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		<title>Losing count</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/20/losing-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve4319</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking to no-one in particular, he says she’s spoken for, but wanting something more her young heart breaks in two, inside himself, to no-one else, he tells her that she’s the one, but it’s been too long since he has &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/20/losing-count/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3260&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Daily Mail making shit up again?</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/17/is-the-daily-mail-making-shit-up-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve4319</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cost of renewables]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hard to believe I know, but it appears that the Daily Mail is, once again, making shit up*. Anyone not taking the advice shouldireadthedailymail.com might have today thought that their energy bills were to go up by £600 because of &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/17/is-the-daily-mail-making-shit-up-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3246&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Loïc Rémy and how some football fans contribute to the UK&#8217;s rape culture</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/15/on-loic-remy-and-how-football-fans-contribute-to-the-uks-rape-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/15/on-loic-remy-and-how-football-fans-contribute-to-the-uks-rape-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve4319</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[football fans response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loïc Rémy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter response]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My heart sank today when I read that the QPR striker, Loïc Rémy has been arrested on suspicion of rape. It sank because once again we were reminded of the rape endemic that is found in the UK. This story &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/15/on-loic-remy-and-how-football-fans-contribute-to-the-uks-rape-culture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3238&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Austerity? Not for Conservative and Labour donors!</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/15/austerity-not-for-conservative-and-labour-donors/</link>
		<comments>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/15/austerity-not-for-conservative-and-labour-donors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve4319</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Party donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political party donations in austerity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Electoral Commission has today released figures on donations to political parties in the UK for the first 3 months of 2013. The figures show that a total of £9 million was donated to political parties  in this period – &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/15/austerity-not-for-conservative-and-labour-donors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3227&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photo essay &#8211; palliative care workers from francophone Africa</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/08/photo-essay-palliative-care-workers-from-francophone-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/08/photo-essay-palliative-care-workers-from-francophone-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve4319</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[francophone africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palliative care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not a photographer, and would never claim to be. But these are photographs that I took of a few of the participants of the palliative care training course for francophone Africa that is currently being held at Hospice &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/08/photo-essay-palliative-care-workers-from-francophone-africa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3209&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Lawrence argues ‘Every Vote Counts’</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/08/peter-lawrence-argues-every-vote-counts/</link>
		<comments>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/08/peter-lawrence-argues-every-vote-counts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve4319</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electoral Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by Peter Lawrence. Peter has over 20 years of experience in local government and is a passionate advocate for electoral reform. The UK’s First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral system is a ‘winner takes all’ &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/08/peter-lawrence-argues-every-vote-counts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3205&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Respect</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/07/respect/</link>
		<comments>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/07/respect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 10:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve4319</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social comment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spoken Word]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Respect]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are some thoughts on respect&#8230; You talk too much about this word, respect. You and your rude boys who run the street, worried about getting respect in the eyes of your crew, all the time using, abusing and excusing &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/07/respect/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3201&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The State of Play: Education in Uganda</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/06/the-state-of-play-education-in-uganda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 10:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve4319</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social comment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anya Whiteside blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education in Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education rates in Uganda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by Anya Whiteside who is the Education Advocacy Officer at the Forum for Education NGOs in Uganda (FENU).  She is also my partner and her blog can be found  here.  Back in 1997 Uganda was &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/06/the-state-of-play-education-in-uganda/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3197&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UKIP’s glass ceiling</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/05/ukips-glass-ceiling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 10:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve4319</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EU politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UKIP chances at general election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the UKIP media frenzy spirals further out of control, I take a quick look at why UKIP is doomed for political failure.  Nigel Farage, the leader of UKIP, has declared that his party’s recent local election results represent the “first substantial step &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/05/ukips-glass-ceiling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3182&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BNP opt for sex over elections in battle for racial purity</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/04/bnp-opt-for-sex-over-elections-in-battle-for-racial-purity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 08:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve4319</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British National Party (BNP) has lost all three seats they were looking to defend in the 2013 local elections. This includes Burnley which was the nearest thing to a safe seat the party had. In light of this electoral &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/04/bnp-opt-for-sex-over-elections-in-battle-for-racial-purity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3177&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Guardian Weekly regarding violence in the West Bank</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/04/letter-to-the-guardian-weekly-regarding-violence-in-the-west-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/04/letter-to-the-guardian-weekly-regarding-violence-in-the-west-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 06:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a copy of a letter that I have sent to the Guardian Weekly: Dear Editor, Harriet Sherwood captures some of the anger and frustration that many feel across the West Bank (Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli soldiers in &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/04/letter-to-the-guardian-weekly-regarding-violence-in-the-west-bank/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3174&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An initial green reflection on the local elections</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/03/an-initial-green-reflection-on-the-local-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 10:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one sense the Greens can walk away from these last local elections pleased. At the time of writing they had a steady net increase in councillors, including high profile seats such as the leader of Warwickshire’s Conservative group. But &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/03/an-initial-green-reflection-on-the-local-elections/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3166&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fish and Chips in Uganda</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/02/fish-and-chips-in-uganda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 19:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think you know about fish and chips? Think again. I used to think I knew about fish and chips, that wonderful institution of the British diet, until I visited Uganda that was.   “This is good, I mean really good”, said my partner glancing up from the massive plate &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/05/02/fish-and-chips-in-uganda/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3162&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Changes to legal aid amount to a &#8216;tax on your innocence&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/26/legal-aid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by Dan Bunting. Dan is a lawyer who blogs at the UK Criminal Law Blog. A quick game for you, which of the following is not true? The police do not always get it 100% &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/26/legal-aid/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3157&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You cannot be happy to see your dad suffering…&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/23/you-cannot-be-happy-to-see-your-dad-suffering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an article that I wrote for the Africa edition of ehospice. Mutagubya Bruno is the son of Lawrence Ssenyonde. Lawrence has cancer of the prostate and needs oral morphine to relieve his pain. Bruno recently talked to ehospice &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/23/you-cannot-be-happy-to-see-your-dad-suffering/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3151&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Artist Richard Woods is &#8220;unashamed to be political&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/21/artist-richard-woods-is-unashamed-to-be-political/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Woods describes himself as “more social commentator than artist” and has been compared to the likes of Peter Howson. Woods is famed for his grotesque caricatures and macabre take on places, politics and people as he explores the “absurdity of human existence”. On the back of another critically acclaimed exhibition at the Garden Gallery in the UK, Steve Hynd met up with Woods to find out what drives the painter behind the canvas.  <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/21/artist-richard-woods-is-unashamed-to-be-political/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3143&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The imperfect feminist</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/20/the-imperfect-feminist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sometimes don’t call myself a feminist. Now, don’t get me wrong&#8230;I passionately believe in equality and will fight misogyny until my last breath. But, I still sometimes feel uncomfortable with calling myself a feminist for two reasons. Firstly, the &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/20/the-imperfect-feminist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3139&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boycotting Sunderland FC is the only appropriate and moral response to their recent installation of a fascist manager</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/18/boycotting-sunderland-fc-is-the-only-appropriate-and-moral-response-to-their-recent-installation-of-a-fascist-manager/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the final article in a short series on Social Justice First about the state of modern football. Paulo Di Canio, a fascist (in all probability), is now sitting at the helm of one of Britain’s most respected football &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/18/boycotting-sunderland-fc-is-the-only-appropriate-and-moral-response-to-their-recent-installation-of-a-fascist-manager/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3132&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;I am not political... I do not support the ideology of fascism&#34; - Paulo Di Canio</media:title>
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		<title>A response to: &#8220;May the wicked scum responsible for bombing the Boston marathon rot in hell&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/17/a-response-to-may-the-wicked-scum-responsible-for-bombing-the-boston-marathon-rot-in-hell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This a guest post by my very good friend, Mike Assenti. Yesterday someone I have a great deal of respect for posted the following on Facebook not long after the news broke of the Boston Marathon bombing: &#8220;May the wicked &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/17/a-response-to-may-the-wicked-scum-responsible-for-bombing-the-boston-marathon-rot-in-hell/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3116&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Young people let down again by real-term cut in minimum wage</title>
		<link>http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/15/young-people-let-down-again-by-real-term-cut-in-minimum-wage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young people across Britain have yet again been let down after the government announced that they will face a real terms cut in the minimum wage. The government have announced a pathetic 4p rise in the basic minimum wage bringing &#8230; <a href="http://stevehynd.com/2013/04/15/young-people-let-down-again-by-real-term-cut-in-minimum-wage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevehynd.com&#038;blog=10288600&#038;post=3100&#038;subd=stevehynd&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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