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		<title>labour leadership race latest &#8211; new entrant</title>
		<link>http://rentarant.com/2010/07/30/labour-leadership-race-latest-new-entrant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anne thrope (miss)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[yes, just when you thought you were safe from plucky new entrants to the labour leadership race, word reaches me that a previously unknown brother has thrown his hat into the ring. dark-horse steve millerband announces his audacious campaign, catchily straplined &#8220;i&#8217;m a joker, i&#8217;m a smoker, i&#8217;m a midnight toker&#8221; and looks likely to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yes, just when you thought you were safe from plucky new entrants to the labour leadership race, word reaches me that a previously unknown brother has thrown his hat into the ring.</p>
<p>dark-horse steve millerband announces his audacious campaign, catchily straplined &#8220;i&#8217;m a joker, i&#8217;m a smoker, i&#8217;m a midnight toker&#8221; and looks likely to eclipse the lack-lustre efforts of his warring siblings in short order.</p>
<p>who&#8217;d o&#8217; thought it?</p>
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		<title>field of labour leadership candidates broadens</title>
		<link>http://rentarant.com/2010/05/15/the-field-of-labour-leadership-candidates-broadens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 20:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anne thrope (miss)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[so as the second miliband brother enters the race, the field of labour leadership candidates broadens; to two. is it me or is there a whiff of star trek about these boys? whatever, in the spirit of x factor i&#8217;m calling them &#8216;edband&#8217;. (not to be confused with influential 1970s electronic music duo Tonto&#8217;s Expanding [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so as the second miliband brother enters the race, the field of labour leadership candidates broadens; to two.</p>
<p>is it me or is there a whiff of star trek about these boys? whatever, in the spirit of x factor i&#8217;m calling them &#8216;edband&#8217;.</p>
<p>(not to be confused with influential 1970s electronic music duo Tonto&#8217;s Expanding Head Band &#8230; it&#8217;s easily done <img src='http://rentarant.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>hot news &#8212; pm and deputy&#8217;s nickname</title>
		<link>http://rentarant.com/2010/05/12/hot-news-pm-and-deputy-s-nickname/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 18:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anne thrope (miss)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[okay, bagsy be the first to name our new dynamic duo caminick okay so there&#8217;s a hint of lingerie about it. give us a break! there&#8217;s only so much you can do here. i mean cleggeron? &#8230; snappy eh! clemeron? cagg? &#8230; even nicer! davnick? camleg? not improving are they? i&#8217;m sticking with &#8216;caminick&#8217; and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>okay, bagsy be the first to name our new dynamic duo<br />
<blink><strong><font size="7">caminick</font></strong></blink></p>
<p>okay so there&#8217;s a hint of lingerie about it. give us a break! there&#8217;s only so much you can do here. i mean</p>
<p>cleggeron? &#8230; snappy eh! clemeron? cagg? &#8230; even nicer! davnick? camleg?<br />
not improving are they?</p>
<p>i&#8217;m sticking with &#8216;caminick&#8217; and taking the blame, erm i mean credit. unless of course you know better. <img src='http://rentarant.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>spot the scotsman</title>
		<link>http://rentarant.com/2010/05/12/spot-the-scotsman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anne thrope (miss)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[just to pass the time whilst awaiting further tranches of cabinet appointments i&#8217;ve been playing &#8216;spot the jock&#8217;. (scuse i, scotsman) not that i&#8217;ve got anything (well not much) against our celtic friends but you have to wonder, particularly in these days of devolved parliaments, what they&#8217;re doing around the palace of westminster. (candidly, i&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>just to pass the time whilst awaiting further tranches of cabinet appointments i&#8217;ve been playing &#8216;spot the jock&#8217;. (scuse i, scotsman)</p>
<p>not that i&#8217;ve got anything (well not much) against our celtic friends but you have to wonder, particularly in these days of devolved parliaments, what they&#8217;re doing around the palace of westminster. (candidly, i&#8217;ve recently heard it suggested that they should &#8216;stop their ticklin&#8217;.)</p>
<p>anyhow, as luck would have it, at a glance, the answer thus far seems to be &#8216;not much&#8217;. what a refreshing change!</p>
<p>of course there is bound to be the odd fly-in-the-ointment (or should that be fox-in-the-chicken-run?) but i&#8217;ll live with that if you will.</p>
<p>don&#8217;t mind if i do: gie&#8217;s a pint o&#8217; heavy.</p>
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		<title>a new dawn has broken</title>
		<link>http://rentarant.com/2010/05/12/a-new-dawn-has-broken/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 13:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anne thrope (miss)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[the bbc news commentator yesterday outside 10 downing street, waiting for new pm, cameron to arrive observed solemnly &#8220;a new microphone has been put in place&#8230;&#8221; how could one resist &#8220;&#8230; has it not?&#8221;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the bbc news commentator yesterday outside 10 downing street, waiting for new pm, cameron to arrive observed solemnly</p>
<p>&#8220;a new microphone has been put in place&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>how could one resist &#8220;&#8230; has it not?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>brown in the brown stuff again</title>
		<link>http://rentarant.com/2010/04/28/brown-in-the-brown-stuff-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anne thrope (miss)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[what a sad debacle brown&#8217;s campaign visit to rochdale turned into. better still it was all his own work. boy but he&#8217;s a dismal, preaching, boring, self-satisfied arse! on top of that he&#8217;s got a face like a robber&#8217;s dog. (oops, sorry if i said anything like that, i forgot i was typing. find me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what a sad debacle brown&#8217;s campaign visit to rochdale turned into. better still it was all his own work.</p>
<p>boy but he&#8217;s a dismal, preaching, boring, self-satisfied arse! on top of that he&#8217;s got a face like a robber&#8217;s dog.</p>
<p>(oops, sorry <em><strong>if</strong> i said anything like that</em>, i forgot i was typing. find me somebody to blame. oh and make a note so i don&#8217;t forget to rip her head off later. oops am i still typing? shit! again.)</p>
<p>i can barely wait for tomorrow. why? because if the charmer&#8217;s decades-long record for re-announcing stuff if any guide he&#8217;ll give us this screw-up over again until his already lousy poll rating goes negative.</p>
<p>go on, pretty boy. give us a smile.</p>
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		<title>elliot morley et al</title>
		<link>http://rentarant.com/2010/04/13/elliot-morley-et-al/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anne thrope (miss)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i note with suitable disgust that gorgeous, pouting elliot morley, quondam mp for scunthorpe, and his vile co-religionists have been granted legal aid to defend themselves against the indefensible. if a picture of morley (to the best of my knowledge the only mp whose constituency name includes a description of themself) is not enough to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i note with suitable disgust that gorgeous, pouting elliot morley, quondam mp for scunthorpe, and his vile co-religionists have been granted legal aid to defend themselves against the indefensible.</p>
<p>if a picture of morley (to the best of my knowledge the only mp whose constituency name includes a description of themself) is not enough to make the hard-pressed taxpayer puke, this surely will.</p>
<p>we can only look forward to the day they are sent down for the stretches they so richly deserve, and, i trust, are obliged to disgorge these (further ill-gotten) public funds.</p>
<p>(if guilty, obviously. none intended, obviously)</p>
<p>giv&#8217;em the rope <img src='http://rentarant.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>silvio hurlesconi</title>
		<link>http://rentarant.com/2009/12/14/silvio-hurlesconi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anne thrope (miss)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[on a lighter note, i see that one of the few discerning members of the italian general public has seen fit to gob his fearless and irreproachable duce in the mouth with a die cast model of milan cathedral. despite reports that the attacker is a nutter i cannot but heartily congratulate him on his [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>on a lighter note, i see that one of the few discerning members of the italian general public has seen fit to gob his fearless and irreproachable duce in the mouth with a die cast model of milan cathedral.</p>
<p>despite reports that the attacker is a nutter i cannot but heartily congratulate him on his choice of both target and missile.</p>
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		<title>Strictly Come Cat Arse</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anne thrope (miss)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;m almost ashamed to be writing about this but last night&#8217;s semi-final of the bbc&#8217;s strictly come dancing took the piss a bit too far. or rather it&#8217;s simpering female audience did. the public&#8217;s elimination of talented, elegant, leggy bill-actress ali bastion in favour of some cheruplegic sports monkey made my normally tepid blood boil. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i&#8217;m almost ashamed to be writing about this but last night&#8217;s semi-final of the bbc&#8217;s strictly come dancing took the piss a bit too far. or rather it&#8217;s simpering female audience did.</p>
<p>the public&#8217;s elimination of talented, elegant, leggy bill-actress ali bastion in favour of some cheruplegic sports monkey made my normally tepid blood boil. (well it warmed-up a bit)</p>
<p>i would have spat the dummy if my minders had not dipped it in special brew.</p>
<p>to be honesht i have not been sho angry shince the lasht time they forgot to dip my dummy in shpecial brew.</p>
<p>mine&#8217;sh a pint.</p>
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		<title>england crush aussies &#8211; 2nd ashes test</title>
		<link>http://rentarant.com/2009/07/22/england-crush-aussies-2nd-ashes-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anne thrope (miss)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[what is it with this poxy england test side? they amass a huge lead and foolishly fail to enforce the follow-on. what the hell&#8217;s that about? oh but they go on and arse this lack-lustre opposition from down-under. down-and-out more like. bring&#8217;em on for the third test! where&#8217;s your bowlers you bunch of girls? left [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what is it with this poxy england test side? they amass a huge lead and foolishly fail to enforce the follow-on. what the hell&#8217;s that about?</p>
<p>oh but they go on and arse this lack-lustre opposition from down-under. down-and-out more like.</p>
<p>bring&#8217;em on for the third test! where&#8217;s your bowlers you bunch of girls? left &#8216;em all back in ramsey street? easy street more like.  <img src='http://rentarant.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>ship out diggers, the dingoes are pissin&#8217; on your swag.</p>
<p>(none intended, obviously)</p>
<p>ta-ta!</p>
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