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		<title>What are Washington&#8217;s aims in Georgia?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Discussion of US aims in Georgia: are they mainly to establish a base for a future US or Israeli attack on Iran? [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/827</link>
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		<title>The Kosovo-Georgia connection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A former British ambassador to Yugoslavia traces the link between western mistakes in Kosovo and Russian actions in Georgia.  The lessons of these mistakes have still not been learned [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/825</link>
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		<title>Georgia and Russia:  the widening transatlantic gap (with 18 August update)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s increasingly depressing to observe what appears to be a steadily widening gap between the reactions to the Georgia crisis in the US and those of liberal and other opinion in Europe, revealing fundamental differences of political philosophy and perception (please see some initial observations on the issues here and the comments appended to them).&#160;
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		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/824</link>
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		<title>Georgia and Russia:  delusions and realities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some lessons from western mistakes in its policies towards Russia, Georgia, secessionist movements, and spheres of influence [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/823</link>
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		<title>What is, or was, the Labour Party for?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What does or should the Labour Party stand for?  Some preliminary suggestions [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/822</link>
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		<title>Thoughts on this and (especially) that</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reflections on Gordon Brown, votes at 16, the double high commissioner appointment, MPs on government gagging of ex-diplomats, the Olympic Follies and the US elections [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/821</link>
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		<title>Vote for your top ten blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vote for your ten favourite UK politics blogs by e-mail to toptenblogs@totalpolitics.com [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/820</link>
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		<title>Kosovo: the terrible aftermath</title>
		<description><![CDATA[International administration of Kosovo has failed to bring development, as an authoritative LRB article demonstrates. Now Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence, not universally recognised, leaves it in limbo with little prospect of future prosperity -- another western blunder following that of 1999 [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/819</link>
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		<title>Who lost Glasgow East for Labour?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend analyses the reasons for the Glasgow East fiasco, attributing most blame to GB [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/818</link>
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		<title>More Media Mishaps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More slips, blunders, misstatements and worse from the recent media [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/817</link>
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		<title>Song lyrics then and now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Comparing Bob Dylan with Blake, and the Arctic Monkeys with Maschwitz:  snobbery and pedantry? [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/815</link>
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		<title>Ruth Lea on cutting public sector wages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An exceptionally objectionable piece by Ruth Lea in the Guardian and CIF defends pay cuts for the public service: understandable from a banker, but why should the Guardian publish such stuff?  [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/813</link>
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		<title>International relations: a website for students &#8212; and others</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new website for students' essays on international affairs and for comments by more established writers is a useful new resource [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/812</link>
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		<title>Postcard from Sitges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A cheerful family holiday postcard from Sitges in Spain [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/809</link>
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		<title>Owen blogs again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Owen the blogger is out of retirement: http://www.owen.org/blog/  [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/806</link>
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		<title>Yet more jottings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some observations on recent media items that have struck me as funny, outrageous or improbable, or all three [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/804</link>
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		<title>Immigration: defects in policy and practice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Derek Partridge CMG, former diplomat, writes from experience in denouncing aspects of British immigration policies and practices [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/803</link>
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		<title>A modest programme to save Gordon Brown (and Britain)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 10 + 1 point programme for saving Gordon Brown and the nation, more in hope than expectation [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/801</link>
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		<title>Test post - do not read</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Test post -- do not read]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/800</link>
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		<title>The Irish referendum: how to restore confidence in our political leaders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lessons of the Irish No vote on the Lisbon treaty: more equitable distribution of the burden of dealing with renewed inflation might help to restore confidence in political leaders and willingness to accept their recommendations on EU reform [More >>>]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barder.com/ephems/799</link>
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