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		<title>Why We Must Keep the Lords</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2012/04/22/why-we-must-keep-the-lords/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless and until, the glaring democratic deficit of us living in an "elected dictatorship" run by whoever has a majority between elections is addressed and a fresh view taken of the Separation of Powers, there can hardly be any justification for doing anything to the Lords. Anything you can imagine is just an exercise in rearranging deckchairs and at that a dangerous thing to do.]]></description>
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		<title>Dave Goes to Scotland</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2012/02/18/dave-goes-to-scotland/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2012/02/18/dave-goes-to-scotland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cameron is right on this, first the Referendum and then a look at what further may be done. The point is that the Scots should decide what they want first they should not be "bribed" in advance because that will solve nothing. In a 40/30 split to STAY, the whole issue would still be 'open' and therefore, resurface quite quickly again.]]></description>
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		<title>The Honours System</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2012/02/05/the-honours-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The big problem is that politicians, with Knighthoods as with Life Peerages, have devalued these honours in various ways by how they are distributed. The first mistake lies in giving them out as of "right" to public servants, military and civil, once they reach a certain level/grade, this totally destroys any concept of “personal merit” in the award, it is just “buggins turn”. Beyond that, the choice of some people to receive an award is often either 'populist' or to people of questionable merit and therefore of course, the whole thing has become very "political" but also, lacking in any form of transparency in the process.]]></description>
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		<title>The Money in the Wallet and Purse</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2012/01/17/the-money-in-the-wallet-and-purse/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2012/01/17/the-money-in-the-wallet-and-purse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=3387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An independent Scotland that retained Sterling would have its monetary policy being set in London but without the Scottish Parliament having any influence on that policy in anyway. The alternative for an independent Scotland might be for them to join the Euro , if accepted which would be even more restrictive. Has anyone in the SNP ever thought just why the UK hasn't and won't join the Euro ?]]></description>
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		<title>Constitutional Change – Again, How Boring</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2012/01/07/constitutional-change-again-how-boring/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2012/01/07/constitutional-change-again-how-boring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To make the House of Lords elected, even partially elected is foolish because we really don't want another bunch of career politicians on the electoral stomp, far too boring. But more than that, it is highly dangerous because what powers will the Commons cede to the Lords because if the members of the Lords have no powers, why would people bother vote for them ?]]></description>
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		<title>Banana Bending Time&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/11/09/banana-bending-time/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/11/09/banana-bending-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baldysblog.co.uk/?p=3263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our Constitution grew out of the need to accommodate many and often conflicting “wants &#038; needs”, the beauty of the UK is that it is always a “work in progress” and never quite the “finished thing” and in that respect, my best advice is to leave it alone as it is, it was no accident that it got here in the first place.]]></description>
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		<title>The Loony Left&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/10/10/the-loony-left/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/10/10/the-loony-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So from here comes the real 'argument': Should those 'Rules' be based upon the 'Spirit' of what was intended or the 'Letter' of the language in which the legislation was drafted ? My 'personal argument' is not based upon me being "A Little Englander, Homo-Phobic or Xenophobic", it is based upon "What has been shown to work here..." over very many generations, the "Spirit/Intent" over rides the "Letter"]]></description>
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		<title>Moral or Amoral ?</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/10/07/moral-or-amoral/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/10/07/moral-or-amoral/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the question being asked about the Drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki a US citizen, does have a unique legal context within the boundaries of the United States based upon the 'Constitution' and the quite distinct Separation of Powers within that designed to protect the 'citizen' from any tyranny from any branch of Government. What it is not about is the technology as such]]></description>
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		<title>Clegg and Lords Reform</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/05/16/clegg-and-lords-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/05/16/clegg-and-lords-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 12:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If 300 can get the job done then fine but I suspect that might be a little on the light side however, it is not that crucial to me but the 15 year term is bonkers. If someone is elected for 15 years, why bother having an election in the first place ? It is hardly a term of office that makes people feel accountable is it ?]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Forward for the LibDems</title>
		<link>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/05/12/moving-forward-for-the-libdems/</link>
		<comments>http://baldysblog.co.uk/2011/05/12/moving-forward-for-the-libdems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 17:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baldy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
It is not Clegg's fault, it is just very poor brand management and whilst they consider that, they should also dump "St Vince", he is becoming as big a liability to the LibDems as Ming Campbell was as Leader.]]></description>
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