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		<title>&#8230;&#8230;..And It Makes Me Feel Like Shit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 09:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the day. The day that the UK goes to the polls to re-elect the existing party and Prime Minister or change them/her for a new one. It seems very likely that they will re-elect the existing ones. And &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8760">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leave me be!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 09:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m fairly easy going. I don&#8217;t need much and most of it I have already got. But you know, leave me alone. I don&#8217;t want interferance from others and, in particular, governments and organisations. But, particularly, governments. So, in the &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8751">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fight the Bastards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 12:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t spoken about it here and, in general don&#8217;t speak about it unless asked to specifically but, Brexit. Putting aside my personal worries about it, I&#8217;m amazed by the way that the UK appears to be going. Amazed but &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8740">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s happening to this world?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, Trump takes over one of the most powerful countries in the world and the world might end shortly afterwards. Or not. Soon, the United Kingdom will leave the EU and the EU might start ending or the UK might &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8719">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Mafia&#8221; and the Catholic Church &#8211; two institutions that &#8220;run&#8221; Italy</title>
		<link>http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5477</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2014 08:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a story about squatters living in one of the churches in Rome that the Pope uses. They are, in fact, making some sort of demonstration about the housing crisis in Rome. However, I was struck by the following: &#8220;We &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5477">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tomorrow &#8211; will the Daily Hate Mail have won?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 08:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do my best but it&#8217;s difficult. After years of crisis and depletion in spending power and savings, someone HAS to be to blame. The popular newspapers have done their very best to pin the blame on a number of &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5406">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Something that didn&#8217;t happen is reported as fact</title>
		<link>http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5395</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 08:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone posted an article on their Facebook wall. To it, that someone added &#8211; &#8220;Can&#8217;t they just piss off&#8221;. The title of the article was &#8220;Girls Fined for Wearing Swimsuits That Offend Muslims&#8221;. Underneath was a Muslim in an abaya &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5395">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tony Benn &#8211; remembering my parents!</title>
		<link>http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5281</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, my parents rarely talked politics. Or, there again, maybe they did but I just didn&#8217;t notice or ignored it. I knew my maternal grandmother was a Liberal (of the old-fashioned Liberals) as she was a &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5281">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK Government murdering vulnerable people</title>
		<link>http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5264</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2014 19:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Atos have been under fire for a while now. Recently there was a case of someone in a coma being &#8220;invited&#8221;* to attend an interview for either a health assessment or to find out why she hadn&#8217;t got a job &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5264">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s reading this?</title>
		<link>http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5120</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The headlines read: Migrants contribute £25bn to UK economy, study finds and How migrants from outside Europe leave a £100billion hole in the public purse: Amount taken in benefits and services is 14% higher than money put back They come &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5120">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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