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		<title>To mark the beginning of the Tube strike&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/06/09/to-mark-the-beginning-of-the-tube-strike/</link>
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		<title>Are you a potential terrorist?</title>
		<link>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/04/06/are-you-a-potential-terrorist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you attempted to travel, taken a photo of a landmark, used a computer or mobile phone or tried to hire some form of transport? Then you could be a terrorist. Report to your nearest police station immediately
 
The Metropolitan Police Service: The best form of defence is complete paranoia about absolutely everything.
Hat-tip: Helen Duffett [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On PMQs</title>
		<link>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/03/27/on-pmqs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will Howells’ take on that weekly monstrosity, Prime Minister’s Questions:





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		<title>I want to break free!</title>
		<link>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/02/27/i-want-to-break-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lib Dems (and the divine and by no means equine Chris Huhne) yesterday launched their new Freedom Bill. The successor to Clegg’s Great Repeal Act, the Bill would roll back 20 of the most insidious and authoritarian pieces of New Labour and Conservative legislation, including ID cards, control orders and the worst elements of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All by myself</title>
		<link>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/02/20/all-by-myself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin Whenman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This song will never be the same for me again:





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		<title>And tonight on BBC Radio 4&#8230; Gavin Whenman</title>
		<link>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/01/29/and-tonight-on-bbc-radio-4-gavin-whenman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin Whenman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, somefink wot I wrote at least will be on BBC Radio 4&#8217;s Recorded for Training Purposes sketch show tonight at 11pm. So, if your parents will let you stay up that late, you can listen to it then or you can catch it at some point over the next seven days on the BBC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A forty-three word answer where one will do</title>
		<link>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/01/29/a-forty-three-word-answer-where-one-will-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin Whenman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As seen in last Wednesday&#8217;s Hansard (Parliament&#8217;s official record):
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Prime Minister if he will make it his policy to conduct exit interviews with Ministers leaving Government; and if he will conduct an exit interview with Lord Jones of Birmingham to discuss the noble Lord&#8217;s experiences as a Minister. [249500]
The Prime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Melanie Phillips is a genius</title>
		<link>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/01/26/melanie-phillips-is-a-genius/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/01/26/melanie-phillips-is-a-genius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin Whenman</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[press]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There, I said it. Possibly the one person who would have complained if the BBC had broadcast the Disasters Emergency Committee Gaza appeal has penned an article attacking the BBC for a lack of impartiality:
&#8230;the BBC has brought this crisis upon itself. It is not surprising that it finds itself friendless, since for years it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E71, bad language and romantic mush</title>
		<link>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/01/22/e71-bad-language-and-romantic-mush/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/01/22/e71-bad-language-and-romantic-mush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin Whenman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve penned three articles for February’s Total Politics, out this week. Here are the links so you can read them if you’re into that kind of thing:

 A review of the Nokia E71 (I like it)
 Top ten examples of unparliamentary language (Dennis Skinner deserves an award for rudeness)
 Political couples (pass the sick bag)

In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dull but worthy: MPs expenses</title>
		<link>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/01/21/dull-but-worthy-mps-expenses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2009/01/21/dull-but-worthy-mps-expenses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin Whenman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sent to my MP, Rudi Vis, today:
Dear Mr Vis,
On Thursday 22nd January the Commons will vote on the draft Freedom of Information (Parliament) Order 2009. If enacted, the measure will exclude MPs&#8217; and Lords&#8217; from disclosing fully their parliamentary expenses.
I urge you, in the interests of transparency and accountability, as well as to maintain public [...]]]></description>
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