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	<title>Katy Gordon</title>
	<link>http://www.katygordon.org.uk</link>
	<description>Lib Dem champion for Glasgow North</description>
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		<title>Katy backs NUS pledge on unfair student fees</title>
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Katy was delighted to sign the NUS pledge asking all MPs and candidates to promise to vote against any increases in university fees, and to fight for a fairer alternative for students.
The Lib Dems are the ONLY mainstream party committed to abolishing tuition fees across the UK, to bring the rest of the country in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.katygordon.org.uk/2010/03/08/katy-backs-nus-pledge-on-unfair-student-fees/</link>
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		<title>We must take steps to save the &#8216;lost generation&#8217;</title>
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At this weekend&#8217;s Scottish Liberal Democrat party conference Katy successfully proposed a motion at this weekend’s  which provides clear, practical steps to ensure that Scotland’s young people do not become ‘the lost generation’ in the labour market. The motion was passed unanimously.
Despite the government’s claims that the economy is gradually showing signs of recovery, unemployment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.katygordon.org.uk/2010/03/08/we-must-take-steps-to-save-the-lost-generation/</link>
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		<title>Otago Lane Update</title>
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The  campaign is going from strength to strength &#8211; in the last week, Scottish Lib Dem Leader Tavish Scott and Charles Kennedy MP have both come to Otago Lane to give their support.

The &#8216;Leave Our Lane Alane!&#8217; protest on Saturday was a great success, with a huge crowd turning out despite the nasty weather, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.katygordon.org.uk/2010/03/02/otago-lane-update/</link>
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		<title>Tavish Scott backs campaign to save Otago Lane</title>
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On Tuesday, Scottish Lib Dem Leader Tavish Scott joined Katy outside Tchai-Ovna tea house for a taste of what things might be like if the proposed housing development on Otago Lane goes ahead.
They had tea with Martin Fell, owner of Tchai-Ovna, out in the freezing February wind. If the building work gets the green light, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.katygordon.org.uk/2010/02/24/tavish-scott-backs-campaign-to-save-otago-lane/</link>
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		<title>Vince Cable backs Katy for election &#8216;triumph&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The campaign is really building momentum &#8211; Vince Cable has backed Katy to win in Glasgow North at the general election in this article in the Glasgow Local News.
In the understatement of the year, the sitting MP  &#8216;expects real challenge from the Liberal Democrats&#8217;.
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		<link>http://www.katygordon.org.uk/2010/02/22/vince-cable-backs-katy-for-election-triumph/</link>
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		<title>SNP Councillor Joins Lib Dems</title>
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Katy has welcomed Glasgow City Councillor Alex Dingwall, a previous SNP councillor, to the party.  Cllr Dingwall decided to leave the SNP after 31 years as an SNP member and join the Liberal Democrats.  Commenting, Cllr Dingwall said:
&#8220;I believe Glasgow needs a change and a party that sets out a clear, credible alternative to Labour.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.katygordon.org.uk/2010/02/16/snp-councillor-joins-lib-dems/</link>
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		<title>Cadder community centre under threat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like many residents, Katy was saddened to hear that Cadder Community Centre is threatened with closure by Glasgow&#8217;s Labour City Council. The Community Centre is virtually the only meeting place left for local groups within the area.  If it closes, vital services such as the Ruchill Youth project will be moved as far away as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.katygordon.org.uk/2010/02/09/cadder-community-centre-under-threat/</link>
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		<title>Glasgow Says No to Climate Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Katy joined thousands of people from across Scotland at the Wave climate change march on Saturday December 5th. There was a great Lib Dem turnout, including Robert Brown MSP for Glasgow, George Lyon MEP, and Alison McInnes MSP, the Lib Dem spokesperson on Climate Change in Holyrood. Katy said:
&#8220;It&#8217;s great that so many Liberal Democrats [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.katygordon.org.uk/2009/12/21/glasgow-says-no-to-climate-change/</link>
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		<title>Alistair Carmichael MP: &#8216;Wyndford &#8211; don&#8217;t get mad, get even&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alistair Carmichael MP joined Katy for a day knocking on doors in Wyndford to speak to residents about their concerns.
Alistair said:
&#8216;I&#8217;m back here for the first time in twenty years, and what I&#8217;m finding is a quite remarkable change&#8230; people here are ready to listen to the Liberal Democrats, and give them their support. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.katygordon.org.uk/2009/12/03/alistair-carmichael-mp-wyndford-dont-get-mad-get-even/</link>
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		<title>Save Otago Lane &#8211; Consultation over development plans</title>
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Katy and Alastair Carmichael, MP for Orkney, visited Hillhead School on Sunday to view the plans for developing Otago Lane.  The proposals would create around 163 flats, in blocks varying from 7 to 9 stories, overshadowing the existing mews homes and businesses, radically altering the character of a much loved West End lane and adding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.katygordon.org.uk/2009/11/25/save-otago-lane-consultation-over-development-plans/</link>
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