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Barlow's Beef: Will Cheshire East please stop 'saving' us money?

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…
Barlow's Beef: Can we do 'pay as you go' for CEC top execs?

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…
Reader's Letter: Traffic disruption

Reader's Letter: Traffic disruption

Several times in recent weeks we have been in the village weekend evenings and have been very concerned at high-powered motor cars and motorcycles roaring…
Barlow's Beef: Let's kick some donkey's bottom

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…
Barlow's Beef: Warning do not voice an opinion

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…
Barlow's Beef: What a complete and utter shambles

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…
Barlow's Beef: We are all in this together

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…
Barlow's Beef: Public enemy number one for over a century

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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Barlow's Beef: The problem with democracy

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…
Reader's Letter: The deterioration of the paths and drains

Reader's Letter: The deterioration of the paths and drains

I have lived in Alderley Edge for over 66 years. I remember clearly the past Parish Council members, ie Miss Heywood, Reg Berisford and Gordon Heath et…
Barlow's Beef: Devolution for dummies

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…
Barlow's Beef: Has the EU debate left you confused?

Barlow's Beef: Has the EU debate left you confused?

Like most people I've swung this way and that on my voting intentions in the forthcoming EU Referendum. Over the past few weeks the quality of debate…
Barlow's Beef: No one likes a bad loser

Barlow's Beef: No one likes a bad loser

Isn't life interesting? You can be top of the pile for years, strutting your stuff before the world and then wham, there's a new kid on the block and…
Barlow's Beef: My Fawlty Towers retail experience

Barlow's Beef: My Fawlty Towers retail experience

This week my printer self-combusted leaving me unable to complete a number of outstanding jobs. With retailers under pressure from Internet sales I decided…
Barlow's Beef: Are we heading for a toilet war?

Barlow's Beef: Are we heading for a toilet war?

There's been a lot of odd stories in the news recently don't you think? None more so than the transgender toilet war raging across the USA which seems…
Barlow's Beef: Will Cheshire be obliterated or brought to heel?

Barlow's Beef: Will Cheshire be obliterated or brought to heel?

Stick with me on this week's article. It's like antibiotics... you won't feel better until you finish the course. Remember back in 2002 when President,…
Barlow's Beef: Move along now there is nothing to see!

Barlow's Beef: Move along now there is nothing to see!

So...how did you get on? Did you cast your vote at for your Police and Crime Commissioner? This was the first time in my entire life I did not exercise…