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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 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 18
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October 2016
Tue 18
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Oct 2016
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Barlow's Beef: I predict a riot (Kaiser Chiefs 2005)
So, despite the vast majority of MP's rejecting Jeremy Corbyn as leader Labour Party members returned him to office with an even larger majority than…
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 4
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October 2016
Tue 4
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Oct 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Why I won't be having a knees up this Christmas
I am need of some help this week and I'm hoping you can advise me. As a lifetime runner I have experienced some arthritic knee pain. With occasional painkillers…
Tuesday 20
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September 2016
Tue 20
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Sep 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Are schools fighting the tide on holiday absence?
For most family summer holidays are now over... or are they? Flights to The Canary Islands, Spain and Portugal are now extremely low. I was offered a…
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 30
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August 2016
Tue 30
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Aug 2016
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Why pay-as-you-pee is the way to go
Wilmslow Town Council (WTC) sound like an admirable bunch to me. They are certainly doing a better job representing residents than Cheshire East who run…
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Tuesday 23
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August 2016
Tue 23
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Aug 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Why I'm ranting for Britain
I opened my BBC News app this morning and read a headline that made my quite angry. I'm not by nature an angry person but the banner headline shouting…
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 9
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August 2016
Tue 9
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Aug 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Can we do 'pay as you go' for CEC top execs?
When David Parr became chief executive of the old Macclesfield Borough Council in 2001 he radically changed the management structure appointing his own…
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 26
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July 2016
Tue 26
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Jul 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Warning do not voice an opinion
What's happened to free speech in our country? I've never witnessed so much vitriol aimed at anyone brave (or foolhardy enough) to voice an opinion. It's…
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 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…
Tuesday 28
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June 2016
Tue 28
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Jun 2016
| 24 Comments
Barlow's Beef: The problem with democracy
Unlike public 'consultations' where the end result is decided before the process begins. The problem with true democracy for politicians is it states…
Tuesday 21
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June 2016
Tue 21
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Jun 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Devolution for dummies
I am sooooo disappointed. No... make that gutted to hear Cheshire East's ambitious devolution proposal has been put on hold. Along with Cheshire West…
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