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		<title>The Cancellation Of The Blair Book Signing &#8211; A Triumph For A Violent, Anti Democratic Mob</title>
		<link>http://www.platform10.org/2010/09/the-cancellation-of-the-blair-book-signing-a-triumph-for-a-violent-anti-democratic-mob/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Skelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Blair&#8217;s book signing in London on Wednesday has been cancelled, with security concerns being cited as the main reason.  A book signing on Saturday in Dublin was marked by protests from anti war protesters.
Regardless of what you thought about the war  or what you think about Blair&#8217;s policies, who on earth do these protesters think they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stillbirth of Alternative Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.platform10.org/2010/09/the-stillbirth-of-alternative-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.platform10.org/2010/09/the-stillbirth-of-alternative-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betapolitics</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clegg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let us be honest for a minute, no-one really wants AV. The Conservatives like first past the post (FPTP), the Lib Dems want proportional representation (PR), and Labour… and Labour… It’s almost impossible to know what Labour does want as the parliamentary party is still in angry lashing-out mode. “Gerrymanders” Labour MP’s shouted at every [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is The Euro The Most Regressive Financial Instrument Since The Gold Standard?</title>
		<link>http://www.platform10.org/2010/08/is-the-euro-the-most-regressive-financial-instrument-since-the-gold-standard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.platform10.org/2010/08/is-the-euro-the-most-regressive-financial-instrument-since-the-gold-standard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Skelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressive politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.platform10.org/?p=1313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Deflation has been imposed on Greece.  It is unlikely that the Greek economy will be able to grow for many years to come.
The Spanish economy has stumbled into marginal growth, with the country suffering from an unemployment rate of around 20%.
The unemployment rate in Portugal is the highest for three decades.
The Irish economy has collapsed [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can anything ‘new’ in Cameron’s Conservatism survive the fiscal crisis?</title>
		<link>http://www.platform10.org/2010/08/can-anything-%e2%80%98new%e2%80%99-in-cameron%e2%80%99s-conservatism-survive-the-fiscal-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.platform10.org/2010/08/can-anything-%e2%80%98new%e2%80%99-in-cameron%e2%80%99s-conservatism-survive-the-fiscal-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betapolitics</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Future building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decentralisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressive Conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressive politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.platform10.org/?p=1300</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perversely, the fiscal crisis strengthens the chances of Cameron’s modern Conservatism surviving and possibly becoming a model for Conservative Government.
The combination of coalition government and economic breakdown encourages a reformist administration.  With the public finances in such a mess the time is ripe for reform and acting tomorrow is viewed as inappropriate and irresponsible. During [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving Social Mobility Must Come Before Tribal Point Scoring</title>
		<link>http://www.platform10.org/2010/08/improving-social-mobility-must-come-before-tribal-point-scoring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.platform10.org/2010/08/improving-social-mobility-must-come-before-tribal-point-scoring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Skelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tackling poverty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.platform10.org/?p=1295</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have already posted on here that the appointment of Alan Milburn as social mobility &#8216;czar&#8217; is one to be welcomed.  Improving social mobility is one of the biggest challenges facing British society today and it is a good thing that somebody as talented and passionate about the subject as Milburn feels ready to  continue to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Social Mobility Matters and Alan Milburn&#8217;s Appointment Should Be Welcomed</title>
		<link>http://www.platform10.org/2010/08/social-mobility-matters-and-alan-milburns-appointment-should-be-welcomed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.platform10.org/2010/08/social-mobility-matters-and-alan-milburns-appointment-should-be-welcomed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Skelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tackling poverty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.platform10.org/?p=1290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the short term, the Government will be judged by successfully dealing with the catastrophic financial situation left behind by its predecessor.  In the long term, the Government will be judged on making Britain a more socially mobile and open society.
Social mobility matters.
It matters that so many people are not fulfilling their potential or aspirations.
It [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Undemocratic Threat Of Judicial Activism</title>
		<link>http://www.platform10.org/2010/08/the-undemocratic-threat-of-political-activism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.platform10.org/2010/08/the-undemocratic-threat-of-political-activism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Skelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.platform10.org/?p=1269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Political sovereignty in Britain should lie with the Commons.  It should lie with people we elect and can remove.  The rise of both the quangocracy and judicial activism (not to mention the EU) makes that less the case than it should be.

Dan Hannan has a very good blog today in which he points to the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Note To Paul Goodman &#8211; The Tory Left Is Already &#8216;Out, Loud and Proud&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.platform10.org/2010/07/note-to-paul-goodman-the-tory-left-is-already-out-loud-and-proud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.platform10.org/2010/07/note-to-paul-goodman-the-tory-left-is-already-out-loud-and-proud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Skelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[6 May 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.platform10.org/?p=1262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Goodman published an interesting piece on Con Home on Monday about,as he puts it, the ‘left’ of the Tory party.  Although Con Home is increasingly the internet based ‘house journal’ for the right of the party (and some elements of the right that are sceptical of the coalition), it is always interesting to see [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Publish and don&#8217;t be damned</title>
		<link>http://www.platform10.org/2010/07/publish-and-dont-be-damned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.platform10.org/2010/07/publish-and-dont-be-damned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fiona Melville</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Localism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You never know. Publishing information that is funded by the taxpayer probably isn&#8217;t the end of the world. If it is, then you&#8217;re probably doing something wrong.
In my slightly geeky way, I was looking through the Communities and Local Government website, trying to find the speech made by Grant Shapps describing Local Housing Trusts. I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lamenting The Decline Of Working Men&#8217;s Clubs</title>
		<link>http://www.platform10.org/2010/07/lamenting-the-decline-of-working-mens-clubs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.platform10.org/2010/07/lamenting-the-decline-of-working-mens-clubs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Skelton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Future building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living in Britain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Localism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.platform10.org/?p=1247</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As The Times (within the paywall) reported this morning, Trimdon Labour Club has poured its last pint.  The club where Tony Blair repeatedly popped along to when he wanted to connect with traditional working class voters closed yesterday.  It is a shame that Mr Blair couldn&#8217;t put his hand in his pockets to help the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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