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Barlows Beef
Tuesday 21
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February 2017
Tue 21
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Feb 2017
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Barlow's Beef: Do you recall The Big Society?
Do you recall The Big Society; education, education, education; we are all in this together and the catastrophic Weapons of Mass Destruction? Are we now…
Tuesday 7
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February 2017
Tue 7
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Feb 2017
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Barlow's Beef: When is a 'saving' not a 'saving'
Do you remember those childish riddles we loved as kids? When is a door not a door etc.? I was reminded of them when I saw this week's statement from…
Tuesday 17
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January 2017
Tue 17
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Jan 2017
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Barlow's Beef: Give us the money or else is not a discussion
David Keane the police and crime commissioner for Cheshire is urging residents to join the 'discussion on police funding. We have until Jan 24th to express…
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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 3
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January 2017
Tue 3
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Jan 2017
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Barlow's Beef: What's the difference between CEC and a dormouse?
'Huge disappointment as town's views have been ignored in Local Plan,' screamed our Wilmslow headline on Dec 21. Councillor Keith Purdom for the Wilmslow…
Tuesday 20
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December 2016
Tue 20
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Dec 2016
Barlow's Beef: The old boy network is dead it's time to bring on the girls
What an incredible year 2016 turned out to be. Having spent half my life in the USA I thought I understood the culture well enough to predict the obvious.…
Tuesday 13
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December 2016
Tue 13
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Dec 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Let us all hold hands
Ten years ago a good friend, more experienced in the world of politics than I, expressed a view that democracy was slowly evaporating. He truly believed…
Tuesday 6
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December 2016
Tue 6
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Dec 2016
Barlow's Beef: Who reads the small print on our behalf?
This year has been a strange one don't you think? Both globally and locally nothing has gone as predicted. I'm guessing pollsters are going to find their…
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 9
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August 2016
Tue 9
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Aug 2016
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 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…
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Tuesday 28
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June 2016
Tue 28
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Jun 2016
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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 14
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June 2016
Tue 14
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Jun 2016
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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…
Tuesday 31
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May 2016
Tue 31
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May 2016
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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…
Tuesday 19
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April 2016
Tue 19
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Apr 2016
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Barlow's Beef : Another monumental blunder from Cheshire East
Here we go again. You have to feel a touch of sympathy for all those hard working employees at Cheshire East. They get tarred with the same brush as the…
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March 2016
Tue 22
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Mar 2016
Barlow's Beef: It's good to touch the green green grass of home (before it's gone)
I've just read a letter in our parish magazine urging residents to make representations during the public consultation period ending April 19. 'To date…
Tuesday 1
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March 2016
Tue 1
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Mar 2016
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Barlow's Beef: Parking policy can drive trade away
Whilst I live in Macclesfield my classes and canine behaviour clinics require me to spend a lot of time in both Wilmslow and Alderley. I love the area…
Tuesday 23
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February 2016
Tue 23
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Feb 2016
Barlow's Beef: I can't tell you how tickled I am
'Clap along if you know what happiness is to you...' I was so happy this morning when I discovered Cheshire East was the 'happiest place in England' that…
Tuesday 2
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February 2016
Tue 2
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Feb 2016
Barlow's Beef: Gym jam at the leisure centre
When I'm stressed I have a tried and tested antidote... I go to the gym. Having been a marathon runner in my not too distant past I always enjoy the relaxation…
Tuesday 12
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January 2016
Tue 12
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Jan 2016
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Barlow's Beef: What are your new year resolutions?
After considerable thought I have my New Year Resolutions sorted. First and foremost I want to take offence. I am absolutely hopeless at holding a grudge…
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