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	<title>It&#039;s a Family Thing &#187; Politics</title>
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	<description>Look Upon My Works Ye Mighty and Despair</description>
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		<title>The Obesity Paradox</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Commercial disclaimer: I am fat] Aren&#8217;t fat people awful? I mean they take up all that space and sweat so damn much. If the law says we can&#8217;t snuff out their existence in an orderly fashion then we should just &#8230; <a href="http://www.itsafamilything.co.uk/the-obesity-paradox.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why shouldn&#8217;t anyone have any sympathy for Raoul Moat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: see bottom of piece for an eloquent explanation of why mostly we wouldn&#8217;t feel sympathy ourselves for Moat (HT: Slater) &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; So David Cameron says &#8220;there should be no sympathy&#8221; for Raoul Moat as thousands of people join a &#8230; <a href="http://www.itsafamilything.co.uk/why-shouldnt-anyone-have-any-sympathy-for-raoul-moat.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to be better off with a £9,000 pay cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend&#8217;s brother is something of a wastrel. He was sacked from his first proper job for stealing and for several years afterwards bounced around benefits and low-level jobs. Over the last 5 years he has, laudably, clawed his way &#8230; <a href="http://www.itsafamilything.co.uk/how-to-be-better-off-with-a-9000-pay-cut.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parking in Dewsbury</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite my stridently and tediously held views on free commerce and my general belief that the likes of Tesco are actually a positive force in the country (generally delivered with a blast of ill-considered, factually shaky bile directed at hippies, &#8230; <a href="http://www.itsafamilything.co.uk/parking-in-dewsbury.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK Election 2015: The Carpenter Manifesto</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 13:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the election, I windily lectured anyone within earshot about how, why and where things were going wrong and how it should be fixed. Despite my omniscience and extensive background in sketching out public policy in a shouty and drunken &#8230; <a href="http://www.itsafamilything.co.uk/uk-election-2015-the-carpenter-manifesto.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Brown resigns…. but why?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 19:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I will yield to no-one in the heel-clickin&#8217;, high-fivin&#8217; stakes in response to the news that Gordo is finally running his thieving fingers through the yellow pages (and you know he doesn&#8217;t use Google) for a removals company, I &#8230; <a href="http://www.itsafamilything.co.uk/gordon-brown-resigns-but-why.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Voting time draws near…</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 05:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t believe that anyone is capable of micromanaging something as unwieldy as an entire country from an oak-lined office in an overpriced district of London on the basis of statistical reports from the far-off provinces. Especially when their main &#8230; <a href="http://www.itsafamilything.co.uk/voting-time-draws-near.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>George Galloway is an Absolute Turd</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve steered clear of politics on here for a long time. Firstly there are better, more informed and more committed political bloggers out there, and secondly I don&#8217;t have the time or inclination to firefight arguments in the comment thread &#8230; <a href="http://www.itsafamilything.co.uk/george-galloway-is-an-absolute-turd.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to Peter Mandelson</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carps</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.itsafamilything.co.uk/?p=1299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ignore the chorus, which is woeful. Otherwise &#8211; enjoy the shit out of this masterpiece by Dan Bull. Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for this post? Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg &#8230; <a href="http://www.itsafamilything.co.uk/open-letter-to-peter-mandelson.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Berlin Wall</title>
		<link>http://www.itsafamilything.co.uk/the-berlin-wall.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Who is Paul Carpenter?&#8221; That heavily-accented, staccato German voice from the front of the bus sent a total chill down my spine. I could feel everyone else wanting to see who &#8220;Paul Carpenter&#8221; was, but not daring to look in &#8230; <a href="http://www.itsafamilything.co.uk/the-berlin-wall.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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