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	<title>David MacLean</title>
	<link>http://davidmaclean.eu</link>
	<description>Leicester Mercury political correspondent</description>
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		<title>Mandelson&#8217;s phone farce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember when city councillor Manish Sood stuck the knife into Gordon Brown back in April?
With just 45 hours to go until the polls opened, Sood slammed the leader of his own party. As every media outlet in the country picked up the story, Peter Mandelson picked up the phone &#8211; and gave Manish an ear-bashing.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davidmaclean.eu/manish-soods-phone-farce/</link>
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		<title>Sarah&#8217;s got a blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[City cabinet member Sarah Russell has started a blog.
In her first post she says that trying to fit blogging into her hectic day might prove tough, as a mother of two who juggles work and politics. I struggle to update this blog every day and all I do after work is eat Cherry Garcia ice-cream [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davidmaclean.eu/sarahs-got-a-blog/</link>
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		<title>Quote of the week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[He&#8217;s never short of something to say, but this week John Thomas came out with a line with summed up the crisis facing the city if no new burial ground is created:

&#8220;If you want to be buried in Leicester,  you&#8217;d better hurry up and die.&#8221;

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		<link>http://davidmaclean.eu/quote-of-the-week/</link>
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		<title>Labour wins Castle by-election</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rory Palmer&#8217;s a charmer isn&#8217;t he?
I turned up to last night&#8217;s Castle by-election count in my finest overcoat, a new shirt and pair of jeans, and took a seat. &#8220;Have you come straight from the boozer David?&#8221; he asked.
Presumably he was more flattering to Castle constituents when out on the doorstep, because Labour managed to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davidmaclean.eu/labour-wins-castle-by-election/</link>
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		<title>Countdown Conundrum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A very naughty councillor, who is clearly a fan of Channel 4&#8217;s Countdown, got in touch last night.
He&#8217;d spotted that the name of the Lib Dem candidate in tonight&#8217;s Castle by-election is (almost) a coalition-themed anagram.
Troy Lavers becomes Tory Slave. Almost.
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		<link>http://davidmaclean.eu/countdown-conundrum/</link>
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		<title>SKETCH: Distracted, the councillors jabbed their USB sticks</title>
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COUNTY HALL &#8211; Wednesday July 14 &#8211; 2pm

A few weeks ago I took my gran along to the Apple store in Leicester to show her an iPad.
My fingers danced across the shiny screen, I blitzed through folders full of photos to show her its capabilities, and urged her to hold it in her hands to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davidmaclean.eu/sketch-safari-animals-are-nimble-not-development-agencies/</link>
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		<title>A Royal engagement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A list of Lord Mayor Colin Hall&#8217;s weekly engagements has just arrived on my desk.
Thursday 22nd July:
10:00  -  Lord Mayor &#38; Guests  -  Buckingham Palace Garden  Party
Stay away from Prince Philip, he&#8217;ll only be a bad influence.
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		<link>http://davidmaclean.eu/a-royal-engagement/</link>
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		<title>A note of caution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m off up to county hall from about 1pm onwards. There&#8217;s plenty of catching up to do with councillors and officers alike, and the scrutiny commission kicks off at 2pm.
Just one word of warning; if you&#8217;re a politician who&#8217;s likely to be knocking around in the maze of corridors it would be wise to remember [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davidmaclean.eu/a-note-of-caution/</link>
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		<title>Quote of the day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A blogger from my old patch has passed comment on me:
&#8220;Whilst I admit that I am mystified as to why [David MacLean] continues to remain so close to what appear to be a rag-tag of hard left Labourites, millionaires and nutters, I do enjoy his writing and his ability to dig out a good story.&#8221;
A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davidmaclean.eu/quote-of-the-day/</link>
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		<title>The day Patricia Hewitt tried to topple the PM</title>
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Just bringing you a little something from over the paywall, about the day former Leicester West MP Patricia Hewitt tried to oust Gordon Brown.

According to Peter Mandelson&#8217;s diaries  the person who informed him of the Blairite plot to topple Gordon Brown was, er, Tony Blair. Makes you wonder just how close he was to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davidmaclean.eu/the-day-patricia-hewitt-tried-to-topple-the-pm/</link>
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