I SAID at the start of June that the Pleasure Beach would be the secret beneficiary of a five million pound loan from Blackpool Council and despite some readers casting doubt over the issue and others claiming that people high up the food chain had laughed off the idea, it turns out I was right.
According to the Gasjet’s outgoing Fylde reporter Joe Robinson, the housebuilding targets that have generated the housebuilding blight across Marton Moss, Queensway and the farmland around the end of the M55 are under review by the government. The green and pleasant land surrounding Blackpool and Fylde could actually be saved from execution by bulldozer.
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 to come up with a “very good reason” to overturn the approval.
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 developments.
Read more on Town hall fracas as Moss plans bulldozed through…
Following the news that Conservative PPC Ron Bell has received just a slap on the wrist for not declaring £5,000 in donations he accepted from Kensington Developments, the housebuilder has promised to make a further donation before the general election.
Read more on Bell unpunished as Kensington promise even more donations…
Not guilty
Three of the Conservative councillors involved in the Kensingtongate donations row have got off on technicalities, whilst Ron Bell remains in the spotlight of the Standards Board for England.
July-September
“I love this town.” - Phil “The Power” Taylor
The start of July saw Blackpool’s Opera House announced as the 2009 venue for the Royal Variety Performance. The show would be in December. We also saw Labour crushed in the European elections as the British National Party secured two seats in the European Parliament. Their victory rally would be held in Blackpool a few weeks later prompting an invasion of Unite Against Fascism.
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