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		<title>Is There Anywhere Left?</title>
		<link>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/652/is-there-anywhere-left/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy @ Yellow Swordfish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there anywhere left in this sad world where politicians still remember that at the end of the day they, too, are just people who will have to live with the same loss of freedoms, choicies and liberties as they exultantly impose upon others when they are in power? Just what is it about these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Whining Has Started</title>
		<link>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/590/the-whining-has-started/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy @ Yellow Swordfish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With just a couple of weeks to go before my freedom of choice and action as a smoker becomes seriously curtailed, the whining has begun.
There was a small snippet on BBC News 24 today, detailing the work that is currently being undertaken in pubs up and down the length of England. Costing landlords many thousands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Bloody Well Is A Freedom Issue</title>
		<link>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/569/it-bloody-well-is-a-freedom-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 20:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy @ Yellow Swordfish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Hitchens and Simon Hoggart went head to head in yesterdays Guardian in an article entitled Is the smoking ban a good idea? This is a part of what Hoggart had to say:
Smoking is not like drinking. Booze has its drawbacks, as a visit to any British town centre on a Friday night will demonstrate. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SOCA</title>
		<link>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/317/soca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy @ Yellow Swordfish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not against the formation of the Serious Organised Crime Agency. We probably need a central agency that crosses boundaries in the fight against drug and human trafficking, money laundering and serious fraud. But, as Wonko&#8217;s World points out, SOCA officers have the same powers as police officers, immigration officers and customs officers. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye England</title>
		<link>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/296/goodbye-england/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/296/goodbye-england/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy @ Yellow Swordfish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taken from a letter from the office of John Prescott: &#8220;I assume you are referring to the Census form that has no facility for stating English nationality. This is because there is no such nationality as English as laid down by various acts of Parliament and accession. Persons born in the United Kingdom are citizens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abuse Of The Parliament Act</title>
		<link>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/295/abuse-of-the-parliament-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy @ Yellow Swordfish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting fact: the current Labour government has used the Parliament Act to bypass opposition from the Lords more times than every other government combined since the Parliament Act was introduced. As Wonko Says, expect it to be used again to force through ID cards.
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		<title>Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep</title>
		<link>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/293/baa-baa-rainbow-sheep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy @ Yellow Swordfish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PC Twisted Knicker Brigade of Oxfordshire have commanded that nursery children must now sing &#8216;Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep&#8216;. Let&#8217;s get this right. Sheep are white. Or black. These are not even colours! Rainbow? Gone too is Humpty Dumpty being irretrievably broken and Snow White has lost her dwarfs.
No doubt The Cheshire Cat will fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police &#8216;Bloggers&#8217; Warned</title>
		<link>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/289/police-bloggers-warned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/289/police-bloggers-warned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy @ Yellow Swordfish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 3rd March 2006, the Management Board of the Metropolitan Police Service issued the following statement to all members of staff: &#8216;Recently the organisation has become aware of a series of web-logs or blogs &#8211; where authors &#8211; claiming to be police officers &#8211; have offered their views on a number of issues in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Silence</title>
		<link>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/282/public-silence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/282/public-silence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy @ Yellow Swordfish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a recent incident in South Shropshire when a protestor shouted abuse at a planning meeting, the council produced new guidelines stating that &#8216;members of the public are not permitted to speak to councillors, before, during or after meetings&#8216;. Council leader Heather Kidd explained that, because members of the public had shown &#8220;disrespect to councillors&#8221;, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Back In Horror</title>
		<link>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/279/looking-back-in-horror/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yellowswordfish.com/279/looking-back-in-horror/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy @ Yellow Swordfish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four years ago, just after 9/11, an American judge wrote a warning that is worth repeating. Andrew Napolitano said: &#8220;In a democracy, personal liberties are rarely diminished overnight. Rather, they are lost gradually, by acts of well-meaning people, with good intentions, amid public approval. But the subtle loss of freedom is never recognised until the [...]]]></description>
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