DESPITE MY Conservative roots, I always feel devastated when I read about people losing their jobs for any reason – never mind austerity. In a town that depends so heavily on public sector employment, it is even more depressing to see that due to Blackpool Council’s reckless spending, it has blown the coffers just like [...more]
IT IS reported by some that during the great fires in Rome in AD 64, Emperor Nero ignored the inferno and instead sat up in his ivory tower playing a string instrument whilst people and property were razed to oblivion. Blackpool’s systemic arson problem may not quite be a parallel to this ancient Roman blaze, [...more]
May 112010
Following clashes at the latest Lib-Lab meeting featuring Ed Balls as the unforgiving stone faced socialist that would not give any concessions on the Labour manifesto, it looks as if Nick Clegg is coming close to a deal with the Conservative party today. Maybe he realised that doing a deal with a party that refuses [...more]
Since the election result and Call me Dave offered a deal to the Liberal Democrats, the two parties have been negotiating the terms for a coalition government. Today in a remarkable U-turn, Nick Clegg has requested formal talks with Labour as Gordon Brown announces he will stand down once a replacement is found. Maybe the [...more]
May 062010
In 2 hours the count will begin. The odds are suggesting a hung parliament or the narrowest of Conservative victories. Locally the Tory in Blackpool South has out-leafletted his competitors by a factor of 8 but still has to overturn a large Labour lead. In Blackpool North the Labour candidate Penny Martin has gone into [...more]
I’ve been browsing through the UK Polling Report website and it seems the consensus there is that the Liberal Democrat surge will only be serving to assist Ron Bell in his quest to become a member of Parliament. I suppose the Liberal Democrat mantra does shadow that of Labour, and whilst Tory voters may like [...more]
May 052010
Apparently the Prime Minister is in Blackpool South today. So without further ado, here is the Protect and Survive video detailing what you should do if Gordon is in your area.
In a moment which will strike Liberal Democrat and Conservative spin doctors as mana from heaven, Gordon Brown has today exposed himself as a two-faced, distant politician that does not even care about his own voters. This, dear readers, is Gordon Brown’s John Prescott moment. In a visit to Rochdale today the Prime Minister was [...more]