Peter Barron's Blog

15 October 2012

The indispensable blog from Peter Barron, editor of The Northern Echo and former UK columnist of the year. Got an opinion? Email me

This week's blog roll

Andrew Mitchell is a boil which should have been lanced by now

EARLIER today, I asked a respected and long-standing Conservative supporter how he thought the party conference had gone.

Why we must make 2014 a truly special year

IT is already clear that 2014 - the centenary of the start of World War 1 - will be a special year. And it is right that the planning starts now.

A Chief Constable with the Al Capone approach

I FIRST met Mike Barton last November when he next to me at the Best Bar None Awards in Darlington - promoting good practice in pubs.

The need to publicise the truth about Sir Jimmy Savile

THE allegations that the late Sir Jimmy Savile sexually abused girls while working at the BBC have sparked fierce debate.

Blooming marvels

THE victims of the age of austerity have grown at an alarming rate – and I suppose flowers were an easy target. Councils have cut their budgets for floral displays. Where once there were hanging

Let down by the chief

WHEN Sean Price became Cleveland's Chief Constable in 2003, in the wake of the hugely expensive and confidence-sapping corruption inquiry Operation Lancet, I confess that I found him to be a

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