AFTER A senior councillor claimed that Queens Park drug addicts could spend their £4,700 windfall on a lethal overdose, uproar ensued from the residents group.
SUNDAY’S TORY brunch hosted by Paul Maynard MP started out calm but ended up in a political ding-dong between the MP and Cllr Paul Galley.
MARK MENZIES recently teamed up with Heart UK to receive a grim picture of cardiac facilities on the Fylde, stating derogatory figures. Unfortunately they forgot to mention the Lancashire Cardiac Centre in Blackpool.
IT WAS a scene which would have befit a textbook SAS manœuvre. After the initial blast of stun grenades, balaclava-clad armed personnel, complete with breathing apparatus, were seen abseiling down the Tower buildings, kicking through thick glass windows and bailing into the Shop for Heroes HQ; the laser sight of their Heckler and Koch MP5s [...more]
A SHOP tied to the FESLC is under investigation for posing as a charitable operation, with donations for veterans lying unused in a bank account whilst at least one councillor creams off an income. This councillor has now been kicked out of the Tory party and deselected. Is this as dodgy as it first appears?
THE RECENT news about the Promenade being closed for five months came as little surprise as I reported about this closure on Blackpool Aloud back in June. The outcome of this closure will be a pseudo shared space environment with just one lane each way rather than two. As someone commented on the local newspaper [...more]
Never mind hounding out a charity boss for buying artwork with donations, the witch hunt should be against Chief Superintendent Richard Debicki after his latest blast of hot air in the local press. Russ Weaver was shite, but Debicki takes the award for being most utterly pointless policeman in Blackpool’s history. The man needs sacking, [...more]
Mar 082010
I’m back in the hotseat again after a short trip to London this weekend, and today is my birthday so if you want to send any large cheques to me from your many offshore cash repositories then feel free. Especially you, Ashcroft. Now, you might have seen in the Gasjet or even in the national [...more]