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	<title>Thank you, Mr Mayor</title>
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		<title>Inertia begets inertia &#8230; from Strasbourg to Swale</title>
		<link>http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/inertia-begets-inertia-from-strasbourg-to-swale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Haywood &#38; Martin McCusker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Cameron has been spending his time standing on stages around Europe appearing Prime Ministerial. But what has this achieved for UK plc? It&#8217;s all very well to pontificate on the Eurozone crisis. It conveniently distracts you from troubles back home &#8230; <a href="http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/inertia-begets-inertia-from-strasbourg-to-swale/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikehaywood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5113428&amp;post=2508&amp;subd=mikehaywood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>400 jobs under threat at &#8216;Sheerness steel&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/400-jobs-under-threat-at-sheerness-steel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Haywood &#38; Martin McCusker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We received the news late this afternoon that Thamesteel which employs 400 people had gone into administration. Workers at the plant had been given the news earlier today. It is deeply worrying and couldn&#8217;t have come at a worse time. &#8230; <a href="http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/400-jobs-under-threat-at-sheerness-steel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikehaywood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5113428&amp;post=2503&amp;subd=mikehaywood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Swale Film Festival 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Haywood &#38; Martin McCusker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swale Film Festival 2012 is taking place between 23rd to 26th February. Congratulations to Ken Rowles for once again succeeding in putting on the festival. For more information on the films being screened this year visit: http://www.swalefilmfestival2012.org.uk/<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikehaywood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5113428&amp;post=2496&amp;subd=mikehaywood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lighter nights &#8211; why we should support a review</title>
		<link>http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/lighter-nights-why-we-should-support-a-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Haywood &#38; Martin McCusker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[daylight saving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daylight Saving Bill receives its Third Reading in the House of Commons tomorrow. The Bill is calling on the Government to conduct a comprehensive review of the costs and benefits of putting clocks forward one hour, resulting in lighter &#8230; <a href="http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/lighter-nights-why-we-should-support-a-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikehaywood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5113428&amp;post=2452&amp;subd=mikehaywood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Someone&#8217;s taking Boris Johnson seriously as Thames Estuary Airport gathers steam with David Cameron&#8217;s backing</title>
		<link>http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/someones-taking-boris-johnson-seriously-as-thames-estuary-airport-gathers-steam-with-david-camerons-backing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Haywood &#38; Martin McCusker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- Economic Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[News was released this morning that the government is to hold a formal consultation on controversial plans for a new airport in the Thames Estuary. Although David Cameron and George Osborne say no decisions have been made the option of a &#8230; <a href="http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/someones-taking-boris-johnson-seriously-as-thames-estuary-airport-gathers-steam-with-david-camerons-backing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikehaywood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5113428&amp;post=2450&amp;subd=mikehaywood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The extent of child poverty in Sittingbourne &amp; Sheppey</title>
		<link>http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/the-extent-of-child-poverty-in-sittingbourne-sheppey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Haywood &#38; Martin McCusker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Figures revealed recently show that Swale and Thanet have the highest levels of child poverty in Kent. In Thanet 25 per cent of children are living in child poverty and Swale 22 per cent. The figures have been produced by the &#8230; <a href="http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/the-extent-of-child-poverty-in-sittingbourne-sheppey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikehaywood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5113428&amp;post=2421&amp;subd=mikehaywood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should there be an embargo on campaign meetings on Saturday mornings so we can listen to Brian Matthew?</title>
		<link>http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/should-there-be-an-embargo-on-campaigning-so-we-can-listen-to-brian-matthew-on-a-saturday-morning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Haywood &#38; Martin McCusker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the question I put to my colleagues this week. Brian Matthew and Sounds of the Sixties is a surprisingly little known gem in the political circles in which I move locally. One person reminded me that I can tune into &#8230; <a href="http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/should-there-be-an-embargo-on-campaigning-so-we-can-listen-to-brian-matthew-on-a-saturday-morning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikehaywood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5113428&amp;post=2400&amp;subd=mikehaywood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Localism&#8217; out &#8216;Engaging residents&#8217; in</title>
		<link>http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/localism-out-engaging-residents-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Haywood &#38; Martin McCusker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight&#8217;s Policy Overview meeting brought cross-party consensus on scrapping the term Localism as part of the Council&#8217;s &#8216;vision statement&#8217; for the next 3 years. And it&#8217;s backed up by the various groups that have so far been consulted by the &#8230; <a href="http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/localism-out-engaging-residents-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikehaywood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5113428&amp;post=2385&amp;subd=mikehaywood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St Giles Church Tonge, the Old Rectory, a prison cell and an amateur astronomer</title>
		<link>http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/st-giles-church-tonge-the-old-rectory-a-prison-cell-and-an-amateur-astronomer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Haywood &#38; Martin McCusker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was no mere coincidence that this year&#8217;s Christmas Number One was sung by The Military Wives. Our times are marked by a wider awareness of the men and women in our Armed Forces. Nearly three decades ago the war on &#8230; <a href="http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/st-giles-church-tonge-the-old-rectory-a-prison-cell-and-an-amateur-astronomer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikehaywood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5113428&amp;post=2065&amp;subd=mikehaywood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cllr Brenda Simpson</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Haywood &#38; Martin McCusker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was sorry to learn the news that Brenda Simpson had died this week. Brenda represented Kemsley Ward as the Conservative Councillor continuously from 1988 until this week, a period of 23 years, including when it was a single member ward &#8230; <a href="http://mikehaywood.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/cllr-brenda-simpson/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikehaywood.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5113428&amp;post=2219&amp;subd=mikehaywood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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