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! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:36:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://philtheone.com/2010/04/gazette-to-revamp-site-and-stop-deletions/ http://philtheone.com/2010/04/gazette-to-revamp-site-and-stop-deletions/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:22:27 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2295 In just over two weeks from now, the Blackpool Evening Gazette is to launch an all-new website which promises to subvert the actions of the infamous comment deleters. It’s been a problem ever since the comments system was introduced: if the article is remotely contentious, readers can abuse the anonymity granted by the current system [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/04/gazette-to-revamp-site-and-stop-deletions/feed/ 15 http://philtheone.com/2009/12/sorry-seems-to-be-the-hardest-word/ http://philtheone.com/2009/12/sorry-seems-to-be-the-hardest-word/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:29:03 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1030 Weekend over, back to the grindstone. I dropped the ball a bit on this one as I gratefully received the inside story a few days before it appeared in the Gasjet, but since they’ve not really made an issue out of it let me take this opportunity to make one. You may have read the [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/12/sorry-seems-to-be-the-hardest-word/feed/ 50 http://philtheone.com/2009/11/nice-to-ban-you-to-ban-you-nice/ http://philtheone.com/2009/11/nice-to-ban-you-to-ban-you-nice/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:34:50 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=711 In the wake of the UAF protest at the BNP meeting in Cleveleys a month or so ago, the leader of Wyre Borough Council has called for all political parties to be banned from using public facilities. Loaded Tory toff Russell Forsyth has reasoned that because that a massive 60 Unite Against Facism protesters – [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/11/nice-to-ban-you-to-ban-you-nice/feed/ 21 http://philtheone.com/2009/09/talibanned/ http://philtheone.com/2009/09/talibanned/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:10:57 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=474
Well, it seems that many locally started blogs and sites are being closed down almost as soon as they started. I’m currently on holiday, so maybe they’re being nice and not bullying me yet. But I’ll be back bigger and badder.. Feel free to theorize and discuss here. You might also be interested in...Stats festBackSocialism [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/09/talibanned/feed/ 19 http://philtheone.com/2009/08/smash-the-machines-part-2/ http://philtheone.com/2009/08/smash-the-machines-part-2/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:21:09 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=456 It turns out there may have been something behind the recent and sudden shift in timescale for the Government’s proposed anti-file sharing measures. I may be miles behind on this given that the Sunday Times reported it a few weeks ago, but it appears on the face of it that Handy Mandy is behind it [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/08/smash-the-machines-part-2/feed/ 3 http://philtheone.com/2009/08/like-a-phoenix-from-the-flames/ http://philtheone.com/2009/08/like-a-phoenix-from-the-flames/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:46:56 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=334 Following the draconian censorship policies of Gordon Brown’s “Digital Britain”, and undoubtedly the success of the Swedish arm winning 7.4% of the votes to gain a Member of the European Parliament, it seems the UK Pirate Party is reborn. The last time I looked it was a website whose last update was years previous and [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/08/like-a-phoenix-from-the-flames/feed/ 6 http://philtheone.com/2009/07/the-editors-decision-is-final/ http://philtheone.com/2009/07/the-editors-decision-is-final/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:35:06 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=97 Most people probably wont “get” this, but as a resident of Blackpool I read the local newspaper, the Evening Gazette, in some form or other most days. Usually just to see which players Blackpool FC are interested in but cant afford and which planet the council leader is on this week. Like all of the [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/07/the-editors-decision-is-final/feed/ 0 http://philtheone.com/2009/06/vive-la-legislation/ http://philtheone.com/2009/06/vive-la-legislation/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:50:00 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=77 Lord Steve Carter and Ben Bradshaw have revealed their plans for “Digital Britain”. Application of a £6 per year phone line tax to fund the 2MBit broadband expansion into rich suburbs. ISPs are forced to hand over customer details on request to Ofcom which can be dished out to media conglomerates so they can monitor [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/06/vive-la-legislation/feed/ 2 http://philtheone.com/2009/06/vive-la-revolution/ http://philtheone.com/2009/06/vive-la-revolution/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:21:00 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=76 So, Lord Carter today will be announcing a £3billion “Digital Britain” project for delivering broadband internet to every home in the UK as well as plans for “combatting” piracy. Their benchmark for bandwidth is 2Mbit which, yes, compared to dialup is fast but compared to all broadband connections in the UK at the moment is [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/06/vive-la-revolution/feed/ 0 http://philtheone.com/2008/07/torrentalitarianism/ http://philtheone.com/2008/07/torrentalitarianism/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:30:00 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=65 Once again the upper echelons of big business appear to be pushing through their own agendas in the House of Commons. No, it’s not cash for questions or cash for peerages this time. No, following on from my last blog post, it’s the British Phonographic Industry again with its cash for laws. This self appointed, [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2008/07/torrentalitarianism/feed/ 1