This note from UKIP regional organiser Dr Fred McGlade exploded into my mailbox last night so I thought I’d do my bit since I know True Blackpudlian will want to attend and help out;
Hi Everyone
I appreciate that you will all be busy campaigning next week (30 Jan). However, if at all possible could you help us make an impact in Blackpool Town Centre where we are leafleting and are promised extensive media coverage. Hamish Howitt is highlighting how local Conservatives received a large financial donation from a property developer who was applying for planning on part of a nature reserve (they had to pay the money back). We at UKIP, of course, are treated differently.
Alan Freeman will be there with a new A frame “Meet Your UKIP Candidate”. Should you wish Alan to set this up in your area to support your campaign, please let us know.
Thank You
Fred
He’s on the ball this Dr Fred isn’t he? I’ve managed to make 13 posts about the Kensington donations and he is announcing it like it’s some sort of exposé.
Granted, it is a good campaigning tool: I expect Labour to use it extensively. It has seriously affected my desire to vote for Ron Bell (particularly given that he didn’t say anything about it), but Hamish Howitt will always be thought of as the one-policy, anti smoking ban crusader that flouted the law for his own personal gains (and now apparently losses).
And now that Dr Fred and Hamish have resorted to this ridiculous campaign that we should vote for him just because he hasn’t taken a donation from a housebuilder, does it not give us even more reason not to vote for him?
Howitt was apparently imposed as PPC for Blackpool South by Dr Fred and Paul Nuttall MEP despite the local UKIP group wanting to nominate someone else. At the time of his selection, he was not even a UKIP member and continued to lead his own party, the UK Freedom-4-Choice Party. One has to ask why they would pluck out someone not even associated with UKIP, indeed the leader of another party, to contest a seat for them.
That question is thus far unanswered.
Following the selection of Mr Howitt, the resulting backlash amongst Fylde UKIP members resulted in Dr Fred kicking out chairman Roy Hopwood (Blackpool North PPC) for disagreeing with him. Indeed, there is deep worry that UKIP will be perceived as a political front for pro-drinking and pro-smoking lobbies, particularly given that they are the only party to have a Pubs and Smoking Policy.
I agree with local UKIP members that this policy is highly biased towards certain commercial interests, particularly given the absurdity of some of the ideas and figures quoted. One of the core arguments is that it’s not fair on pub landlords that consumers can buy 80 pints of Stella in Sainsburys for £40. As everyone knows, this is utter garbage, but apparently in November 2007, according to the Morning Advertiser, you could. Call that a basis for a policy?
In UKIP la-la land, the pub is the centre of all communities. Tired of going to the chemist to pick up prescriptions? Need some IT training? Want to send a letter? Need some dry cleaning done? In UKIP la-la land, the pub will be the place to go for all those things.
They want to hit Sky with the Monopolies Commission (if there was a case I’m sure they’d have answered that already) and want to encourage foreign satellite broadcasters to tender. More garbage. I thought UKIP were supposed to stand for UK Independence? Why support foreign broadcasters when BT and Virgin are poised to take on Sky and slash the cost of sports channels by almost 50%?
It’s a really wierd policy to be quite honest with you. They say they want to make everything cheaper for pub landlords. For what gain, exactly? It wont be any cheaper for me as a pub customer so I really don’t care about any of those policies.
I’d go into pubs more if they cut their fucking prices, but that’s just me. How landlords can whinge when they’re charging £3.00 for a pint of Stella is beyond me; and they can fuck off and go bankrupt for all I care.
In a final coup de grace, the policy announces that UKIP want to, and I quote, “depoliticise the industry”. If that’s the case, why are UKIP the only party to have a fucking policy for it?
Now, the smoking ban. I support it and I know a lot of you do too. However I do have sympathy with Hamish Howitt, and coincidentally (or not) the UKIP policy on this.
Unsurprisingly, UKIP want to change the smoking ban. They want to take the application of the smoking ban out of the hands of democratically empowered governments and give it to – you guessed it – the pub landlord. In fact their policy is what you will hear from just about every smoker. Smoking rooms, heated outside areas, and so on.
At the end of the day I don’t care whether people smoke, but I don’t want to passively smoke nor do I want my clothes to stink of it.
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Thanks for letting me know Phil, I wouldn’t miss it for the world. Its great to see a proper local man standing up for Blackpool.
(Arouses from delusional state) I would like to go just to see what fools they will make of themselves. You are spot on he doesn’t have as many supporters as he likes to think he does. Many people like me think he is a total idiot who is just wants to get into Parliament to try and overturn the smoking ban.
Even if he was elected that wouldn’t happen because as always this guy has a total lack of realilty. Laws are not made overnight (as hard as that is to believe sometimes) they go through very long and complex processes and consultations. A group of MPs didn’t just say ‘Let’s ban smoking and start the ban on the 1st July 2007′. So if he thinks a law which has massive public support and strong support from the medical and scientific communities is not going to get changed because some jumped-up pro-smoking landlord doesn’t like it. As far as I am concerned there is no need to amend the ban and until UKIP drops these ludicrous impractical ‘save the pub’ policies and Hamish Howitt as a candidate they can forget about getting my vote. Its a shame for them really though because policies on the smoking ban and pro-smoking landlord (Hamish isn’t the only one) candidates aside I agree with a lot of what UKIP stand for. I am not the slightest bit convinced Hamish believes in the party. He will be seen for the one-trick pony he is in the election. I want to wake up on the Friday after the election to a Conservative Government and a local MP who will fight for Blackpool with policies on all areas not a one-issue ‘politician’.
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I like UKIP but hamish is a fuckin one man , dead man walking,disaster, why and how the fuck did they get him on?
Total electoral suicide, whata waste,total fuckin waste.
Ron Bell will take the seat and if his video is anything to go by, which for TBs sake I hope it isnt,he will be a 3rd class MP,bereft of passion and vision.That video was terrible.
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The video was poor, I have met Ron Bell in person and he seems much better than the video made him appear. But he is definitely the best placed candidate tactically to oust Marsden and stop Howitt getting in (not that he’s a threat anyway).
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Quite right, UKIP only got about 850 votes last time round, compared with Labour’s 19000+.
Can’t see them getting in, to be honest, but having said that the Conservatives only scored around 11000 so Mr Bell has his work cut out.
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He does have a challenge on his hands, but Blackpool is ready for a change and we are a Conservative town traditionally. Before 1997 we never had a Labour MP as far back as I can find in Blackpool North or South. I don’t see Hamish as a threat. It made me laugh when he was all defiant and confident about contesting David Davis’ seat in Humberside and he got a paltry 91 votes. Then he contested Glasgow East dismissing the Humberside election as ‘hard luck because it was a ‘toff town’ and said Glasgow is my homeland I’ve got this one in the bafg and he got an appalling 56 votes. I just dread the thought of Marsden clinging on. LABOUR OUT 2010
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I hope the video was a misrepresentation TB and he is what you say, you have got to get that useless twat-cunt Marsden (who looks like Exeter off the film, This Island Earth) out and somone who cares in.
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True blackpuding what a gutless non de plume pseudonym cowardly piece of work you are Idont mind the odd faceless email but you and your cronies Fill the one are spineless every week you spurt your venom you are blinkered open your eyes 56 pubs closing 500 jobs lost every week lost your pathetic answer Blackpool needs a cafe nero you and Phil please explain why 8 out off ten pubs in Blackpool are now operating part time even non smokers are staying at home because off you bores.Why dont you wear a bhurka as icant see or hear your transparency I trully beleive in a democracy If you want to spout it taunt flaunt it newspapers should not tolerate or air your views unless you have the courage of your conviction and give your name.Iinvite youand Phil and the gang and our 4 Fylde MPs and our councillors to open public debate . 60cafes closed hotels closed over 200 shops closed over ten million pounds wasted on Rigby road campus 4million on blunder on birley street 275,000 pounds on a ghost train but the most monumental blunder off all.The Gateway 13 million pounds for what? two defunct climbing frames windswept weather beaten plants and foillage . Oha narrow one lane head to head road 650 less parking spaces and you are forced to drive into the town centre as you cant turn right Just imagine if they had spent all this wasted money on state of the art neon ,laser low voltage green friendly illuminations between Manchester square and Talbot square and brilliance on the prom or Queen street ihave alot more substance and vision and passion than nameless people why dont you enter politics and fiight for your beliefs but then again if you have a dream you would have to tell us your name imagine Martin Luther King or Joseph hiding behind the name Philtheone or true pudding Isupect history would not have the same impact God bless Winston Churchill Isuspect we would have lost the war had he remained anomymous like you lot
bhurka
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Ah you see if you actually did read the site you would know that most people here agree with every single thing you have said, especially about Birley Street, St. John’s Square, and so on.
I even agree with the gateway, I think that was a total waste of money and has achieved nothing. Visitor numbers are still miles down, etc.
The problem is that apart from the failed higher education campus, none of those things are anything to do with being a member of parliament.
For the record I’m not transparent, I’m not here to sit on the fence and I’m not here provide both sides to any story.
This is my site, my soap box, and I use it to write stuff because I happen to like writing stuff. I am not an enigma and it’s easy to find out my name and address, for what purpose you’d need that I do not know but I’ve made no attempt to hide it.
You will note that at no time have I abused you or called you names, I just happen to agree with the smoking ban; happen to think the UKIP Pubs and Smoking policy is a pro-drinking and pro-smoking lobbying leaflet and happen to think there is something suspicious about Hamish Howitt suddenly being nominated as PPC for Blackpool South.
So there you go.
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I am not convinced you are the real Hamish Howitt. But if you are I will thank you not insult me grow up and stop calling me black pudding. I have a right to an opinion on you and your silly campaign. The smoking ban is a good law for the protection and promotion of public health and it is here to stay so like it or lump it. Blackpool does need a Caffe Nero more than these grotty old dives that populate Foxhall. Give me a nice clean friendly JD Wetherspoon anyday. Blackpool South needs a change after 13 years of neglect from Gordon Marsden and Howitt is not who I want to see in that seat. I want someone who cares about Blackpool. You show no passion and vision for Blackpool at all, whoever you really are.
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This post literally hurt my eyes.
And i ran out of breath whilst reading it, have you heard of commas and full stops?
Also, you talk like an uneducated 14 year old.
I sincerely hope you are never put into any position of power, otherwise we might start seeing more instances of the word “I” sown on to the front of adjectives.
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I sincerely hope that wasn’t a comment by the real Hamish, because I just facepalmed if it was. I still maintain support for his views, but when they’re put across like that, I can’t help but think it’s not doing him any favours.
I’d like to think that somebody pursuing a law degree has a command of English spelling, punctuation and grammar.
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Central Gateway was not a ‘waste of money’ I suppose you would rather it was just left looking like a bombsite between Waterloo Road and Blackpool FC with that awful outdated bridge, car parks that had seen better days and a car park that was almost always empty where George Bancroft Park is. I just wish they’d do the same on Rigby Road in between Tyldsley Road and Manchester Square, that areas need flattening.
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Sadly, the Gateway was a waste of money – £14m for that tiny stretch of land, named as an homage to George Bancroft, a council leader famous for… well, nothing.
The plants along there had to be replanted (they died), the climbing towers are never used and the street lights work on a part-time basis at night. Not to mention the lack of upkeep on street furniture and paint already…
Absolutely, let’s have something nice and welcoming, but let’s have something that doesn’t cost the earth, is practical and will be maintained.
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