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/2010/06/pleasure-beach-5m-secret-loan-deal/ http://philtheone.com/2010/06/pleasure-beach-5m-secret-loan-deal/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:10:09 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2827 There are rumours bouncing around the town hall communications HQ that 3 months ago its executive approved a loan of £5m to the Pleasure Beach to pay for construction of a new ride, possibly the new Twist ‘n’ Splash water ride by German company Mack Rides. Yes, you read that right. Five million pounds of [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/06/pleasure-beach-5m-secret-loan-deal/feed/ 97 http://philtheone.com/2010/05/lib-dem-rent-boy-paid-40k-expenses-to-gay-lover/ http://philtheone.com/2010/05/lib-dem-rent-boy-paid-40k-expenses-to-gay-lover/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 10:56:37 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2793 Had to happen sooner or later, but today the government coalition is having to weather it’s first sleaze storm. Surprisingly, or not, it’s about expenses. The Daily Telegraph have today made revelations about David Laws, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and MP for Yeovil, resulting in the Liberal Democrat multi-millionaire pledging to immediately pay [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/05/lib-dem-rent-boy-paid-40k-expenses-to-gay-lover/feed/ 32 http://philtheone.com/2010/05/confirmed-fowlers-pocket-180000-from-crystal-road-scheme/ http://philtheone.com/2010/05/confirmed-fowlers-pocket-180000-from-crystal-road-scheme/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 21:30:52 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2679 I hinted that this may well be the case when I wrote that the Crystal Road project could have a hidden bonus for one councillor, but the homework has now been done by a Philtheone.com reader who has shared their findings with me. In March this year the council executive were asked to make a [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/05/confirmed-fowlers-pocket-180000-from-crystal-road-scheme/feed/ 44 http://philtheone.com/2010/04/labour-expenses-scammers-get-legal-aid/ http://philtheone.com/2010/04/labour-expenses-scammers-get-legal-aid/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:15:45 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2136 It’s “you couldn’t make it up” time. The three Labour MPs against whom criminal charges have been brought for their expenses fiddling have secured legal aid. In an audacious slap to the already battle weary taxpayer, David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Jim Devine could accrue legal fees topping £3million and have it all paid by [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/04/labour-expenses-scammers-get-legal-aid/feed/ 8 http://philtheone.com/2010/04/marton-moss-meeting-minutes-doctored/ http://philtheone.com/2010/04/marton-moss-meeting-minutes-doctored/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:29:41 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2080 I thought the scandal associated with the Kensingtongate saga had been brought to an end following the donations verdicts from the Standards Board for England. But it rumbles on. Following the approval by the Conservative-biased council, the plans have now been submitted to the north west regional assembly who will according to Peter Callow have [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/04/marton-moss-meeting-minutes-doctored/feed/ 16 http://philtheone.com/2010/03/former-cabinet-ministers-haunted-by-corruption-claims/ http://philtheone.com/2010/03/former-cabinet-ministers-haunted-by-corruption-claims/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:45:43 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1968 I picked up an old copy of The Sun at work earlier and noticed a story that somehow had avoided my attention last week. It’s one that will rile and repulse the electorate just as cash for questions did so many years ago. Except I think this is worse. In a similar vein to the [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/03/former-cabinet-ministers-haunted-by-corruption-claims/feed/ 2 http://philtheone.com/2010/03/guest-post-7-reasons-to-vote-bnp/ http://philtheone.com/2010/03/guest-post-7-reasons-to-vote-bnp/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:57:08 +0000 Harold Ernest Gokdogan http://philtheone.com/?p=1953 10 years ago, if you asked me if I would ever vote for the British National Party, I would have cracked up laughing amongst a stream of expletives in retort; but how the times change, along with my own views. 10 years on, and still under a Labour government, I have seen and become aware [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/03/guest-post-7-reasons-to-vote-bnp/feed/ 16 http://philtheone.com/2010/03/town-hall-fracas-as-moss-plans-bulldozed-through/ http://philtheone.com/2010/03/town-hall-fracas-as-moss-plans-bulldozed-through/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:42:16 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1928 When the first thing you hear when you get back to England are the dour tones of Peter Callow, it certainly knocks any remaining holiday spirit out of you. And so my day began as I listened with disbelief to a riled council leader making excuses for signing Blackpool up to an explosion of Kensington [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/03/town-hall-fracas-as-moss-plans-bulldozed-through/feed/ 22 http://philtheone.com/2010/02/pcso-camera-action-under-section-44-of-the-terrorism-act/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/pcso-camera-action-under-section-44-of-the-terrorism-act/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:12:41 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1678 Have a look at this, it’ll get your blood boiling at the fucking disgrace of a police force we’ve got in the UK. It’s a video made by art student Simona Bonomo of some buildings in London. She was then apprehended by a gum-chewing PCSO who tried to label her as a terrorist because she [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/pcso-camera-action-under-section-44-of-the-terrorism-act/feed/ 22 http://philtheone.com/2010/02/bid-rigging-builder-appointed-as-preferred-developer/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/bid-rigging-builder-appointed-as-preferred-developer/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:52:32 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1669 You may remember from last year that the Office of Fair Trading fingered 112 construction companies due to allegations that all companies had; …engaged in bid rigging activities, and in particular cover pricing. Cover pricing describes a situation where one or more bidders collude with a competitor during a tender process to obtain a price [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/bid-rigging-builder-appointed-as-preferred-developer/feed/ 2