Yesterday I was infuriated to see The Gasjet giving free publicity to smarmy Miliband brother Ed in his quest to become Liebour leader. I am sick to death of hearing about this tiresome soap opera called the Labour leadership contest.
Ed Miliband was in Blackpool the other day sucking up to local activists and a rare Blackpool appearance from ‘local’ MP Gordon Marsden banging on about how much he cares about Blackpool and I bet the myopic Labour supporters lapped it up and believed every insincere word.
I on the other hand don’t believe a word any of the contenders say, they are all as bad as each other and I would rather the wretched Labour Party ceased to exist. He claimed he will bring the conferences back Blackpool. 1. I couldn’t care less because conferences never really did that much for Blackpool anyway. Many traders and businesses I know said the massive police presence drove visitors away not attracted them. 2. It was toffee-nosed Labour the ‘working man’s party’ (an oxymoron in itself) who were the first ones to ditch Blackpool because they think they are too good for our town.
Then he started making me reach for the sick bag with tripe like ‘We need a Labour Blackpool’ we will wrench the Council and Blackpool North back off the Tories. No you won’t. Paul Maynard is doing a sterling job up the Promenade and the last thing we need is another Labour Council, Labour Councils destroy Blackpool when they get power as Roy Fisher is proof. Yet Fisher is still in public office because of his political links although hopefully not for much longer when PCTs get the chop.
Blackpool is a Conservative town, prior to that miserable year of 1997 Blackpool North and South were solid Conservative seats, then we get lumbered with Marsden and Bumble. Bumble is gone thankfully and replaced by a truly excellent MP. But sadly for Blackpool, Marsden still reigns in Blackpool South. I really care about Blackpool, I wanted a good hard-working MP who will work for Blackpool and put the town first. Not some ‘full time MP’ who doesn’t even live in Blackpool, never has done, is never here and does nothing for the town.
My favourite to win this pointless and overpublicised contest is the slimiest of them all Ed Balls. He would be the best man to make Labour unelectable for the forseeable future and that is no bad thing.
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Lol, good article and now Blair blames Brown for the casino debacle,whilst he gets eggs and shoes thrown at him in Ireland.
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Quoted by Philtheone “Ed Balls is a toffee-nosed hypocritical pompous pillock. And so is his wife/partner for that matter”, I could say the same all the contenders personally but Phil’s excellent one line description of Balls is just the reason why he should win. I don’t want a new Labour leader who has a chance of reclaiming lost sheep. I want someone like Balls who will scare the core voters away and kill off any chances of them getting into power for centuries. The last thing this country needs is another Labour Government. BALLS FOR LABOUR LEADER, KEEP LIEBOUR OUT AND GET MARSDEN OUT. Next challenge is to get Blackpool South a decent MP. MARSDEN OUT NEXT ELECTION.
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Agreed TB, but keep fat bent cunt Ron Bell end out as well,a shitbag without integrity and true Callowite.
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Just seen a tv programme about blackpool on film and writer/actor Colin welland as giving this council knob grief about the pier, saying it looked like Newport pagnell service station,I was pissing my sides laughing,seems the council never understands these issues,not then, not now!
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don’t think you can seriously call Blackpool a Conservative town. Certainly it was up until the late 80s, when sole traders and smal businesses were the big employers. Those days are long gone – the benefits system and the public sector are responsible for most of the economy.
As for the Labour leadership contest, while the contenders are pretty uninspiring members of the politcal class, at the end of the day, one of them is going to be leading the charge to keep this dreadful government of toffee-nosed ignoramuses, in thrall to their big-money mates in the city, accountable. Have an inkling for Andy Burnham. Bit fluffy, but it would be nice to see Cameron forced to come face to face with a working class person once a week.
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Please don’t start with the class warfare, I despise class warring. Most Labour MPs are NOT ‘working class’ that is an all too common misconception. I am sick of people obsessing with Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg’s backgrounds. They are decent guys, they are well educated and I couldn’t give half a toss what school they went to or what ‘class’ they are as long as they are doing the job. The Coalition is doing a good job so far, but then it wasn’t exactly difficult to improve on a Labour Government. I can’t stand Andy Burnham I think he is a smarmy hypocrite. He was on Question Time once harping on about how ‘elitist’ the university system was under the Tories. But for a comprehensive boy a Tory Government never stopped him getting a FREE education at Cambridge. I think he is a total hypocrite. The Miliband Bros make me want to reach for the sick bag, Abbott is a non-starter. But Balls is the perfect man for the job. He is smarmy, slimy, arrogant and a total pompous hypocrite. He persistently attacks ‘Tory toffs’ despite attending a prestigious public school himself. In short he is just the man to make Labour unelectable for a long long time. BALLS FOR LEADER.
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In what way is the coalition doing a good job?
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They are starting the long and hard clean up of the mess left by Labour for starters.
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In all fairness it is to early to tell because they haven’t really done anything I think the answer is come back next year.
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I have to agree with TB that labour is consumed with class hypocrisy,its become a defining feature of NuLabourthe only class that matters is one of character:decent people.As for the Coalition, I hope to god that if these cuts do hurt demand and start to reduce economic activity pushing us towards another recession, that they have the courage to reduce the cuts or at least have a plan B to deal with it.I dont want the 1980s all over again.I also agree with Mr Osato in respect of the banks,the political mainstream elite has let the banks off the hook and we,be it in the public or the private sector are,and will be, paying for it.The banks must be brought to account, no mainstream party has the courage to do this, thats why I have no time for any of the 3 mainstream parties any more.The 20/10/2010 will be a defining day in this countries history in that we continue recover or completely dive into another recession.Only time will tell.
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They’re all hypocrites no matter what the party. Andy Burham at least seems to have some ideals – but of course to get to the level he has in the Labour party he’s as adept at political tricks that don’t benefit the Great British public as any of them. But as much as I think he’s the best, most genuine candidate, he’s highly unlikely to get in because the union bosses prefer Millibands.
They keep banging on about Thatcher and her “disastrous” policies – but it was under Thatcher that most of us felt we had a chance. You could go to grammar school if you were bright enough regardless of how much money you had. She emphasised opportunity for all. Labour’s all about giving the poor money – reminding me of that Chinese saying – Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. I just wish there was a party with that philsophy as they’re all about soundbites and attracting votes – not doing the best for the country.
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Was it not a HSBC advert that reminded you of that saying?
Anyway, I agree entirely as you would expect. I’m surprised we’ve not had them called Milibland or Milibore as several of the papers choose to label them.
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The coalition havent brought in one rule that would stop welfareism:If you are on benefit and have more kids,NO MORE MONEY.
Why not?
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I was reading the blog as i do now and again and i want to question True Blackpudlian and his comments about Gordon Marsden rare appearence. Now i’ve read before several times about this and wonder where you get your facts from. Im not political at all and im not a member of a party but i have got to say i see the MP quite alot down highfield road where i live.
And the couple of times i have to approach him at his office for problems with the Council he’s been very helpful and was very willing to meet me. Last time i checked MPs were in expected to be in Parliament during the week and then there constituencies at the weekend, well thats what i read when the whole expenses thing came out.
Now i get you might not agree with his politics and his views im not saying i do too but you cant dispute he is one of the few hard working MPs and does travel back to his consituency more so than others, again another thing i read during the expenses thing so you might want to stick to talking politics rather than harsh attacks about a guy just doing his job and one which is more than the average hours of other jobs!
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Well it seems GM (like Saddam Hussain) has a double, lol…………..
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I am sorry but I do not feel he is hard-working at all. I live down the road from his office and I have never ever seen him. I have lived in South Shore all the 13 years he has been MP. He doesn’t live in Blackpool, he lives in Brighton. His Blackpool ‘flat’ is his second home for expenses purposes. I can attack him if I want I am entitled to an opinion and this is a Conservative/right leaning blog. I disagree strongly I don’t feel he works hard at all, I think he is a useless MP who is taking the mick. He is never here in my experience except when he can get his picture in the Gasjet. He doesn’t work longer hours than average jobs, that is a misconception. Only very dedicated MPs work long hours and Marsden is not one of them. I really am passionate about Blackpool and I feel it is a crying shame that Marsden was re-elected. Blackpool deserves better.
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I think Blackpool South comments were fair he/she was just pointing out how his/her interaction with Marsden has been positive. I don’t think he/she needed reminding this is a right wing site I don’t see the point of that at all. He/she was just stating not only their opinion but also actual fact of their dealings with Marsden. TB has a opinion Blackpool South has one to but Blackpool South has personal dealings to base it on.
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Can anyone name what GM has done for Blackpool, i.e. his achievments?
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Its allright TB, I CONFESS.It was me, I sprayed my hair white and walked up and down highfield rd with a placard round me saying “lazy tosser”, lol
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Lol, I should have known!!!! You are in big trouble now, how could you decieve people into believing Marsden is ever actually in Blackpool, that is unforgivable fraud, lol.
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I forgot to add TB, I was also dancing about in my mothers underwear;hence the mistaken identity, lol
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Gordon Marsden spends about the same time in Blackpool as Paul Maynard. I don’t think Gordon is the best MP out there but he is by no means the worst either. I think he does a reasonable job, his staff are competent and reasonably knowledgeable about Blackpool issues. He certainly appears to be a value for money MP who I’m fairly sure is underpaid for the job that he does. I would certainly rather have him representing us than Ron Bell.
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Ron Bell is a defacto spokesman for Kensingtons anyway;I know TB wont like this but he handed that seat to GM on a plate.
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You are right Harold but Blackpool deserves better than Marsden. I wouldn’t call him ‘value for money’ he doesn’t even live in Blackpool and never has done in 13 years. We need an MP who will put Blackpool first and they should live in the area, Marsden ticks neither of those boxes. MARSDEN OUT.
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“He claimed he will bring the conferences back Blackpool. 1. I couldn’t care less because conferences never really did that much for Blackpool anyway. Many traders and businesses I know said the massive police presence drove visitors away not attracted them.”
Political conferences bring 25 thousand people to where they are held that number for a week at the tail end of September is bloody good. Manchester feels it brings in 8 million pounds to the city. Its stupid to say we don’t want conferences like this.
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No it is NOT ‘stupid’ I am entitled to an opinion and will thank you not to insult me for expressing it. I do not feel they did much for Blackpool and I have heard this from traders and hoteliers. I think Blackpool needs to move on from conferences and concentrate on becoming an all-year round resort. I dislike this obsession with conferences. I think there are better ways of regenerating. Also I don’t believe a word any Labour MP says anyway.
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Its not and obsession with conferences and it is about regeneration I am not saying Blackpool should only focus on conferences but all towns/cities that look at regeneration have conference facilities. Why do you think Manchester fought for these conferences because they are money-spinners if you want regeneration you can’t turn away that sort of money and you can’t ignore it. It its stupid to say you can. Conferences happen all year round Blackpool at present still host them but if we don’t invest then we will loose these as well so in short these conferences are not a once a year thing conferences are money generators if you want to regenerate a town you can’t ignore them. I will not go on about the free publicity Blackpool got for hosting political conferences.
If I had an opinion that the earth is flat it may be an opinion but it is a stupid one. As for your point about not trusting politicians fair enough I am saw if he was in Manchester he would be saying how good their conference facility is.
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It is NOT ‘stupid’ stop saying that, I am entitled to an opinion so please stop insulting me. I think Blackpool is obsessed with conferences. People keep saying ‘build a conference centre on Central Station’ I couldn’t think of a worse idea. I want an exciting development like the snowdome, something that will actually bring visitors and something locals like me can use as well. A conference centre doesn’t benefit me. Manchester didn’t fight for the conferences, Labour went there because they think they are ‘too good’ for Blackpool. I am not saying conferences should be blocked out completely but I think we should concentrate on other avenues of regeneration. That is not ‘stupid’ that is my view and I stand by it.
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Manchester built an all singing and dancing conference centre this is now a multi-million pound enterprise so it is a valid opinion to build one in Blackpool just as valid as building a snow dome. Just because a conference centre doesn’t benefit you doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be built or is your idea of regenerating Blackpool founded on the sole plank of tourism? The main political parties left Blackpool for several reasons transport was one the old fashion conference centre where another Manchester wanted the business lobbied for it won it this is not a Labour thing thinking they are to good for Blackpool it is Blackpool sitting on its laurels to long and letting other places over take them. You said conferences never did that much for Blackpool they did they brought in millions of pounds every year, money that Blackpool has lost and should try to get back. I am not calling you stupid I am saying that opinion was stupid and that opinion was Blackpool does not need big conferences because it did little for the resort. The conferences bring in millions take of your political glasses.
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I don’t have a major objection to a conference centre but it should not be seen as the sole regeneration factor for Blackpool and should definitely not take up a prime site like Central Station. It could become a white elephant. That site would be put to much better use in a leisure/entertaiment capacity. I could say yes my regeneration aspirations are mostly around tourism, leisure and entertainment. I am not firmly opposed to conferences, I just feel they do not boost the town as much as some claim. Some people think a conference centre will suddenly put Blackpool back on the map. Whereas I know trader who say conferences puts people off coming to Blackpool. We need something radical and exciting that will benefit locals as well I feel. My opinions are not stupid, I am entitled to them. Labour did leave because they thought they were too good for Blackpool I remember the Gasjet running a story on it several years ago and I don’t believe a word Milband says anyway.
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Lets look at this as a business model we know that there is millions a year spent by conferences we know conferences run over days (if not a whole week) we know people who come to these conferences stay in the area therefore they spend money locally it is less of a risk and potentially a greater gain for Blackpool as a whole to invest in a modern conference centre because we know there is a market out there. The snow dome is a greater risk we don’t know the market is there, we don’t know if the people use it would just come use it and then go and we don’t know what benefits it would bring to Blackpool as a whole. You have often talked about comparing Blackpool to Manchester like Brighton is compared to London to do this you need to have the infrastructures in place that people would expect and a modern major conference facility is one of them. Conference centres would not change Blackpool overnight but no one programme would but without a conference centre Blackpool would never be taken seriously as a town. You say we need something radical that’s not going to happen. Blackpool will not regenerate overnight it needs lots of things in place first. The main being Transport links without that people will not come so we need to improve transport links. So one way of improving Transport links is getting political conferences back. I didn’t say your opinions where stupid but the opinion that Blackpool didn’t get much out of conferences was because it did all towns/cities that hold them get millions out of the industry. Perhaps Blackpool’s gateway should have one instead of a Supermarket.
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That is a good point I would rather have conference facilities in TG than a supermarket. I never said Blackpool will regenerate overnight I simply said we need to think bigger. I completely agree we need improved infrastructure. Like I said I am not fundamentally against conference facilities. I think people are being naive when they think it will suddenly make all the political parties come flooding back and solve all Blackpool’s problems overnight. I don’t even believe Liebour will come back. I think Miliband was just buttering up local Labour members with populist measures.
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Totally agree interested,the TG is a wasted opportunity to reverse the decline brought about by 50 years of astonishing mismangement;Blackpool councils regardless of hue are clueless.A conference centre/transport interchange for a supposed destination town is a must,NOT a supermarket.Callow is a totally clueless cunt surrounded by some scummy vile inept individuals,weaver,mitchell,fowler,cavill,france next election this shit shower has to go,otherwise Blackpool will NEVER realise its potential
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I think we’re all agreed that infrastructure is what is so desperately needed in the area – and transport links being a major part of that. Research out today shows that the north is going to suffer far more from public spending cuts – and quite simply I believe that’s because we have a hard time of it all the time, not just in recessions. Our manufacturing base has been seen as worthless by successive governments and we didn’t have the skills to make real inroads into other sectors which were already in place in other areas. The regenerations might bring in a few tourists – but so far no idea has come up with how we get a lot of jobs into the region.
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This is not me having ago at local MPs but this is the time when we will see what sort of MPs we have. They can go two ways on this toe the party line or go mental and kick up a big fuss over it and show themselves as Local MPs rather the conservative MPs. It does go without saying that Gordon Marsden will go mental over job cuts because he is in opposition.
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Of course he will because he is Labour and all he is interested in is political point scoring. Had Liebour stayed in power he would be defending the cuts and praising them. I feel the cuts are completely necessary, it is Labour that got us in this mess witht their ‘spend spend spend borrow borrow borrow’ mentality. So he is in no position to criticise as far as I am concerned.
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Looks like Blackpool councils finances are in the shit!!
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Jobs-fears-amid-town-hall.6523215.jp
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