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! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:08:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://philtheone.com/2010/05/labour-private-schoolboys-list/ http://philtheone.com/2010/05/labour-private-schoolboys-list/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 12:03:39 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2495 It is commented upon very often by Labour supporters and even the Prime Minister himself that many of the Conservatives are public schoolboys or schoolgirls. They are: I don’t dispute it, but it isn’t something that causes me to break into a cold envious sweat. I would like to clear up a misconception, though, that [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/05/labour-private-schoolboys-list/feed/ 5 http://philtheone.com/2010/04/blackpool-north-leaflet-roundup/ http://philtheone.com/2010/04/blackpool-north-leaflet-roundup/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:22:31 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2461 I have in my possession the latest election communications from BNP candidate James “Pretty Boy” Clayton, Labour candidate Penny “Skeletor” Martin and Liberal Democrat candidate Bill “Don’t Judge the Candidate” Greene. I’ll start with the BNP one which is a double sided A5 sheet. The front page has a picture of Nick Griffin alongside Winston Churchill, with [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/04/blackpool-north-leaflet-roundup/feed/ 8 http://philtheone.com/2010/02/its-safe-internet-day/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/its-safe-internet-day/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:42:51 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1557 Since I’m so in with the yoof, I thought I’d let you in on a big secret: oh yes, it’s Safe Internet Day courtesy of your local EU funded quango, INSAFE. Insafe is a European network of Awareness Centres promoting safe, responsible use of the Internet and mobile devices to young people. So basically it’s a fucking [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/its-safe-internet-day/feed/ 14 http://philtheone.com/2010/02/king-says-no-to-eco-bling/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/king-says-no-to-eco-bling/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:26:18 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1497 UK government commitments to cutting 80% CO2 emissions by 2050 were slapped down by the Royal Academy of Engineering today as being unrealistic. In a damning report, it was claimed that eco-bling such as solar panels and wind turbines will not cut emissions fast enough, and there’s no chance that all new buildings will be [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/king-says-no-to-eco-bling/feed/ 0 http://philtheone.com/2010/01/climate-change-just-give-us-all-your-fucking-money/ http://philtheone.com/2010/01/climate-change-just-give-us-all-your-fucking-money/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:32:50 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1418 Devil’s Kitchen has excelled itself once again with two brilliant rebuttals of climate change and inherent corruption behind the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. After the government funded IPCC were found to have been making up facts in order to lobby governments, DK unveils a string of controversies, cover ups and sexing ups that serve [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/01/climate-change-just-give-us-all-your-fucking-money/feed/ 5 http://philtheone.com/2009/12/yearly-roundup-part-3/ http://philtheone.com/2009/12/yearly-roundup-part-3/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:39:58 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1153 October-December Local employer British Aerospace faced being charged with bribery after paying out millions of pounds to win contracts in foreign countries. Tears were flowing from staff as Pontins closed its doors: it’s fate unknown but a housing development is expected. But fear not! A mind-boggling proposal to build a ski dome on central car [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/12/yearly-roundup-part-3/feed/ 27 http://philtheone.com/2009/12/obesity-time-bombe/ http://philtheone.com/2009/12/obesity-time-bombe/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:42:43 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1067 Following the World Pie Eating Championships in Wigan, children in Blackpool are today under the spotlight as it was announced that almost a third of 11 to 12 year olds are overweight; three quarters of whom are obese. As Gordon Brown often says, “more help is needed”. There surely has to be more weight loss [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/12/obesity-time-bombe/feed/ 7 http://philtheone.com/2009/12/planes-blames-and-autocracy/ http://philtheone.com/2009/12/planes-blames-and-autocracy/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:51:52 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=981 This week Labour MPs have endorsed the third runway at Heathrow Airport, doubling passenger throughput from 67 million per year to 135 million. This equates to an additional 220,000 flights per year. Without this expansion, according to government boffins, these passengers would go via other European airports such as Paris Charles de Gaulle or Schipol [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/12/planes-blames-and-autocracy/feed/ 12 http://philtheone.com/2009/11/british-nuclear-fools/ http://philtheone.com/2009/11/british-nuclear-fools/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:57:08 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=752 Blackpool South MP Gordon Marsden has been talking complete bollocks about climate change to pay lip service to his self interested, tax reaping Government cronies. After a politically motivated visit to Blackpool Sixth Form’s “eco-council”, the well heeled Brighton based sausage jockey said that “a lot of people” in Blackpool want to see lots more [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/11/british-nuclear-fools/feed/ 7 http://philtheone.com/2009/10/the-man-from-dublin-he-say-yes/ http://philtheone.com/2009/10/the-man-from-dublin-he-say-yes/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:00:14 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=586 After Ireland gave the Lisbon Treaty the yes vote, where are we left now? As it stands, the UK deposited its “yes” in July 2008, and after Ireland the only other states that have not ratified this Treaty are the Czech Republic and Poland. Labour wont give us a referendum on it. If he gets [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/10/the-man-from-dublin-he-say-yes/feed/ 17