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		<title>Medway Council&#8217;s gritting #fail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[@medway_council seem to have been doing a far better job this year in ensuring the roads are safe and keeping residents informed: Before the snow arrived on Saturday night, the council&#8217;s gritters were out in full force ensuring primary and secondary roads were covered and would be safe to drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day: 6 February 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[@tracey_crouch, the Chatham and Aylesford MP, is amongst 102 Conservative MPs who have today written to The Daily Telegraph to defend British powers on crime and policing: &#8220;The EU Commission&#8217;s ambitions for a pan-European code of Euro Crimes highlight how Europe should be about co-operation rather than control. We need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2012/02/06/quote-of-the-day-6-february-2012.html</link>
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		<title>Councillors&#8217; primary employment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[@John_M_Ward has thrown up an interesting question following the news that Councillor Mike O&#8217;Brien is considering running for the Police Commissioner candidacy: &#8220;There are a few questions that will need to be answered, though, all related to other positions Cllr O&#8217;Brien currently holds. Which of these would he be thinking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2012/02/05/councillors-primary-employment.html</link>
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		<title>CCTV cars fine idiot drivers fury</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unsurprisingly, @cllrtrisosborne has come out on the offensive after the Medway Messenger revealed that fines worth £80,000 have been issued to drivers at the new bus station in Chatham. According to the Messenger, Medway Council&#8217;s mobile CCTV enforcement vehicle has been parked by the modern Waterfront Way facility for up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2012/02/05/cctv-cars-fine-idiot-drivers-fury.html</link>
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		<title>Police Commissioner @CllrMikeOBrien?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The @MedwayMessenger had the exclusive this morning that Rainham Central Councillor Mike O&#8217;Brien could be about to throw his hat into the ring to be the new Kent Police and Crime Commissioner. The elected role was created by the coalition government after being a key Conservative election pledge to introduce [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2012/02/03/police-commissioner-cllrmikeobrien.html</link>
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		<title>MP welcomes New Homes Bonus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[@MarkReckless, Member of Parliament for Rochester and Strood, has issued a statement welcoming the New Homes Bonus grant to Medway Council of over £2.3m. The New Homes Bonus is a multi-billion pound programme that rewards communities when they accept more housebuilding in their area. The Bonus includes an extra reward [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2012/02/03/mp-welcomes-new-homes-bonus.html</link>
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		<title>Quote of the Day: 31 January 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Leader in The Times gives1 the enemies of British business a pat on the back: &#8220;Here is the message that Britain has sent to those considering setting up business, or locating more staff, in this country. First, we resent those who earn large salaries. Second, we do not care about contractual obligations. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2012/01/31/quote-of-the-day-31-january-2012.html</link>
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		<title>Quote of the Day: 30 January 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[@DanHannanMEP, wiriting on his Daily Telegraph blog, promotes the People&#8217;s Pledge campaign for an In/Out Referendum following the Prime Minister&#8217;s &#8220;veto&#8221;: &#8220;So now we know: no repatriation, no renegotiation, business as usual. December&#8217;s &#8216;veto&#8217; turns out to be nothing of the kind; at best, it is a partial opt-out. Britain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2012/01/30/quote-of-the-day-30-january-2012.html</link>
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		<title>Quote of the Day: 27 January 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The @MedwayMessenger Comment1 is less than impressed with the Medway Liberal Democrats&#8217; &#8220;cynical&#8221; move in opposing Medway City status: &#8220;Dissent in any debate is a healthy thing but the Liberal Democrats&#8217; eleventh hour intervention over Medway&#8217;s bid for city status is a shame. &#8220;What are they trying to achieve by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2012/01/27/quote-of-the-day-27-january-2012.html</link>
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		<title>MEP says no to Estuary Airport</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South East MEP Nirj Deva has added his support to the campaign against an airport in the Thames Estuary. The Conservative European Parliament member, who recently came second in the election for the Parliament&#8217;s President, added his name to a growing list of opponents to the scheme. Deva, who has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2012/01/26/mep-says-no-to-estuary-airport.html</link>
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