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		<title>Local media and Jeremy Hunt</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[note - within minutes of publishing this some people have pointed out that the original title could be mis-construed given recent spoonerisms on the radio.  This is abosolutely not my intention a- 'the local hunt' is a fox hunting phrase from my childhood brought up in Northamptonshire's Pytchley country.  Please behave for heavens sake.  Radio4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-petitions &#8211; system reform needed to reap the benefits of digital engagment in policy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the nice things about epetitions was that it never promised to be anything more than a faithful online version of offline petitions.  Petitions have been a staple of British political life for 400 years &#38;dash; they are well understood as being a crie de coeur , a simple way of salving a politicial [...]]]></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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		<title>Add TheyWorkForYou.com to your WordPress blog</title>
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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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