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		<title>By: Jax</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-87995</link>
		<dc:creator>Jax</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 20:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Still haven&#039;t had a response from the generic conservatives, other than the form saying thanks for mailing us.  :(

Not sure I&#039;m impressed with the *don&#039;t worry your pretty little head about it* response you&#039;ve got there.  What do the conservatives deem to necessary safeguards?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Still haven&#8217;t had a response from the generic conservatives, other than the form saying thanks for mailing us.  <img src='http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Not sure I&#8217;m impressed with the *don&#8217;t worry your pretty little head about it* response you&#8217;ve got there.  What do the conservatives deem to necessary safeguards?</p>
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		<title>By: Tech</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-87994</link>
		<dc:creator>Tech</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Had a reply back from my Tory MP re Legis and Reg bill. Very brief:

*I share your concerns about this bill and can assure you that my colleagues are working hard to ensure the necessary safeguards are built into the bill and that parliament is not sidelined.*</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Had a reply back from my Tory MP re Legis and Reg bill. Very brief:</p>
<p>*I share your concerns about this bill and can assure you that my colleagues are working hard to ensure the necessary safeguards are built into the bill and that parliament is not sidelined.*</p>
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		<title>By: Libertus</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-87259</link>
		<dc:creator>Libertus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tim,

If they do furry underpants with Boris&#039; face on them I might get some. The idea of having an irritating c**t close to my sweaty b******s just appeals. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tim,</p>
<p>If they do furry underpants with Boris&#8217; face on them I might get some. The idea of having an irritating c**t close to my sweaty b******s just appeals. <img src='http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Libertus</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-86907</link>
		<dc:creator>Libertus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This democracy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This democracy: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch</a></p>
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		<title>By: Libertus</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-86906</link>
		<dc:creator>Libertus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jax,

Ooooh. You want to start from the beginning?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jax,</p>
<p>Ooooh. You want to start from the beginning?</p>
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		<title>By: Tim</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-86905</link>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Think I might get a Boris hoodie to outchill in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Think I might get a Boris hoodie to outchill in.</p>
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		<title>By: Jax</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-86895</link>
		<dc:creator>Jax</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Libertus - what democracy?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Libertus &#8211; what democracy?</p>
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		<title>By: Jax</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-86893</link>
		<dc:creator>Jax</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>quick fix - deleted link :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>quick fix &#8211; deleted link <img src='http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Libertus</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-86739</link>
		<dc:creator>Libertus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jax! Sorry! I didn&#039;t intend the quoted ad to link. Could you disable it for me, please? Then delete this comment? Ta.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jax! Sorry! I didn&#8217;t intend the quoted ad to link. Could you disable it for me, please? Then delete this comment? Ta.</p>
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		<title>By: Libertus</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-86738</link>
		<dc:creator>Libertus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Google sells:
&lt;blockquote&gt;Boris Watch
Tracking Boris Johnson every step of the way.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

ROFL. I gotta click through.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google sells:</p>
<blockquote><p>Boris Watch<br />
Tracking Boris Johnson every step of the way.
</p></blockquote>
<p>ROFL. I gotta click through.</p>
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		<title>By: Libertus</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-86736</link>
		<dc:creator>Libertus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Liberta said:
&lt;blockquote&gt;We can educate ourselves about what that it actually does and what it allows us to do and then we really hold power.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Hear, hear!

Anyone who wishes a help up the learning curve of understanding our democracy is welcome to come to me. I&#039;m pretty secure where I&#039;ve got to, and although still not particularly high, I&#039;d be delighted to haul anyone else up here to enjoy the view,or accept a hand from higher.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Liberta said:</p>
<blockquote><p>We can educate ourselves about what that it actually does and what it allows us to do and then we really hold power.</p></blockquote>
<p>Hear, hear!</p>
<p>Anyone who wishes a help up the learning curve of understanding our democracy is welcome to come to me. I&#8217;m pretty secure where I&#8217;ve got to, and although still not particularly high, I&#8217;d be delighted to haul anyone else up here to enjoy the view,or accept a hand from higher.</p>
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		<title>By: Libertus</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-86735</link>
		<dc:creator>Libertus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jax said:
&lt;blockquote&gt;Tonight I’m writing to ask what the conservatives suggest :)&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I&#039;m far more interested in what you suggest. How far can a Government&#039;s powers be extended before they go too far? It is a taxing problem. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jax said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Tonight I’m writing to ask what the conservatives suggest <img src='http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m far more interested in what you suggest. How far can a Government&#8217;s powers be extended before they go too far? It is a taxing problem. <img src='http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Liberta</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-86567</link>
		<dc:creator>Liberta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Walden asserts that people no longer trust the workings of the House of Commons.

He implies that this a fault of the House of Commons and Government. He ignores the medium through which the majority of people obtain all their information about politics - the TV. And he ignores the apparent lack of desire of the general public to test whether the TV tells them the whole truth.

I don&#039;t know which is cause and which is effect, but the resultant sound bite, hyperbolic reporting of any political process fails the British public and its parliamentary system. The suggestion that the British public will only vote if there are dramatic differences between opinions insults our intelligence and the great political traditions on which our country stands. Nothing is black and white.

If you want to change the situation, you could shout ever louder, and use ever more hyperbole. You will get the result you deserve - as soon as someone shouts louder or comes up with a more fashionable cause then you lose.

Or you could ignore the TV, the newspaper opinion pieces [who are only trying to compete] and actually go to the source of the information. We have a glorious tradition of democracy that has inspired many countries. We can educate ourselves about what that it actually does and what it allows us to do and then we really hold power.

Can I suggest for a start &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.parliament.uk/hansard/hansard.cfm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Hansard&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theyworkforyou.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;They work for you&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Walden asserts that people no longer trust the workings of the House of Commons.</p>
<p>He implies that this a fault of the House of Commons and Government. He ignores the medium through which the majority of people obtain all their information about politics &#8211; the TV. And he ignores the apparent lack of desire of the general public to test whether the TV tells them the whole truth.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know which is cause and which is effect, but the resultant sound bite, hyperbolic reporting of any political process fails the British public and its parliamentary system. The suggestion that the British public will only vote if there are dramatic differences between opinions insults our intelligence and the great political traditions on which our country stands. Nothing is black and white.</p>
<p>If you want to change the situation, you could shout ever louder, and use ever more hyperbole. You will get the result you deserve &#8211; as soon as someone shouts louder or comes up with a more fashionable cause then you lose.</p>
<p>Or you could ignore the TV, the newspaper opinion pieces [who are only trying to compete] and actually go to the source of the information. We have a glorious tradition of democracy that has inspired many countries. We can educate ourselves about what that it actually does and what it allows us to do and then we really hold power.</p>
<p>Can I suggest for a start <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/hansard/hansard.cfm" rel="nofollow">Hansard</a> and <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/" rel="nofollow">They work for you</a></p>
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		<title>By: Ron</title>
		<link>http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2006/03/06/todays-more-positive-news/comment-page-1/#comment-86362</link>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It would be worth trying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It would be worth trying.</p>
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