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	<title>Annie Makoff</title>
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	<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk</link>
	<description>Freelance journalist, copywriter and PR enthusiast</description>
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		<title>Questions I hate being asked</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/05/09/questions-i-hate-being-asked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the Twitter hashtags currently trending today, #questionsIhatebeingasked reminded me of a “conversation” I had with a random guy last summer. It was irritating at the time, and when I remember it, it’s still irritating. It went like this: LONDON BRIDGE *Annie hobbles up some stairs with her stick* Random: Hello. *Annie doesn’t realise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I love the NHS (and why we mustn&#8217;t let it go)</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/03/20/why-i-love-the-nhs-and-why-we-mustnt-let-it-go/</link>
		<comments>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/03/20/why-i-love-the-nhs-and-why-we-mustnt-let-it-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one believed the 2011 NHS Reform Bill would pass. With growing opposition and hugely influential medical groups, we thought, we hoped, it wouldn&#8217;t go ahead. And who are &#8220;we&#8221; exactly? A militant minority group? No. We are the majority. We are teachers, parents, bus drivers, cleaners, nurses, doctors, surgeons, academics, specialists. Some of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give up yer seat!</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/03/12/give-up-yer-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/03/12/give-up-yer-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://anniemakoff.co.uk/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I confess to being an angry person. I always have been. My mother reckons it stems from my frustration as a tot when I couldn’t do things other kiddies my age could do. Y’know, like walk or run or climb trees or whatever. Not that there was much tree climbing in Croydon where I grew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State-endorsed fascism in Britain &#8211; this time they are after the disabled</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/02/17/state-endorsed-fascism-making-a-comeback-in-britain-and-this-time-its-the-disabled-they-are-after/</link>
		<comments>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/02/17/state-endorsed-fascism-making-a-comeback-in-britain-and-this-time-its-the-disabled-they-are-after/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://anniemakoff.co.uk/?p=249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In some ways, I feel I’ve become a bit too sensitive of late when it comes to “disablist” gags, but maybe I’m just hyper vigilant these days. The smear campaign the DWP and the media are carrying out on disabled people has made me and thousands of other disabled people distinctly uneasy. Why is it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The shortest blog post I&#8217;ve ever written&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/02/15/the-shortest-blog-post-ive-ever-written/</link>
		<comments>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/02/15/the-shortest-blog-post-ive-ever-written/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.but the figures speak for themselves. The Office for National Statistics have today released the latest unemployment figures which the BBC say are the highest since 1996. Unemployment is now at 2.67million. Women make up two thirds of this number. The unemployment rate among 16-22year olds is currently at 1.04million. Those claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even this bat wants you to sign the petition ;)</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/01/30/even-this-bat-wants-you-to-sign-the-petition/</link>
		<comments>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/01/30/even-this-bat-wants-you-to-sign-the-petition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<title>If you do just one thing today, make sure it’s signing the petition</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/01/30/if-you-do-just-one-thing-today-make-sure-its-signing-the-petition/</link>
		<comments>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2012/01/30/if-you-do-just-one-thing-today-make-sure-its-signing-the-petition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://anniemakoff.co.uk/?p=233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m keeping this short, because my message needs to be heard. We have just under three days left to pressurise the government into pausing the Welfare Reform Bill. Three days, 72 hours, 4,320 minutes. It’s not long, but I believe it’s possible. After all, we’ve already done the impossible, haven’t we? We, the disabled community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BA in disability scandal</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2011/06/16/ba-in-disability-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2011/06/16/ba-in-disability-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why did BA see fit to refuse a flight to a child with Down’s Syndrome? What does this say about our society? Highly independent twelve-year-old Alice Saunders from West Sussex was set to visit her Aunt in Glasgow on a BA flight from Gatwick as an unaccompanied minor. Alice attends mainstream school and goes away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sluts of the world, unite</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2011/06/07/sluts-of-the-world-unite/</link>
		<comments>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2011/06/07/sluts-of-the-world-unite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://anniemakoff.co.uk/?p=207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Slut, slut, slut, slut, slut, slut. Does it make you cringe? Did your hackles rise? Let’s try again. Slut, slut, slut, slut, slut. OK, I’ll stop now. Actually, the word (wait for it) SLUT has become much more than an offensive word dripping with hidden meanings and implications. As of 2011, it’s become political. It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five-year-old Rania Must Stay</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2011/06/05/five-year-old-rania-must-stay/</link>
		<comments>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2011/06/05/five-year-old-rania-must-stay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://anniemakoff.co.uk/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big fan of petitions. Not just because I like adding my name to a (hopefully) long list along with others who feel the same way as I do, but because it&#8217;s a measure of democracy. If enough signatures are obtained, maybe, just maybe, those in authority may take the desired action. It&#8217;s no [...]]]></description>
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