Philtheone.com » Uncategorized http://philtheone.com Right-leaning Blackpool blog covering South Shore, North Shore, Marton, Bispham, Cleveleys and the rest of the Fylde discussing politics, local life, tourism, national issues and the rest of the world. Lively discussions encouraged! Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:57:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Kids to be sent back to Afghanistan http://philtheone.com/2010/06/kids-to-be-sent-back-to-afghanistan/ http://philtheone.com/2010/06/kids-to-be-sent-back-to-afghanistan/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:07:12 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2884 It’s a fairly automatic response from a far righter to suggest that we should “send ‘em all home” when questioned about asylum seekers. It seems the LibCon coalition agrees: £4m has been allocated for a new ‘reintegration centre’ to be constructed in Kabul which will receive failed Afghan asylum seekers that are under 18.

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]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/05/this-out-of-control-non-job-pay-and-perks-culture-stops-here/feed/ 26 Possible return to the sky for iconic airliner http://philtheone.com/2010/05/possible-return-to-the-sky-for-iconic-airliner/ http://philtheone.com/2010/05/possible-return-to-the-sky-for-iconic-airliner/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 18:55:16 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2807 As the by-product of an engineering race between Britain, France, the USSR and the USA to produce a supersonic airliner, Concorde stood unique in that it was the only one with any glimpse of commercial viability. Operated until the end of 2003, for 27 years it was the favoured Transatlantic transport of the rich and famous due to its ability to cross the Atlantic in less than half the time of conventional airliners.

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The Daily Telegraph have today made revelations about David Laws, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and MP for Yeovil, resulting in the Liberal Democrat multi-millionaire pledging to immediately pay back more than £40,000 in expenses that were claimed against parliamentary rules. Laws has now referred himself to the Parliamentary Standards Commission.

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]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/05/lib-dem-rent-boy-paid-40k-expenses-to-gay-lover/feed/ 32 Arise Lord Prescott of… Hull? http://philtheone.com/2010/05/arise-lord-prescott-of-hull/ http://philtheone.com/2010/05/arise-lord-prescott-of-hull/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 18:26:53 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2784 From one gravy train to another, waste of space overweight ship’s steward John Prescott has been rewarded for his eventful career in politics by being given a place in the House of Lords.

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