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Petition update, 12 June 2009

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The present Poet Laureate is about to retire from the post. Poetry should be accessible to the people, and the work of the Laureate particularly so. The folk poet Les Barker has published many books, and has held audiences in fits of laughter for years. His work is just what a depressed nation needs.

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• Sally Wearing
• Jerome Perkins
• Katrina Turner
• Hilary Denison
• Sylvia Shearan
• Caro Pearce
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• Maatin Allcock
• Graham Longly
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• Don Thompson
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• Linda Glanville
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• John Phillips
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• stephen riley
• Graham Gurrin
• Gordon Corrick
• JOHN LES PRITCHARD
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• Geoffrey Turner
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• Martin Gosling
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• Lesley Downes
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• Nick Smith
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• Paul Blackwell
• James Sword
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• Kim Manners
• David Edwards
• Clive Wigfall
• Christopher Hunt
• P Hammett
• Joe Beard
• Dave Manners
• Wendy Gaston
• Jessica Butler
• Joanna Fletcher
• Rob Jenkins
• Linda Palmer
• Nick Palmer

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