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<title>Political Britain</title>
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<modified>2005-05-12T15:02:26Z</modified>
<tagline>One man&apos;s opinion of moonlight</tagline>
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<title>Great men of our times</title>
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<modified>2005-05-12T15:02:26Z</modified>
<issued>2005-05-12T10:58:05Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.35</id>
<created>2005-05-12T10:58:05Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> George Galloway (&quot;Gorgeous&quot;) Gorgeous has run foul of the permanent subcommittee of investigations of the US Senate. Their conclusion is non-equivocal: - Despite Galloway’s denials, the evidence obtained by the Subcommittee, including Hussein-era documents from the Ministry of Oil...</summary>
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<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 09</dc:subject>
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 George Galloway (&quot;Gorgeous&quot;) Gorgeous has run foul of the permanent subcommittee of investigations of the US Senate. Their conclusion is non-equivocal: - Despite Galloway’s denials, the evidence obtained by the Subcommittee, including Hussein-era documents from the Ministry of Oil...

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<entry>
<title>What&apos;s next</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T13:46:54Z</modified>
<issued>2005-05-09T13:44:49Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.34</id>
<created>2005-05-09T13:44:49Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">OK, a little pretentious, I guess, but it&apos;s likely the next election will be held close to 5 years from now, than four. My guess would be the end of 09. And &apos;no&apos; before you ask. You will not get...</summary>
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<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 09</dc:subject>
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OK, a little pretentious, I guess, but it&apos;s likely the next election will be held close to 5 years from now, than four. My guess would be the end of 09. And &apos;no&apos; before you ask. You will not get...

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<entry>
<title>Astonishing</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T17:01:45Z</modified>
<issued>2005-05-06T10:28:00Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.30</id>
<created>2005-05-06T10:28:00Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"><![CDATA[Psephologists will pore over this election for some time, but the core of it is in the table below, borrowed from the BBC. DEFENCE SEATS (in order of vulnerability) 2001 Results &nbsp; 2005 Results No. Constituency Majority Party &nbsp; Party...]]></summary>
<author>
<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[Psephologists will pore over this election for some time, but the core of it is in the table below, borrowed from the BBC. DEFENCE SEATS (in order of vulnerability) 2001 Results &nbsp; 2005 Results No. Constituency Majority Party &nbsp; Party...]]>

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<entry>
<title>What do I do now?</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T10:48:37Z</modified>
<issued>2005-05-05T09:45:34Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.29</id>
<created>2005-05-05T09:45:34Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Well may you ask. If you read the Mirror you&apos;ll be told to vote ZNL. If you read the Telegraph you&apos;ll be told to vote TBC. If you read the Economist you should vote ZNL. If you&apos;re a fan of...</summary>
<author>
<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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Well may you ask. If you read the Mirror you&apos;ll be told to vote ZNL. If you read the Telegraph you&apos;ll be told to vote TBC. If you read the Economist you should vote ZNL. If you&apos;re a fan of...

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<entry>
<title>The N word</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T18:10:48Z</modified>
<issued>2005-05-04T14:07:39Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.28</id>
<created>2005-05-04T14:07:39Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Of course everyone is for the environment. People rush around saying Kyoto, and global warming, and recycle. They&apos;re kind of the &apos;must use&apos; PC words, the exact opposite of the &apos;don&apos;t use&apos; PC words (you know, disabled, chairMAN, etc.) The...</summary>
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<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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Of course everyone is for the environment. People rush around saying Kyoto, and global warming, and recycle. They&apos;re kind of the &apos;must use&apos; PC words, the exact opposite of the &apos;don&apos;t use&apos; PC words (you know, disabled, chairMAN, etc.) The...

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<entry>
<title>Something Strange...</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T10:48:38Z</modified>
<issued>2005-05-03T10:55:26Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.27</id>
<created>2005-05-03T10:55:26Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Labour is losing its grip on Finchley because its support has fallen from 46% to 40% since the 2001 election, with disaffected Labour supporters fuelling a sharp rise in the Liberal Democrat vote. The Guardian In Shipley, a Tory stronghold...</summary>
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<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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Labour is losing its grip on Finchley because its support has fallen from 46% to 40% since the 2001 election, with disaffected Labour supporters fuelling a sharp rise in the Liberal Democrat vote. The Guardian In Shipley, a Tory stronghold...

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<title>Can Yasmin Win?</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T10:48:39Z</modified>
<issued>2005-05-02T12:36:49Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.26</id>
<created>2005-05-02T12:36:49Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Yasmin Qureshi is the ZNL candidate in Brent East. It should be a safe ZNL seat; they had over 63% of the vote last time, but Brent East is unusual in that the last MP there won at a recent...</summary>
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<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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Yasmin Qureshi is the ZNL candidate in Brent East. It should be a safe ZNL seat; they had over 63% of the vote last time, but Brent East is unusual in that the last MP there won at a recent...

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<entry>
<title>Blunkett</title>
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<modified>2005-05-23T13:17:19Z</modified>
<issued>2005-05-01T15:26:17Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.24</id>
<created>2005-05-01T15:26:17Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> What a guy! In case any of you were on planet mars for the last 6 months Blunkett scewed around with a married woman, helped her nanny with a visa application, and used governement expenses to pay for a...</summary>
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<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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 What a guy! In case any of you were on planet mars for the last 6 months Blunkett scewed around with a married woman, helped her nanny with a visa application, and used governement expenses to pay for a...

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<entry>
<title>Targets</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T10:48:40Z</modified>
<issued>2005-04-30T12:46:45Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.23</id>
<created>2005-04-30T12:46:45Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Lots of talk about these recently. Young Toni was totally flumoxed by a question about the 48 hour waiting list target for General Practitioner appointments. Apparently what happens is that you can&apos;t book an appointment MORE than 48 hours in...</summary>
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<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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Lots of talk about these recently. Young Toni was totally flumoxed by a question about the 48 hour waiting list target for General Practitioner appointments. Apparently what happens is that you can&apos;t book an appointment MORE than 48 hours in...

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<title>Toni</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T10:48:41Z</modified>
<issued>2005-04-29T12:50:39Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.22</id>
<created>2005-04-29T12:50:39Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Well, out of the mouths of babes and sucklings it is. I am indebted to Alice Thomson for advising me that and when [children] started singing, &quot;Mr Blair, we don&apos;t care, you&apos;re wearing Cherie&apos;s underwear,&quot; they were quickly whisked away....</summary>
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<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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Well, out of the mouths of babes and sucklings it is. I am indebted to Alice Thomson for advising me that and when [children] started singing, &quot;Mr Blair, we don&apos;t care, you&apos;re wearing Cherie&apos;s underwear,&quot; they were quickly whisked away....

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<entry>
<title>Gender?</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T10:48:41Z</modified>
<issued>2005-04-28T11:48:11Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.21</id>
<created>2005-04-28T11:48:11Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Channel 4 put the Bliar story up for grabs again. I still find it difficult to believe that it will have enough of an impact to affect the polls; people seem to believe that sometimes little porkies are necessary in...</summary>
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<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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Channel 4 put the Bliar story up for grabs again. I still find it difficult to believe that it will have enough of an impact to affect the polls; people seem to believe that sometimes little porkies are necessary in...

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<entry>
<title>Slow News day</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T10:48:42Z</modified>
<issued>2005-04-27T14:31:07Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.20</id>
<created>2005-04-27T14:31:07Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">It&apos;s a bit much when the biggest news of the day is an election poster. It&apos;s just a teeny weeny bit more sophisticated than the one I posted yesterday, but not exactly intellectually challenging. Also Europe made the scene, again...</summary>
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<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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It&apos;s a bit much when the biggest news of the day is an election poster. It&apos;s just a teeny weeny bit more sophisticated than the one I posted yesterday, but not exactly intellectually challenging. Also Europe made the scene, again...

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<title>Bliar?</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T10:48:42Z</modified>
<issued>2005-04-26T11:08:11Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.19</id>
<created>2005-04-26T11:08:11Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Well, it took some time, but it finally hit the hustings. TBCs said Blair was lying. The trouble is that it&apos;s very hard to believe that Joe Voter will get excited about the sort of detailed procedural lying which is...</summary>
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<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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Well, it took some time, but it finally hit the hustings. TBCs said Blair was lying. The trouble is that it&apos;s very hard to believe that Joe Voter will get excited about the sort of detailed procedural lying which is...

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<entry>
<title>Education</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T10:48:43Z</modified>
<issued>2005-04-25T13:39:17Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.18</id>
<created>2005-04-25T13:39:17Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">The Telegraph leads with a discussion of two recently published papers. Intergenerational Mobility in Europe and North America by Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Steve Machin at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, and a similar one...</summary>
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<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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The Telegraph leads with a discussion of two recently published papers. Intergenerational Mobility in Europe and North America by Jo Blanden, Paul Gregg and Steve Machin at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, and a similar one...

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<entry>
<title>Trust</title>
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<modified>2005-05-09T10:48:44Z</modified>
<issued>2005-04-24T14:32:15Z</issued>
<id>tag:barorny.com,2005:/weblog//1.17</id>
<created>2005-04-24T14:32:15Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">The Sundays are full of trust issues. It&apos;s most odd. Everyone knows that Blair makes it up as he goes along. Most believe that, despite what all the enquiries said, he did &apos;sex up&apos; the dossier, and many believe that...</summary>
<author>
<name>Flo Ting Voe Tah</name>

<email>pbarwich@barorny.com</email>
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<dc:subject>Election 05</dc:subject>
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The Sundays are full of trust issues. It&apos;s most odd. Everyone knows that Blair makes it up as he goes along. Most believe that, despite what all the enquiries said, he did &apos;sex up&apos; the dossier, and many believe that...

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