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		<title>Chris, 13: Why I want to be a Green MEP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our guest writer is Chris Woods, a Green Party supporter, blogger, living wage campaigner and school student from Leeds. Follow him on Twitter at @chriswoods66
Hi, I’m Chris, I’m 13 years old and for the last 2 years I have dreamed of becoming a Green MEP. 
I have loved politics since I was small, I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2010/09/chris-13-why-i-want-to-be-a-green-mep/</link>
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		<title>Save British Science</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amid the fuss this week as the coalition government announced that NHS direct would be scrapped and replaced with the cheaper NHS111, the Telegraph reported that for the second time in three years Jodrell bank is under threat of closure.
It&#8217;s not clear from their article whether that means their new visitor centre or any or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2010/09/save-british-science/</link>
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		<title>Why I superglued myself to the Royal Bank of Scotland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article first appeared in The Scotsman on August 31st and is kindly cross-posted at the author&#8217;s request.
Scotland is a country deeply associated with standing up for the  underdog and challenging injustice. This is reflected in steps to become  a Fairtrade nation, to build closer links with Malawi, to invest in  renewable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2010/09/why-i-superglued-myself-to-the-royal-bank-of-scotland/</link>
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		<title>Welcoming a Better Nation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[James &#8220;Two Doctors&#8221; Mackenzie, Jeff &#8220;SNP Tactical Voting&#8221; Breslin and Malcolm &#8220;Malc in the Burgh&#8221; Harvey are well known faces in Scottish blogging. And now, they have launched a collaborative blog &#8211; 	Better Nation.
For those of you who don&#8217;t know of them, James is press officer for the  Green MSPs, Jeff has recently left [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2010/09/welcoming-a-better-nation/</link>
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		<title>On Scotland&#8217;s People&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article is cross-posted from Lallands Peat Worrier

The Scottish Household Survey &#8220;is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland&#8221; which is  &#8220;designed to provide reliable and up-to-date information on the composition, characteristics, attitudes and behaviour of Scottish households and individuals, both nationally and at a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2010/08/on-scotlands-people/</link>
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		<title>Philippe Legrain at the Edinburgh Book Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A vision of a world fairer, safer, richer and greener.
Thomas Friedman says the world is flat &#8211; Philippe Legrain doesn&#8217;t think so. What matters most to how you do in life is where you are born and who your parents are. Philippe&#8217;s envisioned world is one where the benefits and opportunities of the middle classes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2010/08/philippe-legrain-at-the-edinburgh-book-festival/</link>
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		<title>In Praise of Politics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been accused recently, and perhaps with some cause, of focusing too much on the machinations of the English and Welsh Green Party and not enough on what&#8217;s happening up here in Scotland. It&#8217;s certainly true that in the run up to GPEW conference next month, and with two of our editors and most of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2010/08/in-praise-of-politics/</link>
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		<title>Total Politics Poll 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Total Politics have released the Green results of their annual poll (see below).
So, thanks to everyone has written for us, commented, read pieces, and, of course, voted for us since we launched six months ago or so. Also congratulations to the lovely Jim Jepps from The Daily (Maybe) &#8211; deservedly the king of Green blogging, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2010/08/total-politics-poll-2010/</link>
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		<title>Climate Camp &#8211; why RBS?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The camp for climate action came to Scotland this week.
To those wondering why so many people are angry with this bank, the answer is pretty simple: when it comes to climate change, RBS make it happen &#8211; and they do it with taxpayers&#8217; bail-out money. RBS is Europe&#8217;s biggest financer of the fossil fuel extraction [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2010/08/climate-camp-why-rbs/</link>
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		<title>Climate Camp tackle Cairn energy</title>
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		<link>http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2010/08/climate-camp-tackle-cairn-energy/</link>
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