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]
Higher profile policing. Proper regeneration. Final salary-linked state pension. Abolition of tuition fees. I don’t think anyone can argue too much with these ideals published on Doreen Holt’s latest election leaflet in Blackpool South. We know Gordon Marsden’s a shoe-in, but will these tough-talking policies be enough to upset Ron Bell’s apple cart? Her flyer [...more]
Visits to the site continue to rise with 5,020 visits this month; a 27% increase on last month and an indication that the site has more than doubled in popularity since the start of 2010. Page views are up to 20,463 from 18,731 and unique visitor numbers are dramatically up from 872 to 1525. The [...more]
As True Blackpudlian mentioned yesterday, there was an article in the Gasjet about Integrity UK – the new political party founded on the Fylde Coast that I discussed 2 weeks ago. There wasn’t really anything we didn’t know already, but it’s good that the local newspaper was able to break it’s political allegiance with the [...more]
Judging by the volume of traffic headed to the article I wrote about news of a new political party, this should hopefully be what you’ve been waiting for. It’s been in the making a while but rising from the ashes of a disillusioned Fylde UKIP membership comes Integrity: a party that offers something a bit [...more]