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		<title>A34 Liberal Democrats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the deal with the Lib Dems and the A34? I ended up in a car going from Southampton back to Oxford today, and it&#8217;s just one well-known Lib Dem constituency after another &#8212; Eastleigh (Chris Huhne), Winchester (until recently, Mark Oaten), Newbury (until a little less recently, David Rendel), then OxWAb (until recently, Evan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualstoa.net/2010/07/18/a34-liberal-democrats/</link>
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		<title>Summer Reading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Go on, then: what are you all reading this Summer, and what do you recommend?]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualstoa.net/2010/07/14/summer-reading-2/</link>
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		<title>Honorary Degree: Harrison Birtwistle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My goodness. Cambridge gave Harrison Birtwistle an honorary degree. Laudatio follows; translation over the fold. artifex quondam ingenio fabrae artis celeberrimus carcerem inextricabilem aedificauit in quo reginae taurique progenies absconderetur. Daedalus, ut ait poeta, ponit opus turbatque notas et lumina flexa ducit in errorem uariarum ambage uiarum. nunc adstat Daedalus alter musicus, qui labyrinthum fecit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualstoa.net/2010/07/14/3539/</link>
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		<title>Reflections on a World Cup Final</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In matters of football The fault of the Dutch Is scoring too little And fouling too much. &#8211; With apologies to George Canning.]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualstoa.net/2010/07/12/reflections-on-a-world-cup-final/</link>
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		<title>Absurd Feudal Aristocracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it a problem that both John Prescott and Bhikhu Parekh are Baron INSERT NAME HERE of Kingston-upon-Hull? Or does it make the crucial difference that I always see hyphens in the news reports for Prescott (Kingston-upon-Hull) but not for Parekh (Kingston upon Hull)? Ought they to have a fight, or something, to settle the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualstoa.net/2010/07/09/absurd-feudal-aristocracy/</link>
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		<title>Eurovision Post-Mortem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s UK Eurovision entry was so forgettable that I have &#8212; less than 48 hours later &#8212; entirely forgotten it. It was sung by someone called Josh &#8212; I remember that bit &#8212; but I couldn&#8217;t tell you what it was called, or anything at all about how it went.]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualstoa.net/2010/05/31/eurovision-post-mortem/</link>
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		<title>HB, VS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Virtual Stoa, nine years old today.]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualstoa.net/2010/05/27/hb-vs-2/</link>
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		<title>Liberalism, Once Upon A Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 1937 Buxton Liberal Party Assembly: This Assembly of the Liberal Party, indignantly aware of the grossly unequal distribution of property in this country, believes that the greatest possible measure of personal ownership, with the independence and security it brings ought to be enjoyed by all. It also believes that the opportunities for a full [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualstoa.net/2010/05/24/liberalism-once-upon-a-time/</link>
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		<title>Child Trust Fund, RIP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stuart White on the abolition of the CTF, over at Next Left: &#8220;a great liberal policy killed by the Liberal Democrats&#8221;.]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualstoa.net/2010/05/24/child-trust-fund-rip/</link>
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		<title>Question about Andy Burnham</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is there anything interesting to say about Andy Burnham, or anything to report that reflects well on him? He&#8217;s one of those people who has largely flown under my radar. I remember seeing him on telly a few years ago, when he was reasonably new in some not insignificant job or other, and being underwhelmed, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://virtualstoa.net/2010/05/23/question-about-andy-burnham/</link>
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