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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town: Forum to close?
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town. Elected to Darlington Borough Council in May 2007, Mike Barker tells what it's like to be a councillor and the Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Candidate in Darlington. Saturday, 3 July 2010. Within 24 hours, over 1600 mainly young people have joined the. Facebook campaign to save the Forum. The papers referring to this matter. Who is acutely aware from her own experience of the role this place plays in many peoples' lives. Latest news on the suppo...
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town: I can support this.
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town. Elected to Darlington Borough Council in May 2007, Mike Barker tells what it's like to be a councillor and the Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Candidate in Darlington. Wednesday, 23 June 2010. I can support this. But sadly we have no choice: the financial mess Labour got us into has to be cleaned up. If Labour were in government, they’d have had to make similarly tough choices - though would they have had the nerve? The Budget introduces our promi...
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town: On BBC Radio Tees again
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town. Elected to Darlington Borough Council in May 2007, Mike Barker tells what it's like to be a councillor and the Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Candidate in Darlington. Friday, 23 July 2010. On BBC Radio Tees again. Should you be so moved, you can listen again. Go forward to 1 hour 11m 30s. Mike, in the 20th Century each time public expenditure has been cut national debt has increased. Heres David Davis on the truth of the big society:. Liberal Dem...
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town: January 2010
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town. Elected to Darlington Borough Council in May 2007, Mike Barker tells what it's like to be a councillor and the Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Candidate in Darlington. Friday, 29 January 2010. Call me cynical (and, where the Labour Party is concerned I plead guilty) but it seems to me that they have caused huge anxiety and distress among parents and staff by proposing to axe this service, yet have never had any intention of actually doing so. ...
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town: March 2010
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town. Elected to Darlington Borough Council in May 2007, Mike Barker tells what it's like to be a councillor and the Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Candidate in Darlington. Monday, 29 March 2010. I don't often venture onto the "Hear All Sides" page of the Northern Echo, but Gill Cartwright's letter last week claiming that the Lib Dems' perceived "silence" about BSF "speaks volumes" provoked me to put pen to paper. My letter has been published today.
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town: Heads show common sense
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town. Elected to Darlington Borough Council in May 2007, Mike Barker tells what it's like to be a councillor and the Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Candidate in Darlington. Wednesday, 7 July 2010. Heads show common sense. The Northern Echo's report. The Labour Government left a huge black hole in our public finances: they simply did not have the funds to honour their school building spending pledges. By falsely raising the hopes of local children a...
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town: By-election called
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town. Elected to Darlington Borough Council in May 2007, Mike Barker tells what it's like to be a councillor and the Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Candidate in Darlington. Friday, 4 June 2010. Following the election of Cllr Jenny Chapman to be the new Labour MP for Darlington, a by-election has been called to fill the vacancy caused by her resignation as councillor for Cockerton West ward. The by-election will be held on July 8th. 4 June 2010 at 01:35.
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town: June 2010
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town. Elected to Darlington Borough Council in May 2007, Mike Barker tells what it's like to be a councillor and the Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Candidate in Darlington. Wednesday, 23 June 2010. I can support this. But sadly we have no choice: the financial mess Labour got us into has to be cleaned up. If Labour were in government, they’d have had to make similarly tough choices - though would they have had the nerve? The Budget introduces our promi...
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town: April 2010
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town. Elected to Darlington Borough Council in May 2007, Mike Barker tells what it's like to be a councillor and the Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Candidate in Darlington. Friday, 30 April 2010. Http:/ www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/video/regional/99801/. Tuesday, 27 April 2010. Support from ex-Labour Party member. I feel I should vote for Mike Barker and not for Jenny, because he is mature, level-headed, polite and courteous, he puts forward his arguments...
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town: Strong line up for Cockerton West announced
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Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town. Elected to Darlington Borough Council in May 2007, Mike Barker tells what it's like to be a councillor and the Liberal Democrats' Parliamentary Candidate in Darlington. Friday, 11 June 2010. Strong line up for Cockerton West announced. The contest to replace Jenny Chapman MP as councillor for Cockerton West ward on Darlington Borough Council will be a four-way fight with the BNP putting up against the three main parties. Liberal Democrat Councillor...