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		<title>Homophobia</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/06/homphobia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[British Social Attitudes survey,  published in January, found that 36% believed  homosexuality to be  wrong. So much for nobody in Britain caring about a person&#8217;s sexuality  any more. It&#8217;s a lot better than the 62% in 1983, but there&#8217;s a long,  long way to go.
Yesterday the Sun published a poll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did David Laws do wrong &#8211; a moral philosopher&#8217;s perspective.</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/did-david-laws-do-wrong-a-moral-philosophers-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/did-david-laws-do-wrong-a-moral-philosophers-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 22:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The David Laws story has infuriated me – I&#8217;m angry at the press, angry at David, angry at Labour for being utter dicks over this, and angry at many gay commentators who have argued that he should have been open about his sexuality.
The angry part of me is my inner Lib Dem politician. However, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lead member for what? Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/lead-member-for-what-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/lead-member-for-what-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 20:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Council Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, Salford Community Leisure (SCL) want to run a city-wide programme of summer sporting activities. The Lead Member of Culture and Sport describes this programme as &#8216;vital&#8217;, but states that has not budgeted for it and expects it to be funded from devolved community committee funding. The programme is run, and apparently instigated by SCL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cllr Warner: lead member for what exactly?</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/cllr-warner-lead-member-for-what-exactly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/cllr-warner-lead-member-for-what-exactly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Council Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At council yesterday I asked Labour&#8217;s lead councillor for &#8216;Culture and Sport&#8217; what level of losses would be deemed acceptable for the Proms in the Park and the Ice Rink, which between them have cost the tax-payer many hundreds of thousands  of pounds.
His response was to say that none of the items on a recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Coalition Programme for Government</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/the-coalition-programme-for-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/the-coalition-programme-for-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 09:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government (our government &#8211; can&#8217;t get used to saying/writing that) has published its programme for the next five years based on the negotiations of the two parties. You can read the programme here: http://programmeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk/ and you can also respond to it by commenting on the various proposals &#8211; why not get involved?
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		<title>Labour&#8217;s undemocratic and bizarre leadership election</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/labours-undemocratic-and-bizarre-leadership-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/labours-undemocratic-and-bizarre-leadership-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 21:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polemic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labour&#8217;s leadership contest is terribly confusing. Potential candidate John McDonald MP has already said that the 4 day period for nominations set, without a vote by Labour&#8217;s NEC is designed to fix the election in favour of the Millibands and stop any left wing candidates from getting enough nominations. Apparently lots of the MPs needed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Labour wrecked the economy to punish the Tories</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/labpunish/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/labpunish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polemic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A picture is beginning to emerge of Labour&#8217;s last days in office, and it is a picture that shows how petty and selfish Labour has become. A picture that reinforces a point I have made previously that Labour are unable to differentiate between the national interest and their own electoral interests.
Two stories in particular have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activities in Victoria Park</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/activities-in-victoria-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/activities-in-victoria-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 10:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Victoria Park in Swinton is lucky enough to have an active and dedicated Friends group, who each year organise a program of fantastic events in the park. Why not come along to some of those listed below?

Also going on will be the following events:
Wednesday 25 May		10.30am – 2pm: Coffee Morning for Barry Gordon (Victoria Park&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCTV on the Valley estate</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/cctv-on-the-valley-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/cctv-on-the-valley-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 14:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[casework]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Great news &#8211; after months and months of persistence work has started today on the installation of a CCTV camera on the Valley Estate. A huge thanks to our local neighbourhood team for helping push this through. Persuading the budget group to fund  the CCTV was not an easy task, but I&#8217;m glad that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The so-called &#8216;betrayal&#8217; of the left.</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/the-so-called-betrayal-of-the-left/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/the-so-called-betrayal-of-the-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 11:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve become so sick of Labour and Red Greens wailing and gnashing their teeth at the so-called &#8216;betrayal&#8217; by the Lib Dems in forming a coalition that I&#8217;ve written a post on Lib Dem Voice.
To those people: we&#8217;ve not betrayed you because there was never anything to betray &#8211; you wanted to be in opposition [...]]]></description>
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