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	<title>Annie Makoff</title>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://anniemakoff.co.uk/?p=246</guid>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://anniemakoff.co.uk/?p=237</guid>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
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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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://anniemakoff.co.uk/?p=209</guid>
		<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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		<category><![CDATA[cerebral palsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deportation]]></category>
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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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		<title>Jono Lancaster: the man at the centre of the latest controversial storm</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2011/04/18/jono-lancaster-the-man-at-the-centre-of-the-latest-controversial-storm/</link>
		<comments>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2011/04/18/jono-lancaster-the-man-at-the-centre-of-the-latest-controversial-storm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://anniemakoff.co.uk/?p=187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The problem with intending to blog regularly about issues that resonate with me and my specialisms means that there is a wealth of material to choose from. What this means in reality, is that I can&#8217;t actually decide, so I don&#8217;t decide at all. That&#8217;s really not good practise. I know. Then today, the story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The return of the 1950s housewife? No thanks.</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2011/01/04/the-return-of-the-1950s-housewife-no-thanks/</link>
		<comments>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2011/01/04/the-return-of-the-1950s-housewife-no-thanks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://anniemakoff.co.uk/wpr/?p=173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was actually going to blog about accessibility this week, but then an article in The Telegraph caught my attention. Well, not so much ‘caught’ as in ‘enraged’ my attention, if such a thing is possible. The Telegraphs so-called Social Affairs Editor writes that what women want, in the 21st century, is to marry a rich man. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011: the year of the novel…..?</title>
		<link>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2011/01/02/2011-the-year-of-the-novel/</link>
		<comments>http://anniemakoff.co.uk/2011/01/02/2011-the-year-of-the-novel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 13:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And here we are, nicely landed into a new year full of hope, apprehension and god knows what else. It’s a while since I’ve last blogged, but now with a refreshingly modern and (hopefully) slick new website, I intend to be updating a lot more regularly about anything and everything. Some of it will be [...]]]></description>
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