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		<title>Ignorance, prejudice and Wilson Chowdhry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This evening has witnessed a rather bizarre string of events in Redbridge, involving the former Green parliamentary and local government candidate Wilson Chowdhry. At 18:16 on 3rd of March, he published a sensationalist blogpost on the Seven Kings and Chadwell Green Party blog he administers entitled &#8216;Gay message to be taught to 4 year olds!&#8217;. Referring [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wesstreeting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7599800&amp;post=239&amp;subd=wesstreeting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Graduate tax: UCU is barking (up the wrong tree)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University and College Union (UCU) have weighed in against a graduate tax today, claiming it will hit low paid public sector workers. Their report cites the additional sums that would be paid by nurses, teachers and doctors if a graduate tax of 5% were applied to all earnings over £15,000 for a fixed period [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wesstreeting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7599800&amp;post=229&amp;subd=wesstreeting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Defend our NHS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition Government&#8217;s plans to reorganise the NHS is about to move centre stage in the political debate as the Labour Party launches a new campaign to &#8216;defend our NHS&#8217;. Here in Redbridge, the future of vital services at King George Hospital serves as a microcosm of what the Government&#8217;s plans will mean and a warning about how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wesstreeting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7599800&amp;post=213&amp;subd=wesstreeting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No use crying over supporting nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past few days in the Labour Leadership race have produced a number of spats on Twitter about supporting nominations. First a number of Ed Miliband supporters accused supporters in rival camps of sour grapes over the decision of Unite to nominate their man and today the decision by Labour Students&#8216; National Committee to give [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wesstreeting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7599800&amp;post=209&amp;subd=wesstreeting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to blogging (no, really&#8230;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This will be the third time I&#8217;ve written a blog post promising to blog more. This time I mean it. No, really. Before I was too busy with NUS. I now have loads of time on my hand as a full time consultant and Labour councillor. Hmmmm&#8230; We&#8217;ll see.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wesstreeting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7599800&amp;post=202&amp;subd=wesstreeting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why do British governments find it so hard to say sorry?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to British politics, sorry really does seem to be the hardest word. I&#8217;m not talking about the yah-boo of Prime Minister&#8217;s Question Time, or the ludicrous #saysorry campaign being waged by childish Tories on Twitter. I&#8217;m talking about the really big questions where our country owes a very serious apology for past [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wesstreeting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7599800&amp;post=194&amp;subd=wesstreeting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bad blogger&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been a very, very bad blogger in recent months! It&#8217;s a challenge trying to keep this blog up to speed whilst being out and about getting the job done as NUS president. Will try to do better, especially as politics and the debate ahead of the General Election is becoming a bit more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wesstreeting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7599800&amp;post=191&amp;subd=wesstreeting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NUS CONDEMNS &#8220;STAGGERING INCOMPETENCE&#8221; OF ACCESS WATCHDOG OVER STUDENT SUPPORT FIASCO</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the NUS press release we issued this afternoon after a period of careful consideration and reflection. I did not feel we could stay silent any longer while students are being let down by a body that is blatantly not independent and is betraying the students it was established to protect&#8230; The National Union of Students [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wesstreeting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7599800&amp;post=188&amp;subd=wesstreeting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Young, Jobless, Broke&#8217;: Observer report on the class on 2009</title>
		<link>http://wesstreeting.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/young-jobless-broke-observer-report-on-the-class-on-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a depressing read for those graduating from university this summer, but the Observer has today published an excellent report on the bleak situation facing today&#8217;s graduates. Tagged: Observer, youth unemployment<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wesstreeting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7599800&amp;post=183&amp;subd=wesstreeting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In praise of&#8230; Jon Cruddas MP</title>
		<link>http://wesstreeting.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/in-praise-of-jon-cruddas-mp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following his excellent contribution to the NUS fringe at Compass&#8216; &#8216;No Turning Back&#8217; conference held in central London last weekend, I was delighted to see Jon Cruddas writing for the Mirror today about his opposition to top-up fees and support for NUS&#8217; alternative approach. NUS is currently pushing for representation on the forthcoming tuition fees [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wesstreeting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7599800&amp;post=178&amp;subd=wesstreeting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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