tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post2241905239374887468..comments2023-07-09T11:04:50.150+01:00Comments on Mike Barker: Lib Dem politics in a northern market town: Only a matter of timeMike Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15453607421766177229noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-49696418020381885572008-12-01T22:14:00.000+00:002008-12-01T22:14:00.000+00:00Owen seems to be getting set up as Mike Jr for jus...Owen seems to be getting set up as Mike Jr for just that eventuality.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05308666493490068369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-81532697568259016482008-11-29T10:41:00.000+00:002008-11-29T10:41:00.000+00:00The Echo is on its last legs. I suspect a lot of i...The Echo is on its last legs. I suspect a lot of its elderly readers will get the paper purely for Mike Amos's many columns and when he retires, they may as well shut up shop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-10616093059962721242008-11-26T22:27:00.000+00:002008-11-26T22:27:00.000+00:00I guess that I am like many people.I say aloud tha...I guess that I am like many people.<BR/>I say aloud that I dislike the Echo in its current format and then pick up a copy at my local leisure club, go straight to the Darlington section and see if there are any stories that interest me.<BR/>I hope it survives!! although the tabloid format, I think, could be its death knell.<BR/>I know lots of people who would buy it again if it returned to its Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565935975551949363.post-5566994524771943852008-11-26T08:40:00.000+00:002008-11-26T08:40:00.000+00:00"The Echo has proven itself to be an essential par..."The Echo has proven itself to be an essential part of the life of this town. Not many towns of our size can support a daily local newspaper."<BR/><BR/>This is precisely the Echo's problem - it claims to be "local, regional and national" yet has an obsessive focus on the most parochial rubbish from Darlington. As it slowly closes down all of its district offices it will eventually simply become Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com