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		<title>The Reformed Union</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Melding AM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["It is time for all the political parties that believe in Britain to unite and set out a vision for a British federation in which the Home Nations will flourish." Discuss]]></description>
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		<title>Saving the Union</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Melding AM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The speed of the game in the UK has now changed, and unionists must now offer a better and more expansive vision than the beguiling image projected by Alex Salmond, argues Wales' most distinguished right wing constitutional thinker]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a name?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Melding AM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the longest serving Conservatives in the National Assembly makes his case for a new name for his party in Wales, as a signal of a new and greater ambition]]></description>
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		<title>Time for the F-Word</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/12/time-for-the-f-word/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Melding AM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["A written constitution is no more than a very useful rule book." Like grammar, argues our erudite editor, it is ever adapting]]></description>
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		<title>A fascinating account of the ordeals of leadership</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/11/a-fascinating-account-of-the-ordeals-of-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Melding AM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alex Salmond is the British Isles' leading nationalist figure, and the subject of a new and insightful biography by WalesHome contributor David Torrance]]></description>
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		<title>Where is Saunders Lewis?</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/10/where-is-saunders-lewis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Melding AM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the second of today's pieces marking Saunders Lewis's birthday, David Melding AM offers an impassioned plea for the Plaid founder and poet to take his place at the heart of Wales's national conversation]]></description>
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		<title>We should do God</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/09/we-should-do-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Melding AM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Pope visits the UK, it is timely to emphasise the value of religion in anchoring politics and public life]]></description>
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		<title>The original Red Tory</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/08/the-original-red-tory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Melding AM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noel Skelton's name is thankfully being rescued from historical obscurity - and not a moment too soon, for he has much to say about how the great Tory party positions itself for social and electoral success]]></description>
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		<title>Eisteddfod diary and memories of salad days</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/08/eisteddfod-diary-and-memories-of-salad-days/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/08/eisteddfod-diary-and-memories-of-salad-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Melding AM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Sixth Columnist takes a trip to Ebbw Vale and reflects on the Eisteddfod's place in Welsh culture - and his own less than successful 1992 bid to become the Valleys' first Tory MP since the days of Mabon]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hasta la vista, modern economics</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/07/angry-red-tory/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/07/angry-red-tory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Melding AM</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wales Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixth Columnist David Melding AM gives his view on how our economics have conspired to work against most of us, and threatens a move to one of the world's last communist countries if things don't change]]></description>
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