AXEMAN PETER Callow has today confirmed what many were expecting as he signalled town hall henchmen to prepare the jobs guillotine. Up to 1000 staff will be slashed in a devastating flurry of P45s, enforced by government cuts of £32m to Blackpool council’s budget. It is unclear whether the actual cuts are determined by the [...more]
IT WAS reported in the local news last week that staff at British Aerospace were to face more job cuts following a Government spending review. The jobs in the firing line are not those related to the manufacture of Typhoon – a project I believe should have been axed long ago – but to the [...more]
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]
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]
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