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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (27th July, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (20th July, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by UnHerd (15th July, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (13th July, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (22nd June, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Could Andy Burnham replace Keir Starmer as PM?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (1st September, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th May, 2017) Ade Goodyear was the fourth boy in his family to be diagnosed with haemophilia. Unable to cope, his parents [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2015 13:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Independent (2nd August, 2015) The Labour leadership campaign has turned into one of the unexpected delights of the summer, a farce so absurd that even [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 09:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Independent (25th May, 2015) Politics is a brutal business – and none know this better than Ed Balls. The Brownite bruiser, a less than popular [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Guardian (21st April, 2015) There are many strange things about this election struggle. Labour poses as the party of fiscal probity; the Conservatives say they are saviours [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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