Sep 122010
 
Top of the empty shops

CONFIRMING WHAT many locals have been saying for a long time, a recent report from the Local Data Company states that Blackpool has the most empty shops in the UK at a whopping 29% of units. But town hall buffoon Alan Cavill has come out and laughed off the survey saying that it didn’t take [...more]

 
It wasn't the Tories that cut the BAE jobs

IT WAS reported in the local news last week that staff at British Aerospace were to face more job cuts following a Government spending review. The jobs in the firing line are not those related to the manufacture of Typhoon – a project I believe should have been axed long ago – but to the [...more]

Sep 102010
 
Blackpool Illuminations tableaux 2010

IN THE second part of my short Illuminations monologue, I wanted to have a look at the tableaux that begin opposite Uncle Tom’s Cabin on the Promenade. Interior designer Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen has this year created two new tableaux named Glampire and Dino Doom and I especially wanted to see what he’d been up to. Starting [...more]

 

DESPITE MY Conservative roots, I always feel devastated when I read about people losing their jobs for any reason – never mind austerity. In a town that depends so heavily on public sector employment, it is even more depressing to see that due to Blackpool Council’s reckless spending, it has blown the coffers just like [...more]

Sep 052010
 
First weekend of the lights

THE BIG switch-on seemed to go down with a bang on Friday with Robbie Williams declaring his undying love for Blackpool before flicking the magic switch and lighting up the town’s Illuminations show. My girlfriend and I decided to have a wander through town last night to see if they were much cop and since [...more]

 

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 [...more]

Sep 032010
 
Saturate to exterminate

IT IS well recognised within the NHS document “A Healthy Future for Blackpool” that alcohol related illnesses are the main reason for reduced lifespan in Blackpool: researchers have suggested that if all alcohol related deaths were prevented, men would be living on average 2 years longer. Blackpool is also top of the league table for [...more]

Aug 312010
 
The Colonel has landed

AFTER A report came out in February 2010 suggesting that Blackpool was one of the worst places in Britain for childhood obesity, Cllr Sue Ridyard of Layton ward asked; “Blackpool Council is doing all they can to prevent underage drinking, but legislatively what are they doing about unhealthy food and preventing obesity?” She went on [...more]

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