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		<title>Shining a light on the democratic process in Kington</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last in this mini-series to celebrate some of the remarkable sites which www.talkaboutlocal.org has worked with over the past few years I take a look at the vibrant Kington Blackboard. Voter apathy in local elections is a well-known situation up and down the country &#8211; less than 50% in many places during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trumpeting the success of Cricklade</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the third of this mini-series to showcase some of the remarkable websites and blogs we&#8217;ve had the pleasure to be involved with, I hear from The Cricklade Bugle. Contacting Peter of The Cricklade Bugle for our interview over Skype found him in thoughtful mood, working through the ins and outs of a dilemma with [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your local council could be a rich vein of content for your site. Covering council meetings is something that is happening less &#38; less in the press. We have seen a number of sites that report on their local councils activities and meetings and do it very well, holding their decisions up to some scrutiny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Add WriteToThem.com to your WordPress blog</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve not heard of WriteToThem.com before, it&#8217;s a great site by mySociety which makes contact politicians really easy, whether that&#8217;s your local councillors or your MP, regional assembly member or MEP. To make it even easier for readers of your own blog, I&#8217;ve just finished the first phase of a new plugin for WordPress. [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[TheyWorkForYou.com is a great site built by e-democracy charity, mySociety. It provides an easy way for citizens to keep an eye on their MP. You can sign up for e-mail updates whenever your MP speaks in the House of Commons, for example. So wouldn&#8217;t it be cool if you could also put this stuff on [...]]]></description>
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