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		<title>Tower Hamlets corruption must end</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/tower-hamlets-corruption-must-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New OBV Website]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the eve of the historical Mayoral elections in Tower Hamlets OBV calls on political parties to end the long standing political corruption that has blighted the area. During a live TV hustings debate with the Mayoral candidates &#8211; organised by OBV and Channel S &#8211; they all concluded that political irregularities, on an unacceptable [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8206&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FOR THE NEW OBV WEBSITE  VISIT &#8211; OBV.ORG.UK</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/obv-new-website-launch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operation Black Vote]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/?p=8199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s finally done. OBV’s new website integrates our blog with all other areas of OBV’s work in one site. It’s still a working progress but we hope you like it. All our essential stuff is still there including the ‘Guide to democracy’ and ‘How to register to vote’. ‘Our communities’ includes a listing of BME [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8199&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jesse Jackson: racial profiling is not a hallmark of an enlightened society</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/jesse-jackson-racial-profiling-is-not-a-hallmark-of-an-enlightened-society/</link>
		<comments>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/jesse-jackson-racial-profiling-is-not-a-hallmark-of-an-enlightened-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police & Policing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/?p=8184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Friend of OBV Reverend Jesse in an article in yesterday’s Guardian Comment is Free, spoke of the continued abuse of stop and search powers by Police, still overwhelmingly plaguing Black individuals and communities. Jackson also said that Britain’s moral authority risked being damaged as a result. The Reverend’s article comes amid a backdrop [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8184&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No, not again: Jimmy Mubenga deportation death</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/jimmy-mubenga-deportation-death/</link>
		<comments>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/jimmy-mubenga-deportation-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration and Asylum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After what Black Britain saw as the unlawful death of Jamaican woman, Joy Gardner, in 1993, at the hands of immigration officers who bound and gagged her in their bid to deport her, we thought we would never be here again. And yet the as news leaks out from eye witness reports, we are again [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8176&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cartoon Corner: EHRC report How Fair is Britain?</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/cartoon-corner-ehrc-report-how-fair-is-britain/</link>
		<comments>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/cartoon-corner-ehrc-report-how-fair-is-britain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cartoon corner]]></category>

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		<title>The Apprentice: in defence of Joanna Riley</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/the-apprentice-in-defence-of-joanna-riley/</link>
		<comments>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/the-apprentice-in-defence-of-joanna-riley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/?p=8164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; I&#8217;ve lost count the amount of times I’ve been called aggressive during a discussion or a debate. But it’s a lot, an awful lot. The Oxford dictionary meaning of the aggressive is, ‘ready to attack or confront’. It denotes that those subject to it might fear for their physical safety. Furthermore, it unequivocally implies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8164&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Black Police Association</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/national-black-police-association/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti Racism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/?p=8151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 150 National Black Police Association delegates will spend the next two days in Sheffield for their annual conference. Representing the Equality and Human Rights Commission I was invited to give a short address in this morning&#8217;s session. Before that I found time to talk to those BME men and women who still have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8151&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iceland tops Global Gender Gap study</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/iceland-tops-global-gender-gap-study/</link>
		<comments>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/iceland-tops-global-gender-gap-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/?p=8141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The UK came 15th in a the World Economics Forum Global Gender Gap study measuring gender parity in 134 Nations. The report looked at areas such as politics, education, employment and health.Iceland topped the poll with other Scandanavian countries taking the next three places. Last week in the UK, the Labour leader Ed Miliband announced [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8141&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future of university education report</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/8132/</link>
		<comments>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/8132/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Young People]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/?p=8132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Lord Browne&#8217;s report into the future of university education reports today. With yesterday&#8217;s CEHR report identifying that eight per cent of Black students are at Russell Group institutions, compared to 24 per cent of White students today&#8217;s finding will only increase interest in the disparity in opportunities between students from different backgrounds. The following [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8132&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How fair is Britain?</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/how-fair-is-britain/</link>
		<comments>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/how-fair-is-britain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EHRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/?p=8125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the question posed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, in its 700-page anatomy of disadvantage in the 21st century. With the spending review little over a week away, the report couldn’t be more timely. But in this report what does it say about the race penalty? In recent weeks a plethora of Black [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8125&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ed Miliband promotes Diane Abbott and other BME MPs</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/ed-miliband-promotes-diane-abbott-and-other-bme-mps/</link>
		<comments>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/ed-miliband-promotes-diane-abbott-and-other-bme-mps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Black (BME) Politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Representation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/?p=8114</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an extraordinary move that both stamps his authority within the party  and circumvents Labour party MP’s resistance for greater representation, the  new Labour leader Ed Miliband promotes former Labour leader contender Diane Abbott to a significant position within his shadow ministerial team, whilst also promoting an unprecedented number of new BME MP’s to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8114&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It’s a wrap!: Party Political conference</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/its-a-wrap-party-political-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/its-a-wrap-party-political-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Democrats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/?p=8099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Party conference season has finished for another year so it seems like a good time to offer my thoughts, as a first timer on Liberal Democrat and Labour Conferences. I went up to Liverpool for a fringe event – ‘Political Reform: the Dragon’s Den’ – the brief was to find ways in which we should [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8099&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diane Abbott: public health warning</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/8107/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After great pressure from within the Labour party and pressure from grassroots activists Diane Abbott has been given a position as Public Health spokeperson within one of the 22 shadow cabinet. In June 1987, Diane Abbott made history by becoming the first black women ever elected to the British Parliament for the constituency of Hackney [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8107&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cartoon Corner-shadow cabinet</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/cartoon-corner-shadow-cabinet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
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		<title>OBV Supports Body and Soul</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/obv-supports-body-and-soul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not just because many families of African decent are affected by HIV that OBV supports this charity and this particular evening of celebration. I have spoken on a number of occasions to their brilliant staff, volunteers and clients who bring help, support and love, in a beautiful non judgemental way. Most people that give [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8083&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New shadow cabinet</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/new-shadow-cabinet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Yvette Cooper also gets Equalities brief; Sadiq Khan, shadow Justice&#8230; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Alan Johnson has been appointed shadow chancellor, Ed Balls shadow Home Secretary and Yvette Cooper shadow Foreign Secretary. The only BME MP in the shadow cabinet is Sadiq Khan.  Diane Abbott and David Lammy were passed over in the ballot by fellow Labour [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8069&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Passed over</title>
		<link>http://operationblackvote.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/passed-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>operationblackvote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[African, Caribbean and Asian communities will look at senior levels of British politics and ask why our talent is  being ignored?  Why is our expertise constantly being passed over whenever senior positions become available? Last night, the Labour Party&#8217;s MPs voted for 19 shadow ministerial roles. Only Sadiq Khan MP, Ed Miliband’s campaign manager made [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=operationblackvote.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8000082&amp;post=8054&amp;subd=operationblackvote&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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