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                           <title><![CDATA[Around the Hospital]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[In the bank holiday that marked nearly a year since Southampton's last set of local elections, we were out talking to voters who lived near Southampton General Hospital. As always, we picked up a variety of issues from residents, from parking problems due to overflow, from concern about the Ghurkas,...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[We don't stop for rain (usually)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[This Saturday, two Labour Action Teams were out speaking to residents in the areas near Shirley High Street. We all got a bit wet from the rain, but it takes a lot more than that to keep us down! (Incidentally, my litmus test for when it&rsquo;s time to stop campaigning...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[Portswood Street Stall with Alan Whitehead MP]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Saturday saw our Labour Street Stall in Portswood with Alan Whitehead MP. Alan was there to answer any questions and queries that anyone wanted to ask him. From what I can gather there were many people asking their MP a range of issues, not all Labour supporters, but as constituents...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour Road Trip To See Jesse Jackson]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday a group of the Southampton Labour Party were asked by Martin Salter, Labour MP for Reading West, to go to the city and watch Jesse Jackson (the American civil rights activist and Baptist minister) speak. This was too good to be true. Thanks to Andy Wilson who...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[General Committee]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Last night was the monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Southampton Labour Party. Now General Committee meetings (or GC as it affectionately known) have a reputation for being boring procedural affairs that provide platforms for the trots to take on the social democrats! In Southampton this could not...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Campaigning by Twilight]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Watching the sunset go down over St. Mary's Stadium on a beautiful spring evening and eating samosas provided to us by local residents who were more than glad to see Labour councillors and activists on the streets of Bevois and Bargate wards in Southampton. Does it get any better? Many...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[Southampton BIG Campaign Day]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[There is no better way to spend the first day of spring than getting out on the doorsteps, in the sun, with 25 fellow activists and Britain's greenest MP, Alan Whitehead! Saturday was one of the Labour Party's National Campaign Days. Supporters up and down the country were out in...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[University Labour Club AGM ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Southampton University Labour Club held its annual AGM and as a consequence is now the owner of a brand new committee. The Club elected me, Sam Hall, as its chair as well as a whole host of other dedicated and passionate people to the remaining positions. I intend...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[BIG Campaign Day Tomorrow]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Tomorrow (14th March) is the National Campaign Day for the Labour Party. I know Greg Sandford (Youth and Student Officer) has been working incredibly hard to organise the day in his Ward (Portswood). Anyway, thought I would make a video so people can see what the structure of the day...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[Innovation and the Environment at the University of Southampton]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[On Friday John Denham visited the University of Southampton to talk to a group of students, academics and local business people about the need to find innovative solutions to tackle climate change. More than 100 people attended the session, which was tirelessly organised by SIFE Southampton, a student group on...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[A Small Break From Campaigning]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[After a quick meeting about how we organise our stand at the John Denham MP event at the University, Greg suggested we go for a little drink at 6. This was great as we gained a new member who seems interested in joining, we always need more people to help...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[Campaigns + Curry]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Post campaigning, yesterday we held our first monthly Labour Curry Club. The goal was to get new and old members, plus friends who were interested in Labour politics, all out together in a friendly setting without any formal agenda to get through. We were hosted by the very nice Aleha...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[University Labour Club  meets Archishop Desmond Tutu]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Although this post is a little late in coming I thought I&rsquo;d let everybody know about the really positive things the Archbishop said about the club. Tutu visited the University in honour of all the work that the different societies have been doing in the community. The Labour Club had...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[The Cabinet in Southampton]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[For those of you who haven't seen it, the Echo has got a really good section of its website detailing lots of the ministerial events that took place today in Southampton as part of the historic Cabinet meeting. I have to say I was a little bit proud, not because...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[Harriet Harman Talks to The Local Labour Members]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[With the Cabinet travelling to Southampton for its latest meeting outside of London, members in the South East were given the opportunity to a 2 &frac12; hour sit-down discussion with Deputy Leader Harriet Harman at Kell Hall this afternoon. In this meeting we got a chance to talk and discuss...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[Door-Knocking in Sholing With John Denham MP]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[After a busy week, I was feeling a bit tired as I travelled with Tom, Greg, Richard and JP to the other side of Southampton on Saturday morning. Fortunately, the sun was shining and there was a bright blue sky to keep everyone motivated as we went door knocking in...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[John Denham Q&A at the University of Southampton]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Thursday afternoon saw the return of Southampton Itchen MP John Denham to his alma mater, the University of Southampton. Appointed to the cabinet as Secretary of State for Innovations, Universities and Skills, John took questions from a healthy turnout of 40 or so students from right across the political spectrum...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Alan Whitehead's Energy Saver Workshop]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Yesterday (18th Feb 09) Alan Whitehead MP held his first of many, I hope, workshops to promote and help those who want to make their homes more environmentally friendly and to cut their fuel bills. Alan said "I want Southampton to be the most energy efficient city in the UK,...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[A Rare Sighting In Shirley]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Part 2 of our campaigning weekend was door-knocking in Shirley, followed by two different kinds of soup at our ward captain's house. Shirley is considered by the Tories as a 'safe' ward for them- that's why I found it very interesting talking to a number of people who said they've...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Door-Knocking in Redbridge ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Our Valentine's Day door-knocking in Redbridge this morning was briefly hampered by the breakdown of Tom Higgins' campaign-mobile.   When we did eventually get out onto the doors, we talked with a number of residents about anti-social behaviour in the area and the improvements they'd like to see in...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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