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	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Why the strikers make me cross</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/08/20/why-the-strikers-make-me-cross/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I&#8217;m really cross about the proposed baggage handlers&#8217; strike at various airports next week, writes blogger Charlie Cashdan.
What really annoys most people about strikes is that there are many people who are unhappy at work and lots of workers in this country have very poor pay, rights and conditions probably way below the &#8230; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> I&#8217;m really cross about the proposed baggage handlers&#8217; strike at various airports next week, <strong>writes blogger Charlie Cashdan</strong>.</p>
<p>What really annoys most people about strikes is that there are many people who are unhappy at work and lots of workers in this country have very poor pay, rights and conditions probably way below the &#8230; [<a href="http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/08/20/why-the-strikers-make-me-cross/">visit site to read more</a>]</p>
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		<title>Is Dubya a hypocrite?</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/08/07/is-dubya-a-hypocrite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our American friend George W Bush has finally spoken out about China before the start of the Beijing Olympics but all he has done is expose himself as a hypocrite – on two different levels, writes blogger Charlie &#8230; [visit site to read more]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our American friend George W Bush has finally spoken out about China before the start of the Beijing Olympics but all he has done is expose himself as a hypocrite – on two different levels, <strong>writes blogger Charlie &#8230; [<a href="http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/08/07/is-dubya-a-hypocrite/">visit site to read more</a>]</p>
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		<title>The case against the death penalty</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/08/06/the-case-against-the-death-penalty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what came to mind the moment I heard that Barry George had been cleared of murdering Jill Dando? writes blogger Charlie Cashdan.
Quite simply, I thought thank goodness we haven’t brought back the death penalty or that innocent man would be dead by now.
I heard so many people at the time of his [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you know what came to mind the moment I heard that Barry George had been cleared of murdering Jill Dando? <strong>writes blogger Charlie Cashdan</strong>.</p>
<p>Quite simply, I thought thank goodness we haven’t brought back the death penalty or that innocent man would be dead by now.</p>
<p>I heard so many people at the time of his &#8230; [<a href="http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/08/06/the-case-against-the-death-penalty/">visit site to read more</a>]</p>
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		<title>MPs should be ashamed</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/07/04/mps-should-be-ashamed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my goodness! The self-serving out-of-touch MPs are at it again and completely ignoring the attitudes of those poor suckers who pay for them, writes blogger Charlie Cashdan.
Despite public outcry they have voted to keep the controversial ‘John Lewis List’, an &#8230; [visit site to read more]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my goodness! The self-serving out-of-touch MPs are at it again and completely ignoring the attitudes of those poor suckers who pay for them, <strong>writes blogger Charlie Cashdan</strong>.</p>
<p>Despite public outcry they have voted to keep the controversial ‘John Lewis List’, an &#8230; [<a href="http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/07/04/mps-should-be-ashamed/">visit site to read more</a>]</p>
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		<title>Sad tales of NHS failure</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/07/03/sad-tales-of-nhs-failure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Get this sport off the telly</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/06/25/get-this-sport-off-the-telly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Top tips to beat credit crunch</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/06/17/top-tips-to-beat-credit-crunch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten things to do to save money during the economic crisis, which have worked for me, writes blogger Charlie Cashdan.
If you normally have your hair cut and coloured at a fancy salon, check out your local coiffeuse as they tend to be much cheaper and normally do a dry cut (where they just sprits your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ten things to do to save money during the economic crisis, which have worked for me, <strong>writes blogger Charlie Cashdan</strong>.</p>
<p>If you normally have your hair cut and coloured at a fancy salon, check out your local coiffeuse as they tend to be much cheaper and normally do a dry cut (where they just sprits your hair with water and cut it, &#8230; [<a href="http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/06/17/top-tips-to-beat-credit-crunch/">visit site to read more</a>]</p>
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		<title>Train staff give industry a bad name</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/05/16/train-staff-give-industry-a-bad-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/05/16/train-staff-give-industry-a-bad-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Dilemma for working mums</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/05/13/dilemma-for-working-mums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Are women of my generation genuinely unable to give up work for their children or were my mother’s generation just more willing to make sacrifices? asks blogger Charlie Cashdan.
A report on the news claimed that only one in &#8230; [visit site to read more]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are women of my generation genuinely unable to give up work for their children or were my mother’s generation just more willing to make sacrifices? <span style="font-weight: bold">asks blogger Charlie Cashdan</span>.</p>
<p>A report on the news claimed that only one in &#8230; [<a href="http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/05/13/dilemma-for-working-mums/">visit site to read more</a>]</p>
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		<title>What answer to pension nightmare?</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/05/07/what-answer-to-pension-nightmare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 09:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  This week marks the hundred year anniversary of the birth of the state pension and I just can’t decide on what to make of the current pension situation, writes blogger Charlie Cashdan.
I, like probably most people my age (young, but not as young as I’d like &#8230; [visit site to read more]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>  This week marks the hundred year anniversary of the birth of the state pension and I just can’t decide on what to make of the current pension situation, <strong>writes blogger Charlie Cashdan</strong>.</p>
<p>I, like probably most people my age (young, but not as young as I’d like &#8230; [<a href="http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/05/07/what-answer-to-pension-nightmare/">visit site to read more</a>]</p>
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		<title>Celebrity authors? What a laugh</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/04/28/celebrity-authors-what-a-laugh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Travel woes of a &#8216;weedy woman&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/04/15/travel-woes-of-a-weedy-woman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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