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		<title>Is Education missing the point, its not what you learn, but the fact you can&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When people learn we are a home educating family, there are normally a barrage of questions, many of them are common and occasionally we get a new perspective.  What can be quite common is the misconception that it is against the law (it&#8217;s not) also that Home Ed kids suffer in their Social Skills (they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talk about missing it &#8211; Awards I didn&#8217;t know about</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may notice (on the left hand side of this page) that I got an award last year for having a top 100 blog, but what I didn&#8217;t realise is that that was not the only one.  In some research for some other work, I was looking up political bloggers and found out that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great night for Gloucester Labour and Grange Ward</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a long day and indeed a long campaign, but it was all worth it when Chris Chatterton took the Grange ward away from the deputy leader of the Tories.  It was quite tense as the gap was 29 votes, but in the early hours of the morning the result was confirmed and Chris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Government succeed in &#8220;top to bottom&#8221; reform of Gloucestershire Police &#8211; The Boss quits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a shocking turn of events today, Gloucestershire Chief Constable Tony Melville has resigned after two years of hard graft in reforming the Gloucestershire Police Force under very harsh conditions.  The shocking part is that he is not leaving because he feels his job is done, or because he wants to move to something else, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lords Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Darn those old cronies who sit in their opulent comfort, getting in the way of Government business, let’s reform them and do away with their dastardly medalling.  Or that’s what the Lib Dems would like anyway.  At first I thought I agreed, but now I’m not so sure.  If nothing else, for such a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Elections &#8211; Vote for the Person or the Party?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the local elections just a scant few weeks away, the local politicos are on the ground vying for your vote.  Personally I&#8217;m not standing this year (Quedgeley isn&#8217;t up) but thought it would be worth highlighting a few points for you to think about when it comes to you vote on May 3rd.  Firstly, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who locally benefits from the higher tax rate cut, I wonder&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When George Osbourne announced the tax reduction for higher rate tax payers, much was made about how the Tory front bench would benefit from it, in fact there was a call for Mr Osbourne himself to declare if he benefitted himself, though he claimed he earned just under the threshold.  That did raise a number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncomfortable today, Sinister tomorrow &#8211; The thin end of the Information Wedge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rumour mill is on full speed around the latest plans of the Government to further invade our personal privacy.  However we must remember that nothing has been officially announced, and therefore we must be careful not to prejudge something before we know what it&#8217;s all about.  However, just in case anyone is thinking of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bradford West &#8211; Could this be the &#8220;wake up &#8211; slap in the face&#8221; that Labour need?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been many moments since the General Election that have been heralded as &#8216;Pinnacle moments of the leadership&#8217;, or &#8216;Step Changes&#8217; in the Party thinking, and there have been papers, think tanks, and a larger movement of Refounding Labour&#8221; which has supposed to remodelled the party from the grass-roots up.  However, as the result [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Twitter moves you to tears, dig deep  &#8211; #Cosmo #FF @Gtrafford</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people who don&#8217;t use social media, don&#8217;t see the point, see it as silly or a waste of time.  Personally I use it as an oppotunity to communicate with people, as well as keep in touch with news, local issues and to get a general feel of public mood.  I follow a range of people, some [...]]]></description>
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