Philtheone.com » blackpool 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, 09 Sep 2010 19:16:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 City on the Beach in 7 Easy Steps http://philtheone.com/2010/05/city-on-the-beach-in-7-easy-steps/ http://philtheone.com/2010/05/city-on-the-beach-in-7-easy-steps/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 22:35:56 +0000 True Blackpudlian http://philtheone.com/?p=2654 Blackpool Council published a document known as the Core Strategy last week and is letting the people of Blackpool view it and comment on it. Here is the link for anyone interested

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]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/05/city-on-the-beach-in-7-easy-steps/feed/ 9 May 7; A Good Day for Most of the Fylde Coast, A Very Sad Day for Blackpool South http://philtheone.com/2010/05/may-7-a-good-day-for-most-of-the-fylde-coast-a-very-sad-day-for-blackpool-south/ http://philtheone.com/2010/05/may-7-a-good-day-for-most-of-the-fylde-coast-a-very-sad-day-for-blackpool-south/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 22:52:15 +0000 True Blackpudlian http://philtheone.com/2010/05/may-7-a-good-day-for-most-of-the-fylde-coast-a-very-sad-day-for-blackpool-south/ May 7; the eagerly-awaited results come in and there is joy and equally disappointment depending where on the Fylde Coast you live.

Fylde remained blue, but Labour was never a threat anyway and Mark Menzies looks to be a very good candidate, the very popular Ben Wallace kept hold of Wyre where again Labour was never a threat. Congratulations Mr Menzies and Mr Wallace.

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]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/05/election-appeal-4-days-to-go/feed/ 10 Do We Have An Election in Less Than a Month or Not? http://philtheone.com/2010/04/do-we-have-an-election-in-less-than-a-month-or-not/ http://philtheone.com/2010/04/do-we-have-an-election-in-less-than-a-month-or-not/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:20:19 +0000 True Blackpudlian http://philtheone.com/2010/04/do-we-have-an-election-in-less-than-a-month-or-not/ Today we are less than 4 weeks away from the General Election and we have 6 candidates for Blackpool South yet I have not seen ONE single campaign leaflet or manifesto. It feels like there is no election. I would have thought at this crucial stage the candidates would be desperately pitching for our votes, well they’re not trying very hard.

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]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/04/do-we-have-an-election-in-less-than-a-month-or-not/feed/ 28 Quantity or Quality; That is the Question? http://philtheone.com/2010/04/quantity-or-quality-that-is-the-question/ http://philtheone.com/2010/04/quantity-or-quality-that-is-the-question/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:23:53 +0000 True Blackpudlian http://philtheone.com/2010/04/quantity-or-quality-that-is-the-question/ A couple of years ago Blackpool Council unveiled ‘The Saturation policy’ which in one sentence is basically a policy that was meant to curb the opening of binge drinking outlets. Now at first that sounds like a admirable enough ambition to try and restore a bit of quality to Blackpool’s nightscene.

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]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/04/quantity-or-quality-that-is-the-question/feed/ 24 The Palace Nightclub Reopens (sort of) http://philtheone.com/2010/03/the-palace-nightclub-reopens-sort-of/ http://philtheone.com/2010/03/the-palace-nightclub-reopens-sort-of/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:39:25 +0000 True Blackpudlian http://philtheone.com/2010/03/the-palace-nightclub-reopens-sort-of/ Apologies for the misleading headline, that was just a swipe at the sensationalist journalism of the Gazette. But as announced in Friday’s Gazette there is a very interesting plan for the former Palace nightclub.

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]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/03/the-palace-nightclub-reopens-sort-of/feed/ 16 Farage rocked as Nikki Sinclaire reinstated http://philtheone.com/2010/02/farage-rocked-as-nikki-sinclaire-reinstated/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/farage-rocked-as-nikki-sinclaire-reinstated/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:46:14 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1507 Former UKIP leader and current MEP Nigel Farage has today been dealt a hammer blow as Euro rebel Nikki Sinclaire MEP was reinstated by the National Executive Committee.

Sinclaire left the Europe for Freedom and Democracy (EFD) alliance (of which Farage is joint leader) due to it containing one or more right wing anti-Semitic parties and chose to sit with the non-allied MEPs in the European Parliament. Farage went into a frenzy and along with Paul Nuttall MEP called for Sinclaire to be booted out of UKIP.

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]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/farage-rocked-as-nikki-sinclaire-reinstated/feed/ 26 The Neon Lights Have Gone Dim http://philtheone.com/2010/02/the-neon-lights-have-gone-dim/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/the-neon-lights-have-gone-dim/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:18:05 +0000 True Blackpudlian http://philtheone.com/2010/02/the-neon-lights-have-gone-dim/ I am truly passionate about Blackpool, I was born here and I am proud to be from Blackpool. But I hate what it has become in some ways. Blackpool is a great place to live, always lots to do, great nightlife and I love living by the seaside.

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]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/the-neon-lights-have-gone-dim/feed/ 8 Head to head: Paul Maynard http://philtheone.com/2010/02/head-to-head-paul-maynard/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/head-to-head-paul-maynard/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:47:52 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1476 I met Paul Maynard yesterday up in Bispham. For those that don’t know (and who doesn’t?), he is the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Blackpool North. You might have seen him on the Politics Show on the BBC at lunchtime yesterday.

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]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/head-to-head-paul-maynard/feed/ 19 Two jobsworths out, plenty more to go http://philtheone.com/2010/01/two-jobsworths-out-plenty-more-to-go/ http://philtheone.com/2010/01/two-jobsworths-out-plenty-more-to-go/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:53:39 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1459 Blackpool Council executives Julian Kearsley and Steve Pullan have been relieved of their positions and will be leaving their Council offices next month in a blitz of cost cutting.

Steve Weaver will no doubt be extremely pleased as it means he’ll end up getting “more responsibility” which equates to “more money”.

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