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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 8 August 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Outcry Over New Car Parking Rules at RAH This week saw the implementation of new car parking restrictions at Paisley&rsquo;s Royal Alexandra Hospital enforcing a four hour maximum stay for all vehicles on the hospital grounds with strict fines imposed on those failing to move their cars after this period....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:05:32</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 1 September 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Big Decision for Local Members.    This is an important week for Labour Party members and trade unionists across the country, as ballot papers for the Labour leadership election land on our door mat and we decided who would do the best job as leader of...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:30:12</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 25 August 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[PART TIME LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES  I was pleased to hear this week that the University of the West of Scotland is encouraging local people to take advantage of flexible part time courses.   I know that for many people work, family commitments and financial pressures mean that full-time...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:36:57</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 18 August 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[DONATE OLD SCHOOL UNIFORMS There&rsquo;s always an easy reminder for me about when the schools are about to go back. When I take my son to get a haircut in Johnstone the place is packed with youngsters in for their new term trim. Of course this is also the time...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:19:58</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 11 August 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[THINK HEALTHY Over the summer I&rsquo;ve been trying to get out running a bit more. But despite this effort to get a bit fitter, it&rsquo;s worth remembering that diet matters alongside exercise. I was surprised to read some new research from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) this week that suggested...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:42:19</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 28 July 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[ONE HEART ATTACK EVERY 15 MINUTES Here in Paisley we still face a huge problem &ndash; like the rest of west central Scotland in tackling coronary heart disease. We&rsquo;ve made various efforts over the years &ndash; not least through the Have a Heart Paisley initiative. Yet it is still...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:44:56</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 21 July 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[CLAMPDOWN ON DRINK DRIVERS    Our local Strathclyde Police have been running a crackdown on drink drivers this   summer and early indications show that a high number of people who were   driving under the influence of alcohol have been caught.   Police...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:44:03</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 14 July 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[QUESTION FOR THE GOVERNMENT AT QUESTION TIME FROM EDINBURGH 

Last week I travelled to Edinburgh to take part in Thursday's edition of the BBC's Question Time. I was joined on the panel by the former Tory Secretary of State Michael Forsyth, the new Scottish Secretary Michael Moore, Nicola Sturgeon, and...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:02:49</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 7 July 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[SMA&rsquo; SHOT DAY   This past weekend marked a very special day in Renfrewshire&rsquo;s calendar, the celebration of the annual Sma&rsquo; Shot Day festival.   This is an important tradition which I remember from when I was a boy. It marks the struggle and ultimate victory of Paisley&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:31:46</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 30 June 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[A Damaging and Divisive Budget that betrayed local people Now that the dust has settled and the analysis has been done we can see the budget for what it really is: An all too familiar and all too worrying agenda. Far from helping families and businesses in Renfrewshire I&rsquo;m angry...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:27:46</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 17 June 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[KEEPING RENFREWSHIRE TIDY Given how often I hear complaints about litter, it was good news that a Litter Day of Action took place across Scotland last week. The idea behind the day was that anyone who was caught either dropping litter or letting their dog foul on the street would...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:09:58</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 9 June 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[EVEN IN TOUGH TIMES WE SHOULD VALUE TEACHERS AND NURSES This week has brought worrying evidence of wrong priorities being pursued locally and nationally. First we discovered that less than a third of new teachers across Scotland have been able to find a job, according to a new study. The...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:09:54</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 26 May 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[BIG LOTTERY FUNDING FOR RENFREWSHIRE For a number of years I have been campaigning to ensure Renfrewshire groups get their fair share of cash, so it was good news this week to hear that several groups and organisation across Renfrewshire have been benefiting recently from funding boosts from the Big...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:09:50</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 17 May 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[ADULT LEARNERS WEEK Many years ago I worked at Edinburgh University as a tutor working with people returning to education after many years. So I am delighted that all this week special activities are being held at Reid Kerr College's Ferguslie and Renfrew Learning Centres in honour of Adult Learners...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 10:30:36</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column 10 May 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[COMPLIMENTS FROM CRAIG On Saturday afternoon, after all the work of the election campaign, I was at the Houston Kirk Carnival with the family. The guest of honour on that sunny afternoon was Craig Brown, the Motherwell and former Scotland manager. When speaking to the assembled crowd of carnival goers...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 04:00:25</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 10 March 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[SAVE OUR SCHOOL BUSES On Monday morning the latest protest by local parents took place - against Renfrewshire Council's cuts to free school transport. The early morning protest was organised to ensure the SNP and Liberal Democrat Councillors determined to cut school transport, understood the strength of local feeling on...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:18:16</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 3 March 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[SUPPORT TO FIND EMPLOYMENT It was seeing the effects of unemployment in the early 1980&rsquo;s &ndash; with the closure of the Linwood Car Plant &ndash; that first drew me into politics. So I am proud of the new steps that the government has taken towards supporting job seekers to get...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:16:11</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 24 Feb 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[SCHOOL BUS PROTESTS GROW Last Thursday morning I wanted to be at the Council but I had to be at the Cabinet! A meeting of the UK Cabinet was taking place in Durham, so I spent the day in the North East of England before getting back to Renfrewshire that...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:14:23</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 17 Feb 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[LOOKING FOR WORK? REID KERR CAN HELP At one of my advice surgeries in Hunterhill last week, I was discussing how to help get someone into work. With the impact of the global downturn still being felt here in Renfrewshire, I welcome the news that Reid Kerr College will now...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:56:19</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Paisley Daily Express Column - 10 Feb 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[WALK WITH PARENTS PROVES RISK TO PUPILS At eight o&rsquo;clock on Monday mornings I&rsquo;m usually on my way to work. Yet last Monday, at eight o&rsquo;clock I was on my way to school! At the invitation of local Johnstone parents, as the local MP, I joined them and their children...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:07:11</pubDate>
                           
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