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	<title>Jonathan Sherwin &#187; politics</title>
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		<title>30 Years Ago Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 10:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[30 years ago today Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister of Great Britain. Today she continues to polarise popular opinion and even if you were too young to remember much of her time in office (as I was) you more than likely still have some strong ideas about her. For my part I see her as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/daniel_hannan/blog/2009/05/04/margaret_thatcher_30_years_on">30 years ago today Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister of Great Britain.<br />
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<p>Today she continues to polarise popular opinion and even if you were too young to remember much of her time in office (as I was) you more than likely still have some strong ideas about her.</p>
<p>For my part I see her as a courageous women who operated from convictions utterly alien to many politicians today. She put up a fight and won most of the time. She took our country by the reigns and proved that even a weak country with a strong leader can make a difference on the world stage. Britain, and the world, is the better for her. Her duty is an example to me, an inspiration, and a challenge.</p>
<p>For more on this may I recommend <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/margaret-thatcher/5268850/Blond-on-blonde-Mrs-Ts-unassailable-legacy.html">Boris Johnson&#8217;s thoughts</a>.</p>

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		<title>Freedom Hanging by a Thread</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Pearcey has started an open conversation on Pro-Existence where I have contributed some thoughts on the recent intervention by the British Home Secretary to deny access to Geert Wilders who was invited by the House of Lords to share his video with the peers. Articles on the subject abound and the reaction is varied. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rick Pearcey has started an <a href="http://www.pearceyreport.com/blog/2009/02/open_discussion_blog.php">open conversation</a> on Pro-Existence where I have contributed some thoughts on the recent intervention by the British Home Secretary to deny access to Geert Wilders who was invited by the House of Lords to share his video with the peers.</p>
<p>Articles on the subject abound and the reaction is varied. One thing that cannot be denied is the blatant discrimination that Mr. Wilders has received where arbitrary ruling has been allowed to take precedence over the freedom of speech.</p>
<p>This does not bode well for the future.
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