THE SECOND Blackpool by-election roundup for the forthcoming political rumpus on the 3rd of May, 2012.
THIS YEAR has seen the unfortunate deaths of two well known and well liked councillors, namely Bloomfield’s Mary Smith and Marton’s Jim Houldsworth, and the by-elections are on the way. Postal voting forms are being deposited through letterboxes this week for polling day on Thursday the 3rd of May. This article is the first of two ward roundups in advance of the forthcoming election.
PETER CALLOW’S ruling Tories have been sensationally swamped out of power by Simon Blackburn’s marauding socialist steamroller. Here are the results.
THE MANIFESTOS are out and the candidate lists are in, here’s my preview and predictions for Blackpool’s 2011 local election.
PROSPECTIVE COUNCILLOR Sheila Haskett takes a slightly different view to everyone else when it comes to expenses and allowances.
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AS THE Tories are exposed for auctioning off big-city internships to multimillionaires, many hypocritical MPs are employing staff – for no pay.
ALEX ROSS at the Gasjet has today printed a rather interesting summary of a topic discussed at the council meeting on Wednesday night. The article appears to suggest that Ian Fowler went on an angry tirade about Blackpool FC sponsors Wonga.com, saying that he “cringed” when he saw the team walk out on to the [...more]
DID SOMEONE say election? It seems like leading councillors of all parties are now prepared to start a race to see who can cut their own pay the most in order to win votes. Peter Callow of the Conservatives, Simon Blackburn of Labour and Doug Green of the Liberal Democrats are all quoted in the [...more]