{"id":165,"date":"2005-01-12T14:35:25","date_gmt":"2005-01-12T14:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?p=165"},"modified":"2005-10-13T13:43:40","modified_gmt":"2005-10-13T12:43:40","slug":"big-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/01\/12\/big-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was very disappointed to see Germaine go. Like <a href=\"http:\/\/peterblack.blogspot.com\/2005\/01\/is-big-sister-feminist.html\">Peter Black<\/a>, I was rooting for her to win. 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