In todays Gasjet (not on the website, wonder why?) there is an article defiantly entitled ‘We’ll do more for the seaside’. It’s basically Brown the Clown and Marsden banging on about how Labour ‘loves’ seaside towns.
I am not the slightest bit convinced after 13 years of Labour neglect and 16 years of a disastrous Labour Council, Blackpool deserves better and the town needs change. Also Labour have done nothing but lie and lie since 1997 so I don’t believe a word from them.
He is stooping to the usual tactics, here is what the Tories will do. I don’t give a toss what a Government that has not even been in power will or won’t do, I am looking at the last 13 years.
Michael Jack then pointed to Liebour’s ‘deceit’ over the supercasino. Now I personally never supported the wretched casino, I think it would have been bad for Blackpool, but what did annoy me greatly was how Brown compensated us for the loss of investment with £300m of repackaged old money that had already been spent or pledged. That’s not investment that’s a slap in the face.
Then on another scaremongering campaign Brown launches an attack on Conservative plans to abolish Regional Development Agencies (RDAs). That is no bad thing (I will be writing an article on this soon). RDAs are just very costly quangos providing non-jobs to the useless NWDA Chief Executive Steve Broomhead on his £170k salary. The Conservatives want to replace RDAs with a better system where funding is distributed to local Government rather than processed through an expensive middle-man (aka NWDA).
I have lived in Blackpool all my life and I desperately want our great town to regenerate and move forward into the 21st century. Labour have proven in the last 13 years they don’t give a toss about Blackpool and they are totally incapable of running a bath let alone a country.
LIEBOUR OUT 2010 MARSDEN OUT 2010
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Spot on TB. The money that was spent on the St John’s fiasco is a good example of what you are saying.
These quangos should be giving us money to spend on essential things that are practical and improve the quality of life for local people. The 4.7 million that it cost would have gone a long way towards doing that, as would the
3 million spent on Birley st.
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That’s the thing why do we need a very costly ‘middle man’ made up of overpaid jobsworths like Steve Broomhead distributing the money to local councils? The Conservative plan is to scrap these wasteful organisations and cut out the middle man. I think that makes more sense. RDAs are just another layer of Labour bureaucracy.
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Another good point Michael Jack made is that Labour is making all these empty promises when it is inevitable (in the real world) that cuts will have to made in public spending. People like ‘cardy’ on the Gazette are constantly banging on about ‘Tory cuts’ when will they get in their head, YOU CAN’T KEEP SPENDING WHEN THE KITTY IS EMPTY, it is simple logic economically illiterate Labour supporters seem to ignore. Cuts are necessary to sort out our economy and start reducing this massive deficit. I think we would have more money left over for regeneration if so much wasn’t wasted on RDAs and paying their executives such obscene salaries and perks. LABOUR OUT 2010 MARSDEN OUT 2010 BROOMHEAD OUT 2010
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The Tower’s on fire! The Tower’s on fire!
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I do not understand your post!!
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Not sure how else I can put it!
Blackpool Tower is on fire. There is a fire at Blackpool Tower. Fire has broken out at Blackpool Tower!
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Blaze-drama-at-Blackpool-Tower.6074230.jp
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Thanks for explanation I missed relevance to blog We Don’t Want Labour Beside the Seaside!!!
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I thought you were joking at first thanks for the link
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Of course, it’s exactly a year since the Yates’ fire, too… Looks like someone’s got a thing for anniversaries!
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Very interesting point there, the thing is though this arsonist is as elusive as the Gazette deleter(s). I just wish someone would burn Talbot Road bus station down (empty obviously!) then they’d have to redevelop the site.
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Well, seems it was only a tiny fire…
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Dealing with arson now must be in Blackpool’s top ten priorities.
I would love to execute every arsonist we catch, if it continues some innocent soul will lose their life because of these arsonists.
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The slippery slope of decline in Blackpool started way back in the sixties with the closure of the central station which was in the heart of blackpool,this action was by the conservatives who are as much to blame for the destruction of blackpool as the labour party during there time in office.
Today the conservative party under the stewartship of peter callow who rules blackpool with a sledge hammer keeps on knocking buildings down to create more and more carparks,the big plan is to relocate council departments which are now on the outskirts of blackpool back into the town centre along with a new town hall police headquarters and magistrates courts that seems to me a lot more of my taxes being spent for no gain,and in the meantime he’ll dig up St John Square as he has had another after thought for a load of steelwork with lighting to be erected say at a cost of 6mil,see its easy to spend tax payers money,I could do that job no problem.
Good management ensures they have a realistic business plan they are able to achieve at the sametime adding value to that business,
by relocating public buildings into prime locations is not good business ,wealth can only be generated by attracting good quality companies into the area which requires good quality road,rail infrastructure as well as a strong local economy,which blackpool has been lacking for a very long time.
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Excellent comment Petrer. At one time I thought Talbot Gateway was an exciting radical project, how wrong I was. It is just really tidying up a rundown area with some new civic buildings. It has been scaled back that many times now eyesores like Talbot Rd bus station and the Wilkinsons building are being saved to my great dismay. There is too much reliance upon public sector jobs in Blackpool I feel, we need to develop more private sector commerce and business.
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Damn right we do, but it’s not something that can just be created.
If there’s a demand for certain business then it’ll set up. If there isn’t, then it wont. This can be illustrated by the new Houndshill centre. It provided loads of new spangly shop units but all that happened was existing shops relocated there due to cash incentives from the council.
The net result of the Houndshill revamp was what? A poorly stocked Debenhams.
Look at the likes of the old River Island on Bank Hey Street. Derelict.
The Talbot Gateway will be scaled back further. The Police have already said that they might end up refurbishing the current station because the money is not there to build a new one.
But this is a good idea: if they’re planning on constructing town centre apartments as part of this Talbot Gateway then you don’t want all the scrotes from the cop shop on your doorstep. Same with the courts.
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Good comment Phil but I don’t want to see that eyesore saved I want to see it demolished. Blackpool always gets fobbed off with the leftovers. Central Station is hopefully set to be the site of the new snowdome so that awful building has to go. But I do agree about Houndshill; 15 years of waiting for a new department store and we get a scaled-down (I am sick of using that term) Debenhams. Its a very nice store and a welcome presence but its a scaled down store. I just wish that godawful Pricebusters would close down next, they have one in Lancaster now as well!!!!
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Phil i have to disagree with your comments” if there,s a demand for a certain business then they will set up”well
there is a demand but the council allowed out of town developments at the expense of the town centre.
The pound in your pocket can be either spent in the town centre given there is choice and supadupa facilities or devide your spending between the town centre,out of town developments,or out of town completely,for the size of blackpool it makes more sense to have a large well equipped shopping centre with first class affordable transport system and car parking.
By relocating the out of town shops back in to blackpool it will release much needed land for future factory and office space, that is if the council can attract inward investment when thing start to improve.Blackpool today is only a shadow of what it was like in my teens.
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I agree, but business were given the opportunity and obviously decided that there was no benefit to being located in the centre. I can think of at least 2 reasons why; town centre parking cost/lack of on street parking and town centre rates.
As a customer I would rather visit a business park that I can drive to easily and where I don’t have to pay to park!
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We dont want Labour, PERIOD.
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Hear Hear Liebour OUT 2010 MARSDEN OUT 2010!!!!!
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How many bullshit / sound bite questions can our MP’s ask in 2010
Mr Marsden: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2010-02-10a.902.10&s=GORDON+MARSDEN#g906.6
Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (10 Feb 2010) has video
Gordon Marsden: Will the Prime Minister congratulate the organisers of Showzam, Blackpool’s new festival of circus, magic and variety in our winter gardens and tower? Does not this Government’s funding for Blackpool’s regeneration and for our new sea front, trams and headlands, alongside the Sea Change initiative, demonstrate his support for and strength in the regeneration of all our seaside towns?
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Seems a little strange asking for congratulations 2 days before the event even starts !
I thought this sounds more like publicity rather than a serious question.
HOWEVER IF HE ASKED THE QUESTION NOW. HE MAY GET A REAL ANSWER BY ASKING THE CONSTITUANT’S , RATHER THAN THE PRIME MINISTER ?
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