy mess?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/conservatives-and-lisbon-another-fine-policy-mess.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/conservatives-and-lisbon-another-fine-policy-mess.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/conservatives-and-lisbon-another-fine-policy-mess.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is hardly unexpected that William Hauge has confirmed that David Cameron will tomorrow announce that the Conservatives will not be holding a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. No doubt UKIP will be d [...]]]></description>

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		<title>What I'd like Nick Clegg to say on Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/what-id-like-nick-clegg-to-say-on-afghanistan.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/what-id-like-nick-clegg-to-say-on-afghanistan.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/what-id-like-nick-clegg-to-say-on-afghanistan.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nick Clegg called today for a Government of National Unity in Afghanistan. He said:
&quot;Afghanistan will never see the dramatic change it needs unless Karzai works with his opponents to reach across [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Cameron's policy headaches...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/camerons-policy-headaches.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/camerons-policy-headaches.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/camerons-policy-headaches.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is easy to ridicule the Conservatives for being &lsquo;policy-lite&rsquo; but when they do announce something substantive it is actually very clear why they avoid saying too much. Let&rsquo;s look  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Yesterday I was proud to be a Lib Dem</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/yesterday-i-was-proud-to-be-a-lib-dem.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/yesterday-i-was-proud-to-be-a-lib-dem.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/yesterday-i-was-proud-to-be-a-lib-dem.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I disagree with things that MPs and other representatives of my party say.&nbsp;Yesterday's debate in parliament&nbsp;about the dismissal of Professor Nutt from the Advisory Council on the M [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Labour's left struggles with its narrative...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/labours-left-struggles-with-its-narrative.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/labours-left-struggles-with-its-narrative.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/labours-left-struggles-with-its-narrative.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Often on this blog the need for a distinctive Liberal Democrat narrative has been argued/discussed. However, if you thought we have problems (and I think we do have) then spare a thought for the Labou [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Will Clegg now change his position?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/will-clegg-now-change-his-position.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/will-clegg-now-change-his-position.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/will-clegg-now-change-his-position.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan&rsquo;s election has collapsed into a complete and utter shambles. Hamid Karzai has been declared the &lsquo;winner&rsquo; of a non-contest following the withdrawal of Abdullah Abdullah; K [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Alan Johnson's leadership chances are now finished</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/alan-johnsons-leadership-chances-are-now-finished.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/alan-johnsons-leadership-chances-are-now-finished.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/alan-johnsons-leadership-chances-are-now-finished.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[He always claimed that he didn't want it and wasn't up to it. Maybe we should have listened to him more keenly as the debacle of the last few days has shown Alan Johnson in a very poor light.


&nbsp; [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Are MPs paid enough?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/are-mps-paid-enough.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/are-mps-paid-enough.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/are-mps-paid-enough.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MPs are currently paid &pound;64,766.
The current median average salary in the UK is &pound;25,123.
So MPs earn more than 2.5 times the average salary. I know that they are expected to live in and com [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Glasgow North East by-election</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/glasgow-north-east-by-election.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/glasgow-north-east-by-election.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/glasgow-north-east-by-election.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the resignation of former Speaker, Michael Martin MP, there is to be a by-election in his Glasgow North East constituency. This will take place on the 12 November. The candidates are as foll [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Labour’s bankruptcy exposed by Nutt sacking….</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/labours-bankruptcy-exposed-by-nutt-sacking.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/labours-bankruptcy-exposed-by-nutt-sacking.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/labours-bankruptcy-exposed-by-nutt-sacking.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I, sadly, was not surprised by the news that Alan Johnson dismissed Professor David Nutt the now ex chief drugs adviser to the government. It sums up what is wrong with the Labour Party and why, when  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Why has Alan Johnson sacked Professor David Nutt?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-has-alan-johnson-sacked-professor-david-nutt.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-has-alan-johnson-sacked-professor-david-nutt.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-has-alan-johnson-sacked-professor-david-nutt.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The news has broken this afternoon that the Home Secretary Alan Johnson has sacked Professor David Nutt, the head of its own Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. Johnson's statement on this says:
 [...]]]></description>

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		<title>President Blair?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/president-blair.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/president-blair.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/president-blair.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is much ado about the prospect of Tony Blair being the European Union&rsquo;s first President. Of course, the first thing to say is that I suspect that this is a &lsquo;Westminster Village&rsquo [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Is Osborne Cameron’s weakest link?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/is-osborne-camerons-weakest-link.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/is-osborne-camerons-weakest-link.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/is-osborne-camerons-weakest-link.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guido Fawkes thinks that Labour&rsquo;s attack on George Osborne has failed; he argues that because the recession is continuing and Alistair Darling&rsquo;s forecasts are wildly optimistic (not exactl [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Moving beyond resistance...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/moving-beyond-resistance.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/moving-beyond-resistance.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/moving-beyond-resistance.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When two tribes go to war&hellip;in this example, the two tribes being the Communication Workers Union and the management of Royal Mail then it becomes about more than money. It is rather a sad state  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>More Sexist Tories</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/more-sexist-tories.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/more-sexist-tories.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
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		<description><![CDATA[However much David Cameron's Tories try to pretend that they've dragged themselves out of the Dark Ages and are now nice, fluffy, liberal minded tolerant folk, every so often the proof comes that they [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Elizabeth Truss should not be deselected</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/elizabeth-truss-should-not-be-deselected.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/elizabeth-truss-should-not-be-deselected.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
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		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Truss, the newly selected Conservative PPC for South West Norfolk is facing potential deselection following the revelations that she had an affair with fellow Conservative (and MP for London [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Nadine Dorries did not get to parliament on the same basis as everyone else</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/nadine-dorries-did-not-get-to-parliament-on-the-same-basis-as-everyone-else.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/nadine-dorries-did-not-get-to-parliament-on-the-same-basis-as-everyone-else.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an interesting piece by Unity on Liberal Conspiracy this morning which highlights how Nadine Dorries' comments about having got to parliament without having needed any form of positive discri [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Who is responsible for the rise of the BNP?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/who-is-responsible-for-the-rise-of-the-bnp.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/who-is-responsible-for-the-rise-of-the-bnp.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/who-is-responsible-for-the-rise-of-the-bnp.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the firey debut on Question Time of Nick Griffin and the subsequent poll spike quite a debate has emerged on who exactly is to blame for the rising support levels for the British National Pa [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Will Howells raises an interesting question about Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/will-howells-raises-an-interesting-question-about-twitter.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/will-howells-raises-an-interesting-question-about-twitter.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the last few days I have been listening to the first few episodes of &quot;The Pod Delusion&quot;, a collaborative podcast about &quot;interesting things&quot;. There have been some good contributi [...]]]></description>

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		<title>James Forsyth highights problem with our electoral system</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/james-forsyth-highights-problem-with-our-electoral-system.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/james-forsyth-highights-problem-with-our-electoral-system.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Pienaar's guest on his 5 Live political podcast this week was James Forsyth, the new political editor of The Spectator. The discussion was about BBC Question Time, Nick Griffin and the BNP and Ja [...]]]></description>

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		<title>&quot;Gordon Brown resign&quot; petition closes with 72,000+ signatures</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/gordon-brown-resign-petition-closes-with-72000-signatures.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/gordon-brown-resign-petition-closes-with-72000-signatures.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/gordon-brown-resign-petition-closes-with-72000-signatures.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The &quot;Gordon Brown resign&quot; petition which was still in No 1 position for live petitions yesterday has now closed with over 72,222 signatures. It is now in the top 10 of all time petitions. As [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Nick Griffin on BBC Question Time - the verdict</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/nick-griffin-on-bbc-question-time--the-verdict.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/nick-griffin-on-bbc-question-time--the-verdict.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/nick-griffin-on-bbc-question-time--the-verdict.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well that was quite a mad evening. The BBC Question Time Live Chat on here was the best attended ever for the one that included Nick Griffin.

I do not think Griffin came across well at all. He tied h [...]]]></description>

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		<title>The BBC are right to have Nick Griffin on Question Time</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-bbc-are-right-to-have-nick-griffin-on-question-time.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/the-bbc-are-right-to-have-nick-griffin-on-question-time.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think the BBC are right to have invited the British National Party leader Nick Griffin onto Question Time this evening. He is the leader and an elected MEP of a party that got 6% of the vote at the  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Battlefield BBC…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/battlefield-bbc.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/battlefield-bbc.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/battlefield-bbc.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, protesters have been massing outside Television Centre all day ahead of Nick Griffin&rsquo;s appearance tonight on Question Time.  All very predictable and expected and the lines of demarcation in [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Seeds of trouble for Cameron’s first term?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/seeds-of-trouble-for-camerons-first-term.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/seeds-of-trouble-for-camerons-first-term.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/seeds-of-trouble-for-camerons-first-term.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All is not entirely well within the environs of the Conservative Party; while they maybe riding high in the polls (for the first time comfortably in the early 40&rsquo;s) and seem all but guaranteed a [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Sticks and stones won’t break the BNP….</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/sticks-and-stones-wont-break-the-bnp.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/sticks-and-stones-wont-break-the-bnp.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/sticks-and-stones-wont-break-the-bnp.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, the British National Party have got themselves in trouble with some generals for the use of World War II imagery. While the retired generals may well have a point I would argue that they should be [...]]]></description>

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		<title>London fascist week</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/london-fascist-week.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/london-fascist-week.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nick Griffin must think all his birthdays have come at once.
From the first dawn of new year 2009, the mainstream media and blogosphere have united in giving the British National Party the one thing t [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Women only shortlists would be unneccesary under STV</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/women-only-shortlists-would-be-unneccesary-under-stv.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/women-only-shortlists-would-be-unneccesary-under-stv.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/women-only-shortlists-would-be-unneccesary-under-stv.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Cameron's announcement today that he is going to impose all women shortlists in some seats for the next election has met with a mixed reaction, not least from Conservative bloggers, many of whom [...]]]></description>

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		<title>pennywise</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/pennywise.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/pennywise.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thatcher's children turned 18 with the country on an economic high and confidence soaring. Blair's children turn 18 at a time of deepening recession and unemployment touching 3 million. Such are the c [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Why I sympathise with binmen on strike in Leeds….</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-i-sympathise-with-binmen-on-strike-in-leeds.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-i-sympathise-with-binmen-on-strike-in-leeds.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow refuse collection workers in Leeds will vote on a new proposed deal aimed at ending the stand-off between workers represented by Unison and the GMB.
Hopefully, a swift resolution to the ongoi [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Clegg asks the right questions but gives the wrong answers on Afghanistan….</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/clegg-asks-the-right-questions-but-gives-the-wrong-answers-on-afghanistan.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/clegg-asks-the-right-questions-but-gives-the-wrong-answers-on-afghanistan.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/clegg-asks-the-right-questions-but-gives-the-wrong-answers-on-afghanistan.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, nobody will be that surprised that Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, has been stripped-of his electoral victory. The Electoral Complaints Commission slashed his majority from the required 55 [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Is Bedford the end of the ‘open primary’ experiment?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/is-bedford-the-end-of-the-open-primary-experiment.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/is-bedford-the-end-of-the-open-primary-experiment.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democrats have won the Bedford Mayoral elections and  a number of things need to be said. Firstly, congratulations to Dave Hodgson and those who assisted his campaign; secondly, it has to  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Identity politics…..a cynical exercise?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/identity-politicsa-cynical-exercise.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/identity-politicsa-cynical-exercise.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Myself and Joe Otten have been having something of a friendly debate on the post where I questioned who the Liberal Democrats represent. He says that;
I see identity politics as inherently a cynical e [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Europe needs a reformer as President</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/europe-needs-a-reformer-as-president.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/europe-needs-a-reformer-as-president.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Richards (@hypnotic)</dc:creator>		
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven't yet fully read Nick Clegg's Pamphlet, 'The Liberal Moment', but I read the intro and found it very agreeable. Nick talks of how we, as liberals, believe strongly in the decentralisation of p [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Legg antagonises MP’s….</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/legg-antagonises-mps.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/legg-antagonises-mps.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MP&rsquo;s are certainly worked up into a lather about Sir Thomas Legg and his insistence that they pay back some of their more lavish expenses claims. I can&rsquo;t help but see Legg&rsquo;s report a [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Turnout at the next General Election may fall below 50%...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/turnout-at-the-next-general-election-may-fall-below-50.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/turnout-at-the-next-general-election-may-fall-below-50.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[...unless the population are required to vote by law....
Liberal that I am, the last thing I want to do is follow Tony Blair's footsteps in turning our democracy into anything more of a &quot;banana r [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Green shoots of Labour recovery?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/green-shoots-of-labour-recovery.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/green-shoots-of-labour-recovery.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/green-shoots-of-labour-recovery.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labour may not be quite finished yet...
I honestly cannot remember the last time Labour have risen out of the 20&rsquo;s into the 30s in an opinion poll (excluding the daily tracker You Gov ran during [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Why is Twitter going mad about Trafigura?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-is-twitter-going-mad-about-trafigura.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-is-twitter-going-mad-about-trafigura.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-is-twitter-going-mad-about-trafigura.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to confess that I'd never heard of Trafigura until today. Then, this morning, I logged into Tweetdeck and found a stream of tweets containing tagged #trafigura so intense that it felt like bein [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Of Thought and Discussion...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/of-thought-and-discussion.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/of-thought-and-discussion.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Richards (@hypnotic)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have we really regressed further back than even Mill could remember...
&quot;THE time, it is to be hoped, is gone by when any defence would be necessary of the &quot;liberty of the press&quot; as one  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Nick Griffin MEP will appear on BBC Question Time next week</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/nick-griffin-mep-will-appear-on-bbc-question-time-next-week.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/nick-griffin-mep-will-appear-on-bbc-question-time-next-week.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Richards (@hypnotic)</dc:creator>		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nick Griffin MEP will appear on BBC Question Time next week &ndash; the first time a BNP member has been invited to appear on the show&rsquo;s panel. It still baffles me how so many people are passion [...]]]></description>

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		<title>New political podcast - House of Comments</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/new-political-podcast--house-of-comments.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/new-political-podcast--house-of-comments.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Myself and Stuart Sharpe of the Sharpe's Opinion political blog have started a new series of political podcasts called &quot;House of Comments&quot;. The website for the podcasts is here and the first [...]]]></description>

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		<title>If MPs reject the expenses report they will regret it, fast</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/if-mps-reject-the-expenses-report-they-will-regret-it-fast.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/if-mps-reject-the-expenses-report-they-will-regret-it-fast.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a report in this morning's Times which suggests that members of the Estimate Committee are considering throwing out Sir Thomas Legg's (pictured left) independent report on MPs expenses as the [...]]]></description>

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		<title>A Cooperative Coalition</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/a-cooperative-coalition.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/a-cooperative-coalition.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Scarlett (@sscrltt)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The general consensus among today&rsquo;s politicos is that the dye is now cast for the next General Election. Those at the helm of all &ldquo;two and a half&rdquo; major parties are the leaders they  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Why are the Liberal Democrats not doing better?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-are-the-liberal-democrats-not-doing-better.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-are-the-liberal-democrats-not-doing-better.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Thompson raises this question on his blog; he is quite right to &rsquo;stick his neck out&rsquo; and say we should be doing better for all the reasons he cites on his blog.  It is perhaps good to [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Surely the Lib Dems should be doing better than this?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/surely-the-lib-dems-should-be-doing-better-than-this.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/surely-the-lib-dems-should-be-doing-better-than-this.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don't hold much stock with opinion polls during conference season. The focus on each of the three big parties in turn causes distortions in the responses. I think it will be another week or two befo [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Improving the lot of the poor still matters in politics…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/improving-the-lot-of-the-poor-still-matters-in-politics.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/improving-the-lot-of-the-poor-still-matters-in-politics.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It will take more than a squiggley tree for the Conservatives to convince core Labour voters they have their best interests at heart.
Something struck me steming from a piece  in the Daily Mail of all [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Labour's curious fixation on Kaminski...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/labours-curious-fixation-on-kaminski.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/labours-curious-fixation-on-kaminski.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I want to make something quite clear at the start of this post; I think the Conservative Parties choice of new European allies is deplorable.  Despite lame efforts to defend them I think that alot of  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Gordon Brown’s eye troubles….</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/gordon-browns-eye-troubles.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/gordon-browns-eye-troubles.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was a little dismayed that this was the top story on both Politics Home and the BBC when I flicked to both their web pages. The fact that it was says little for the journalistic quality of either; t [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Conservatives will ‘wreck recovery’ – Blanchflower</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/conservatives-will-wreck-recovery-blanchflower.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/conservatives-will-wreck-recovery-blanchflower.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting piece in this mornings Guardian by Danny Blanchflower; in it, he rips into David Cameron and the Conservatives but also all of those who see the major economic task as being debt repayment [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Did Rowan Williams go too far?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/did-rowan-williams-go-too-far.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/did-rowan-williams-go-too-far.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/did-rowan-williams-go-too-far.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Andrew  Reeves thinks that he did; I have to confess that I think for a clergyman, Williams has the admirable trait of actually seeming to think deeply about what he is saying which I think shows that [...]]]></description>

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		<title>America’s two-faces…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/americas-two-faces.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/americas-two-faces.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/americas-two-faces.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to confess I was more than a little shocked by the news that Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for this year. It&rsquo;s not that I don&rsquo;t like Obama or think him a worthy pol [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Constantly Furious does it again</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/constantly-furious-does-it-again.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/constantly-furious-does-it-again.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I've not got much time right now although there are several things on the tip of my blogging tongue. However I do have time to post a link to Constantly Furious' post about the post office workers fro [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Darling and Osborne compare hair-shirts…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/darling-and-osborne-compare-hair-shirts.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/darling-and-osborne-compare-hair-shirts.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/darling-and-osborne-compare-hair-shirts.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Both the Chancellor and his opposite number have been desperately trying to outdo each other when it comes to the &lsquo;who can slash public sector wages the most&rsquo; contest.  First-up was Alista [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Champagne Super no-no</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/champagne-super-no-no.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/champagne-super-no-no.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/champagne-super-no-no.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a story today in the Manchester Evening News (brought to my attention by @AlixMortimer via @Peter_Henley on Twitter) about a Tory party member, Philip Whittington who got into a spot of bothe [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Will Cameron regret the General Dannatt episode?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/will-cameron-regret-the-general-dannatt-episode.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/will-cameron-regret-the-general-dannatt-episode.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/will-cameron-regret-the-general-dannatt-episode.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The news that General Dannatt is to join the Conservatives as an adviser has been welcomed by the Tories today. As a former head of the army, Dannatt is a big hitter and it is a real coup for Cameron  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Nationalisation won't get us back on track.</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/nationalisation-wont-get-us-back-on-track.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/nationalisation-wont-get-us-back-on-track.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/nationalisation-wont-get-us-back-on-track.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&pound;1.8bn is the most recent figure for central Government spending on the railways. With the next Conservative government likely to have this as the very maximum they'd be willing to spend - and e [...]]]></description>

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		<title>David Cameron and Champagne</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/david-cameron-and-champagne.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/david-cameron-and-champagne.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So apparently David Cameron was &quot;caught&quot; drinking a glass of champagne at an event yesterday. The Daily Mirror has decided to go big on this story today. They clearly think that it is extrem [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Is Paxman/Boris the new Frost/Nixon?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/is-paxmanboris-the-new-frostnixon.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/is-paxmanboris-the-new-frostnixon.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/is-paxmanboris-the-new-frostnixon.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was highly entertaining to see Jeremy Paxman interview Boris Johnson last night on Newsnight. Boris was most definitely not &quot;on message&quot; but I guess trying to make him toe the party line  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Why the Conservatives always fail to tackle unemployment...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-the-conservatives-always-fail-to-tackle-unemployment.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-the-conservatives-always-fail-to-tackle-unemployment.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/why-the-conservatives-always-fail-to-tackle-unemployment.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing that never ceases to amaze me when unemployment rises is that mainstream politicians; especially Conservatives, harp on about getting people back to work. This is a very noble aim and in gen [...]]]></description>

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		<title>My Thoughts on the Cameron/Marr interview</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/my-thoughts-on-the-cameronmarr-interview.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/my-thoughts-on-the-cameronmarr-interview.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Scarlett (@sscrltt)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/my-thoughts-on-the-cameronmarr-interview.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cameron looked very controlled and self-assured throughout. He made the rhetoric on Europe as easy to swallow as he could. Welfare policies started off with a lot of moderate rhetoric for an allegedly [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Tories Spin right round on Lisbon...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/tories-spin-right-round-on-lisbon.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/tories-spin-right-round-on-lisbon.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Goodliffe</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/tories-spin-right-round-on-lisbon.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Europe remains a constant thorn in the Conservatives side; in the Major years the factional fracas epitomised a government in decay. Now, it stands as a symbol of how little and how skin deep the chan [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Whitehouse Watch: Dave Says NO!</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/whitehouse-watch-dave-says-no.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/whitehouse-watch-dave-says-no.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Scarlett (@sscrltt)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[from Liberal Vision.org
Hello everyone,
I hope you&rsquo;re having a good weekend. Well, it&rsquo;s Tory Party Conference and Parliamentarians, journalists and various other strands of political flots [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Could Gordon Brown have handled the TV debate issue any worse?</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/could-gordon-brown-have-handled-the-tv-debate-issue-any-worse.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/could-gordon-brown-have-handled-the-tv-debate-issue-any-worse.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Reckons</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/could-gordon-brown-have-handled-the-tv-debate-issue-any-worse.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, finally, Gordon Brown has agreed that he will participate in a TV debate ahead of the next general election.
Back in July I suggested that one of the broadcasters should announce there will be a [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Fishwick — losses and lessons</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/fishwick-losses-and-lessons.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/fishwick-losses-and-lessons.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Result (1 October, 2009)
Jennifer MEIN [Labour] 656 (55.69 +13.24) 
Sharon RILEY [Conservative] 283 (24.02 +3.90 )
Luke BOSMAN [Liberal Democrat] 239 (20.29 +1.31)
LABOUR HOLD
By-election tales can of [...]]]></description>

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		<title>I am reminded of a joke from many years ago...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/i-am-reminded-of-a-joke-from-many-years-ago.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/i-am-reminded-of-a-joke-from-many-years-ago.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/i-am-reminded-of-a-joke-from-many-years-ago.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is with great pleasure that I take up the opportunity to speak after being recommended to talk on a wide array of subjects from my particular (peculiar? No surely not&hellip;) place in the British  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>To Be a Fly on the Wall</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/to-be-a-fly-on-the-wall.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/to-be-a-fly-on-the-wall.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Richards (@hypnotic)</dc:creator>		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve been to two Liberal Democrat conferences now. I&rsquo;ve been to the Autumn one that just happened at Bournemouth and I&rsquo;ve been to the last Spring conference &ndash; in Harrogate in M [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Thank You, Mr Speaker…</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/thank-you-mr-speaker.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/thank-you-mr-speaker.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Richards (@hypnotic)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&hellip; for allowing me to catch your eye and make my maiden post here today.

I was surprised but very honoured to be asked to contribute to a House of Twits blog section and to represent the Lib De [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Brown's barbaric plans to stigmatise teenage mothers</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/browns-barbaric-plans-to-stigmatise-teenage-mothers.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/browns-barbaric-plans-to-stigmatise-teenage-mothers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I'm going to leave others to rip to shreds Gordon Brown's claims on the economy and his new found belief in local Post Offices he made in his speech today. There's plenty of scope for an awful lot of  [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Orgy in reverse</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/orgy-in-reverse.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/orgy-in-reverse.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[David Cameron, the next United Kingdom Prime Minister, will have a task on his hands to repair the country following the disruptive and damaging effects of a Labour administration whose attitude towar [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Nick Clegg - good speech, bad Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/nick-clegg--good-speech-bad-conference.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/nick-clegg--good-speech-bad-conference.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam Pennington (@doktorb)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Closing the Liberal Democrat Conference this afternoon, Nick Clegg had the concept of change on his mind. Change can be good, but loose change can be often rather annoying. Clegg had to ensure the mod [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Of Savage Cuts and Tuition Fees</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/of-savage-cuts-and-tuition-fees.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/of-savage-cuts-and-tuition-fees.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we Liberal Democrats can be too honest for our own good. It would have made our lives a lot easier if we had concentrated on passing the fabulous policies on our agenda without looking at th [...]]]></description>

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		<title>A Woman’s right to Choos!!</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/a-womans-right-to-choos.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/a-womans-right-to-choos.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Scarlett (@sscrltt)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Liberal Vision.org
And another reason to hate the TUC:
The predominantly male Trade Union Congress yesterday backed a motion decrying the stiletto heel as a sexist health and safety hazard. Activ [...]]]></description>

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		<title>Vince Cable proposes cuts worth £14 Billion</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/vince-cable-proposes-cuts-worth-14-billion.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/vince-cable-proposes-cuts-worth-14-billion.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Scarlett (@sscrltt)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Liberal Vision.org
Nine specific areas of potential savings are identified as a start to a radical programme of reform. The main proposals are:
&gt; Zero growth overall for public sector pay (sav [...]]]></description>

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		<title>As if Brown wasn't bad enough...</title>
		<link>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/as-if-brown-wasnt-bad-enough.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.houseoftwits.co.uk/lib-dem/as-if-brown-wasnt-bad-enough.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Richards (@hypnotic)</dc:creator>		
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;So Harriet Harman wants the Labour leadership rules changed so that out of the leader and deputy leader, one must be female and one must be male? Consider this:
The Labour party contains 2 excel [...]]]></description>

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