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		<title>Websites go offline over new anti-piracy laws</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/18/websites-go-offline-over-new-anti-piracy-laws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were unable to access some of the most popular websites from the United States today, then you haven&#8217;t lost your internet connection. Many were taken offline, or &#8216;blacked out&#8217;, in protest at plans by two controversial new pieces of legislation put forward by politicians in Washington, SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/18/websites-go-offline-over-new-anti-piracy-laws/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>High-speed rail lines approved&#8230; at a cost</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/13/high-speed-rail-lines-approved-at-a-cost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The infamous HS2 high-speed rail line was finally given the go-ahead this week, but not without the usual howls of protests from people who oppose it in its entirety. The first phase of the line, between London and Birmingham, is due to be completed in 2026, after which it will be split up with connections <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/13/high-speed-rail-lines-approved-at-a-cost/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Labour turns in on itself&#8230;. SO old news</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/07/labour-turns-in-on-itself-so-old-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh dear. It&#8217;s been over the media this week. It seems that the Labour party is in disarray yet again, over two really small incidents. At a time when the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government has been criticised over their plans to reduce the national deficit, never underestimate the ability of many in the opposition party to <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/07/labour-turns-in-on-itself-so-old-news/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thatcher film released</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/06/thatcher-film-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new biopic on the life so far of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady, was released in the UK today. Meryl Streep steps into the role of playing one of the most well-known, and indeed controversial figures of world politics. More than twenty years after she left office, her influence in <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/06/thatcher-film-released/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teenager Stephen Lawrence&#8217;s killers jailed</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/04/teenager-stephen-lawrences-killers-jailed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two men who were part of a gang who stabbed to death black teenager Stephen Lawrence in South London in 1993 have been jailed. Gary Dobson will go down for over 15 years, while co-accused David Norris will serve over 14 years for their part in a racially-motivated attack. Although this may give some closure <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/04/teenager-stephen-lawrences-killers-jailed/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK government sidelined in Europe&#8230;.again.</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/12/11/uk-government-sidelined-in-europe-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister David Cameron has decided to put the perceived needs of the United Kingdom at the expense of Europe after using the veto against measures in dealing with the Eurozone debt crisis at Friday&#8217;s European Union summit. The UK will stand alone after leaders of the other twenty-six EU states signed up to the <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/12/11/uk-government-sidelined-in-europe-again/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ranting women tell it like it is in austerity-hit Britain</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/11/30/ranting-women-tell-it-like-it-is-in-austerity-hit-britain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media hysteria over the reports on the YouTube videos showing two women shouting racist abuse on public transport has been way over the top. What the women were doing in ranting about the large influx of foreigners into Britain is just the same as many of the national press have been doing exactly the <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/11/30/ranting-women-tell-it-like-it-is-in-austerity-hit-britain/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The British press: hypocrites</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/11/25/the-british-press-hypocrites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does anybody seriously believe that the on-going Leveson inquiry into the national press will help change the way the news is reported in the UK? The cynic in me, and indeed many other people, will say a resounding &#8220;no&#8221;. Over the period that the inquiry has sat so far, evidence has been given about press <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/11/25/the-british-press-hypocrites/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 50th, Private Eye</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/10/30/happy-50th-private-eye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Private Eye, the satirical magazine that pokes fun at the pompous and the infamous, with some serious investigative journalism inbetween, celebrates being fifty. Congratulations. Er&#8230; and one more thing. Looking on the 50th anniversary cover, it also happens to be issue number 1300. Shouldn&#8217;t that also be called,&#8221; The 1300th celebratory edition&#8220;? Oh, well. <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/10/30/happy-50th-private-eye/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New scandals hit the government</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/10/14/new-scandals-hit-the-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when many people thought that the Coalition government would be less prone to scandals than the previous one, at least two have come along at once in the last few days. Conservative MP Liam Fox was forced to resign as Defence Secretary over revelations over his working relationship with an advisor, who happened to <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/10/14/new-scandals-hit-the-government/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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