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Barlow's Beef
Tuesday 28
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March 2017
Tue 28
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Mar 2017
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Barlow's Beef: Crime Commissioner banged to rights
What a difference a day makes in Cheshire Police. Seems like only yesterday our Police & Crime Commissioner David Keane was threatening to cut 26…
Tuesday 14
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March 2017
Tue 14
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Mar 2017
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Barlow's Beef: It's time straight talking and truth replaced obfuscation and deceit
I think most would agree that these are dangerous and uncertain times. For those born after the Cuban Missile crisis of 1962 this is the most unstable…
Tuesday 28
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February 2017
Tue 28
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Feb 2017
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Barlow's Beef: Handforth Residents are not easily duped
If you knew you were going to upset the company on whom you relied for your employment, you would probably think very carefully about it. You'd want to…
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Tuesday 14
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February 2017
Tue 14
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Feb 2017
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Barlow's Beef: Another smack in the face for Wilmslow residents
Sometimes I wonder if there is any point trying to comprehend any decision Cheshire East make. 'Huge disappointment as town's views have been ignored…
Tuesday 31
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January 2017
Tue 31
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Jan 2017
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Barlow's Beef: What will be the diet fad of 2017?
I bumped into the 20 year-old daughter of an ex neighbour today. We stopped and chatted about families and who was doing what. She's always been a pretty…
Tuesday 24
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January 2017
Tue 24
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Jan 2017
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Barlow's Beef: Trump That!
I watched the inauguration of President Obama in 2009 mesmerised by his soaring oratory of hope and optimism. I knew then Barak Obama would be a very…
Tuesday 10
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January 2017
Tue 10
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Jan 2017
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Barlow's Beef: What exactly is a 'garden village'?
Macclesfield General Hospital is bursting at the seams. Last week they made an appeal for people to stay away from A&E unless they have a dire emergency.…
Tuesday 22
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November 2016
Tue 22
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Nov 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Secretive hospital closure plans are deja-vu
Last week a report leaked to the press indicated that the Cheshire and Merseyside Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) included a downgrade of…
Tuesday 15
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November 2016
Tue 15
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Nov 2016
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Barlow's Beef: More great 'savings' from Cheshire East
Great news, folks. Cheshire East has daft proposals (sorry...draft proposals) to illustrate how they can save £100M over the next three years. Sounds…
Tuesday 15
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November 2016
Tue 15
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Nov 2016
The Dogfather: Don't despair miracles do happen
Rocky was a large golden retriever with major attention deficit disorder. His owner secured Rocky on a lead AND a harness 'for safety'. (I'm not sure…
Tuesday 8
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November 2016
Tue 8
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Nov 2016
Barlow's Beef: An elephant never forgets
I always thought cabin fever was a phrase used to describe fur trappers in the frozen tundra driven indoors by inclement weather, the isolation of early…
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Tuesday 25
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October 2016
Tue 25
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Oct 2016
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Barlow's Beef: It's time to be honest about immigration
Immigration is a topic on everyone's lips but impossible to discuss with objectivity. Any suggestion of a meaningful immigration policy triggers outbursts…
Tuesday 11
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October 2016
Tue 11
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Oct 2016
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Barlow's Beef: The times they are a-changin
I've been thinking-as I do- and can't help wondering if Bob Dylan was thinking about Cheshire East when he sang The Times they are a Changing? We've had…
Tuesday 13
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September 2016
Tue 13
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Sep 2016
Barlow's Beef: Will the real Bradley Wiggins please stand up
I had a great time at the Tour of Britain. I never knew the constabulary had so many motorbikes (I didn't even know they had that many officers). Boy,…
Tuesday 6
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September 2016
Tue 6
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Sep 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Why public services are not short of money
Most of the front-line people I meet in the public service sector are genuinely eager to provide a good service. Unfortunately (for them) they are often…
Tuesday 16
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August 2016
Tue 16
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Aug 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Will Cheshire East please stop 'saving' us money?
In 2011 Cheshire East endeavoured to save taxpayers money by building their own waste transfer station in Lyme Green instead of paying contractors to…
Tuesday 2
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August 2016
Tue 2
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Aug 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Let's kick some donkey's bottom
As a lifelong student of the English language I'm always intrigued by the introduction of new words and phrases into the lexicon. Americans are brilliantly…
Tuesday 19
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July 2016
Tue 19
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Jul 2016
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Barlow's Beef: What a complete and utter shambles
What's happening in Westminster post referendum? Looks like they're doing some old party dance: You put your Boris in, your Boris outIn out in out shake…
Tuesday 12
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July 2016
Tue 12
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Jul 2016
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Barlow's Beef: We are all in this together ...
Remember the financial collapse of 2009 when David Cameron declared: "We are all in this together which is why we'll freeze public sector pay for all…
Tuesday 5
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July 2016
Tue 5
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Jul 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Public enemy number one for over a century
I did some research recently into public complaints to councils over the past century. As you would expect they have changed considerably over the years…
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