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		<title>Everyday tale of upper class folk: Lord Whitby upsets Earl of Shrewsbury and is told House of Lords &#8216;is not a club&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/everyday-tale-of-upper-class-folk-lord-whitby-upsets-earl-of-shrewsbury-and-is-told-house-of-lords-is-not-a-club/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2013 13:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chamberlain Files would dearly love to report that Mike Whitby’s elevation to the House of Lords is proving to be a resounding success, but sadly that appears not to be]]></description>
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		<title>Lord Whitby sends his apologies, but insists: &#8216;I&#8217;ll stay on as Tory leader&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/lord-whitby-sends-his-apologies-but-insists-ill-stay-on-as-tory-leader/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/lord-whitby-sends-his-apologies-but-insists-ill-stay-on-as-tory-leader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Whitby has insisted he will remain leader of the Birmingham city council Conservative group even though he is now a full-time working peer committed to attending the House of]]></description>
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		<title>Who’ll work with the Lib Dems?</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/wholl-work-with-the-lib-dems/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/wholl-work-with-the-lib-dems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Game]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gloucestershire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of Nick Clegg&#8217;s determination to remain a party of power, Chris Game provides a break from HS2 Week to muse about Coalition in local politics across the Midlands.]]></description>
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		<title>The price of British democracy</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-price-of-british-democracy/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-price-of-british-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Game]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hall Green]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I were a lad, August used to be the beach/mud at Southend-on-Sea, bucket, spade and bathers. Now it seems you’re ill-equipped without your inflatable crocodile, snorkel set, waterproof playing]]></description>
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		<title>The Black Vote in Birmingham in 2015</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-black-vote-in-birmingham-in-2015/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-black-vote-in-birmingham-in-2015/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 06:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Game]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WM2015]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BME]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hodge Hill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Perry Barr]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Suppose the headline of this blog were slightly different: “UNEMPLOYED VOTE CAN DECIDE 2015 GENERAL ELECTION IN 6 BIRMINGHAM CONSTITUENCIES&#8221;. I’d guess you’d be pretty sceptical. You might accept that]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The European Elections – a Silly Season Story, Part 2</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-european-elections-a-silly-season-story-part-2/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-european-elections-a-silly-season-story-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Game]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s rarely precisely defined, but we can all recognise it when it arrives – that Augusty time, characterized by exaggerated news stories about frivolous matters for want of real news.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The big parties’ council tax claims: correct, deceptive and useless</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-big-parties-council-tax-claims-correct-deceptive-and-useless/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-big-parties-council-tax-claims-correct-deceptive-and-useless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Game]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you catch David Cameron on Aston Villa’s Premier League survival chances last week? He was in Nuneaton launching the Conservatives’ local election campaign and, being a longstanding Villa fan]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Former councillor Matt Bennett bids to become Police and Crime Commissioner</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/former-councillor-matt-bennett-bids-to-become-police-and-crime-commissioner/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/former-councillor-matt-bennett-bids-to-become-police-and-crime-commissioner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan McGlone]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Birmingham City Councillor Matt Bennett has announced his candidacy for the role of Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands. Having failed to retain his council seat in the]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Whitby names his shadow cabinet team</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/birmingham-tories-name-shadow-cabinet-team/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/birmingham-tories-name-shadow-cabinet-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sutton Coldfield Tory Phil Parkin has been promoted and will join his party’s shadow cabinet on Birmingham City Council. Coun Parkin was deputy leader of the Conservative group in 2011,]]></description>
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		<title>Labour says: trust the people (even Tories and Lib Dems)</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/labour-says-trust-the-people-even-tories-and-lib-dems/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/labour-says-trust-the-people-even-tories-and-lib-dems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 09:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sir Albert Bore]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Devolving powers and budgets from the centralised Council House to locally-based constituency committees has, on paper, been a key Birmingham City Council policy since 2005. But the push towards localisation]]></description>
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