http://philtheone.com Right-leaning Blackpool blog covering South Shore, North Shore, Marton, Bispham, Cleveleys and the rest of the Fylde discussing politics, local life, tourism, national issues and the rest of the world. Lively discussions encouraged! Thu, 17 May 2012 08:20:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://philtheone.com/2011/07/cash-for-old-fylde-council-shame-over-melton-grove/ http://philtheone.com/2011/07/cash-for-old-fylde-council-shame-over-melton-grove/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:27:12 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=4716 CONSPIRACY IS abound. A 50-year legacy is set to be erased from memory as Fylde Borough Council have twisted, turned and changed rules to sell off a much-loved estate of retirement bungalows at Melton Grove to a developer.]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/07/cash-for-old-fylde-council-shame-over-melton-grove/feed/ 24 http://philtheone.com/2011/02/maynards-chief-aide-kicked-out-over-gay-porn-allegations/ http://philtheone.com/2011/02/maynards-chief-aide-kicked-out-over-gay-porn-allegations/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:35:27 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=4000 AFTER A two-year probe, Paul Maynard’s chief of staff and Fylde councillor Simon Renwick has been suspended from his duties as a councillor over allegations that he had 1,000 images of gay pornography on his council-issue laptop. The photogenic Mr Renwick has maintained that he never viewed the images nor downloaded them, but has been [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/02/maynards-chief-aide-kicked-out-over-gay-porn-allegations/feed/ 26 http://philtheone.com/2010/05/may-stats-fest-2010/ http://philtheone.com/2010/05/may-stats-fest-2010/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 16:55:15 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2802
It’s been a quiet few weeks of news after the general election splurge, but fortunately thanks to court clerk Christine Dean, the site has received another boost to its visitor numbers. This month we’re up to 7,432 visits from 4,119 unique visitors; an increase of 24.22%. A large chunk of this was caused by visitors [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/05/may-stats-fest-2010/feed/ 0 http://philtheone.com/2010/04/contentious-digital-economy-bill-passed-but-only-a-third-of-mps-voted-yes/ http://philtheone.com/2010/04/contentious-digital-economy-bill-passed-but-only-a-third-of-mps-voted-yes/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:13:59 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2069 The heavily lobbied Digital Economy Bill, part of Gordon Brown’s Digital Britain strategy, has been powered through Parliament in the annual wash up. Perhaps it has been intentionally kept below the radar due to the immense opposition to it, although one could ask whether MPs even knew about it given the disgracefully low turnout. The [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/04/contentious-digital-economy-bill-passed-but-only-a-third-of-mps-voted-yes/feed/ 39 http://philtheone.com/2010/01/freeview-hd-out-soon-but-you-may-not-be-able-to-record-it/ http://philtheone.com/2010/01/freeview-hd-out-soon-but-you-may-not-be-able-to-record-it/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:45:07 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1391 The BBC has proposed an amendment to its license agreement with industry regulator Ofcom that will permit it to use copy protection on its high definition broadcasts meaning that much like with Freesat HD it will be impossible to record them. Using the much maligned Digital Rights Management, the BBC hopes to encourage content producers [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/01/freeview-hd-out-soon-but-you-may-not-be-able-to-record-it/feed/ 1 http://philtheone.com/2009/12/planes-blames-and-autocracy/ http://philtheone.com/2009/12/planes-blames-and-autocracy/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:51:52 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=981 This week Labour MPs have endorsed the third runway at Heathrow Airport, doubling passenger throughput from 67 million per year to 135 million. This equates to an additional 220,000 flights per year. Without this expansion, according to government boffins, these passengers would go via other European airports such as Paris Charles de Gaulle or Schipol [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/12/planes-blames-and-autocracy/feed/ 12 http://philtheone.com/2009/11/digital-economy-bill-guilty-until-proven-innocent/ http://philtheone.com/2009/11/digital-economy-bill-guilty-until-proven-innocent/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:50:02 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=837 I’ve spoken in the past about Gordon Brown’s so called Digital Britain, which to summarise briefly is a collection of legislative powers that will be implemented with the intention of reducing file sharing on the internet. Despite the Digital Britain report being authored by Lord Carter it is The Prince of Darkness, Lord Mandelson, that [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/11/digital-economy-bill-guilty-until-proven-innocent/feed/ 17 http://philtheone.com/2009/11/scouting-for-cash/ http://philtheone.com/2009/11/scouting-for-cash/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:02:46 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=782 In another example of the music industry’s rampaging crusade to squeeze cash out of everything that lives and breathes, community groups such as Scouts have been slapped with new rules by the Performing Rights Society that state that they must have a Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) license in order to play music – even at [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/11/scouting-for-cash/feed/ 17 http://philtheone.com/2009/08/smash-the-machines-gordon/ http://philtheone.com/2009/08/smash-the-machines-gordon/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:29:22 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=414 Today it seems our illustrious Government have decided to bring forward proposed legislation to block file sharing protocols on the internet. Previously scheduled to come in in 2012, there is now some kind of urgency to get the laws in place. No, I’ve no idea why either, but I’m sure large amounts of cash were [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/08/smash-the-machines-gordon/feed/ 2 http://philtheone.com/2009/08/like-a-phoenix-from-the-flames/ http://philtheone.com/2009/08/like-a-phoenix-from-the-flames/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:46:56 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=334 Following the draconian censorship policies of Gordon Brown’s “Digital Britain”, and undoubtedly the success of the Swedish arm winning 7.4% of the votes to gain a Member of the European Parliament, it seems the UK Pirate Party is reborn. The last time I looked it was a website whose last update was years previous and [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2009/08/like-a-phoenix-from-the-flames/feed/ 6