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   <title>New Statesman - <![CDATA[Shan Oakes]]></title>
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   <title><![CDATA[Blacklisted by Liberty Davis]]></title>
   <link>http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/07/election-davis-green-debate</link>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:26:38 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Shan Oakes</dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[<p><em>The Green candidate in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election accuses David Davis of avoiding debate with his rivals in her final article ahead of Thursday's election</em></p>

<p>The campaign is definitely accumulating votes fast as we get our message across, and we are all aware that the opportunity cost of talking to voters when weighed against talking to the press, or going to a meeting, or even writing a blog, is seriously weighted in favour of the voters.</p>
<p>Friday night was a good example.  My team and I went canvassing in North Newbald – an attractive village  <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/07/election-davis-green-debate">[...]</a></p>
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   <title><![CDATA[On the campaign trail...]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:21:07 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Shan Oakes</dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[<p><em>The Green candidate in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election, <a href="http://shanoakes.blogspot.com/">Shan Oakes</a>, relates some of the highlights from a frenetic few days...</em></p>

<p>It’s little more than two weeks since the story broke that David Davis was going to make his big gesture and free up the Haltemprice and Howden constituency for a proper representative. Now, with less than one week until polling day, the pace is quickening up and, on Wednesday, we joined the press feeding frenzy at Willerby Manor, where I was interviewed by a series of journos – the reports  <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/07/david-green-howden-haltemprice">[...]</a></p>
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