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		<title>We must answer the siege guns of the right</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/07/reinventing-the-state/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/07/reinventing-the-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Smith MP</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[coalition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labour's task is not just to contest the coalition's dismantling of public services, it is to develop a compelling and contemporary vision for the way we choose to organise ourselves]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forget The West Wing: it’s Radio Time in Britain</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/05/forget-the-west-wing-it%e2%80%99s-radio-time-in-britain/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/05/forget-the-west-wing-it%e2%80%99s-radio-time-in-britain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 06:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Griffin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leaders’ debates were bad democracy and worse television. But is it the shows or the scripts that need changing?
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Only the Lib Dems can win here &#8211; errr&#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/04/only-the-lib-dems-can-win-here-errr/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/04/only-the-lib-dems-can-win-here-errr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daran Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Westminster '10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 General Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Clegg MP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[public debate]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://waleshome.org/?p=9934</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.&#8221; This famous quote by Mahatma Gandhi is probably privately what many Liberal Democrats are feeling at the moment, even if they can&#8217;t work out whether or not they are stuck on the third phase or really moving into the fourth. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>We can&#8217;t afford to cut the public sector</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/04/we-cant-afford-to-cut-the-public-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/04/we-cant-afford-to-cut-the-public-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul O'Shea</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[public services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a period of tight financial settlements, public services often become a scapegoat or an easy target for cuts and so-called efficiency savings. But cutting public services now could do the economy more damage and lead to another recession]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trust the people: time to devolve from the Assembly</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/03/trust-the-people-time-to-devolve-from-the-assembly/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/03/trust-the-people-time-to-devolve-from-the-assembly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Black AM</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitutional reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Black AM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Welsh Liberal Democrats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://waleshome.org/?p=8285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Instead of national politicians treating local government as scapegoats and indulging in blame games, it's time for a new era of proper partnership which trusts local democracy to deliver]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chewing the fat of disgust and deliberation</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/02/chewing-the-fat-of-disgust-and-deliberation/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/02/chewing-the-fat-of-disgust-and-deliberation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iestyn Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 General Election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The test that our democracy faces, both in Wales and in the UK, is to engage more people. But how can this be done against a backdrop of disenchantment with politicians fuelled by the expenses scandal?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to challenge the big lie about True Wales</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/02/time-to-challenge-the-big-lie/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/02/time-to-challenge-the-big-lie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daran Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Truths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[referendum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The True Wales campaign says it is against more powers for the Assembly because of the so-called "slippery slope" to independence. But this has it's own downhill ramp - one that would take Wales backwards]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>120</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why would you want to travel First Class, anyway?</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/02/why-would-you-want-to-travel-first-class-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/02/why-would-you-want-to-travel-first-class-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Higgitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Hearth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://waleshome.org/?p=7936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[POOR old Nick Winterton. The veteran Tory MP has got himself, and his party, into a spot of bother by insisting on the retention of First Class rail travel for MPs. Those who travel in Standard Class &#8220;are a totally different type of people&#8221; fumed the Macclesfield MP in an interview with Five Live. Cue [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lobbying the lobbyist</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/02/lobbying-the-lobbyist/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/02/lobbying-the-lobbyist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daran Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Hearth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moustache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welsh Liberal Democrats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://waleshome.org/?p=7594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SOMETIMES unexpected issues can overtake party conferences, can&#8217;t they? Well, that&#8217;s how it felt to me at Welsh Liberal Democrat Conference this weekend in Swansea. I have grown beards a few times before and did so again over recess. But, on a whim, last Monday I removed the bottom portion. The moustache that remained was [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time for politicians to take a whole system approach to governing Wales</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/02/which-bodies-should-plan-and-deliver-which-public-services-in-wales/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/02/which-bodies-should-plan-and-deliver-which-public-services-in-wales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daran Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitutional reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plaid Cymru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welsh Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welsh Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welsh Liberal Democrats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do the public really know at which level public services in Wales are planned, delivered and regulated? And if they don't, is it because politicians and political parties can't logically explain the current system themselves?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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