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! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:36:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://philtheone.com/2012/01/blackpool-labour-boosted-by-new-quango/ http://philtheone.com/2012/01/blackpool-labour-boosted-by-new-quango/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:36:14 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=5602 BLACKPOOL COUNCIL'S flagship Fairness Commission now has it's own website and modus operandi published for all to see. Some cite it as little other than a quasi-official think tank for the council leader' cronies, and from observation of the pages adorning its Wordpress.com blog site, one can conclude that this hypothesis isn't too far off the mark.]]> http://philtheone.com/2012/01/blackpool-labour-boosted-by-new-quango/feed/ 17 http://philtheone.com/2011/11/unions-call-to-arms-as-militant-workers-set-to-hold-country-to-ransom/ http://philtheone.com/2011/11/unions-call-to-arms-as-militant-workers-set-to-hold-country-to-ransom/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:35:16 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=5447 A WINTER of discontent looms as public sector workers in Britain are just days away from strike action over pension reforms.]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/11/unions-call-to-arms-as-militant-workers-set-to-hold-country-to-ransom/feed/ 28 http://philtheone.com/2011/11/cllr-simon-blackburn-takes-on-philtheone/ http://philtheone.com/2011/11/cllr-simon-blackburn-takes-on-philtheone/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:47:04 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=5414 BLACKPOOL COUNCIL leader Simon Blackburn has started his own digital soapbox in a move which seems to be directly aimed at countering this very site.]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/11/cllr-simon-blackburn-takes-on-philtheone/feed/ 18 http://philtheone.com/2011/10/labour-broke-all-election-promises-on-queens-park/ http://philtheone.com/2011/10/labour-broke-all-election-promises-on-queens-park/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:57:00 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=5377 LABOUR THREATENED Queens Park residents with the loss of their home if they voted Tory, but despite a Labour win the demolition crews are on standby.]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/10/labour-broke-all-election-promises-on-queens-park/feed/ 17 http://philtheone.com/2011/10/fairness-commission-unfair/ http://philtheone.com/2011/10/fairness-commission-unfair/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:54:28 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=5319 AFTER SCRAPPING various 'pointless' committees, Simon Blackburn whipped out his famous brass instrument at the last full council meeting and proclaimed that Blackpool would be creating a Fairness Commission. There was much rejoicing, of course. Who doesn't want the council to be fair?]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/10/fairness-commission-unfair/feed/ 12 http://philtheone.com/2011/09/profit-is-a-dirty-word-for-blackpool-labour/ http://philtheone.com/2011/09/profit-is-a-dirty-word-for-blackpool-labour/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:50:31 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=5139 A LEADING Blackpool Labour councillor declared war on the private sector after excluding them from a youth consultation, with firms being labelled as "only in it for a fast buck".]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/09/profit-is-a-dirty-word-for-blackpool-labour/feed/ 70 http://philtheone.com/2011/08/council-calls-in-consultants-to-fix-promenade-chaos/ http://philtheone.com/2011/08/council-calls-in-consultants-to-fix-promenade-chaos/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:05:14 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=4998 EXPENSIVE CONSULTANTS from the West Midlands have been called in to resolve the problems with Blackpool's "shared space" Promenade. ]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/08/council-calls-in-consultants-to-fix-promenade-chaos/feed/ 65 http://philtheone.com/2011/08/rivers-of-blood-beckon-as-britain-descends-into-anarchy/ http://philtheone.com/2011/08/rivers-of-blood-beckon-as-britain-descends-into-anarchy/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:04:07 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=4898 MANY BRITISH cities have been labelled war zones as minority groups have taken to the streets to vandalise, loot and burn a path of destruction. Gangs of hundreds of hooded, masked youths have been running rampage through London, Birmingham and now Bristol and Liverpool, striking terror into the hearts of shopkeepers and householders whose property they have defiled and incinerated with uncontrolled explosions of mindless violence.]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/08/rivers-of-blood-beckon-as-britain-descends-into-anarchy/feed/ 49 http://philtheone.com/2011/08/calls-to-ban-the-idiot-lanterns/ http://philtheone.com/2011/08/calls-to-ban-the-idiot-lanterns/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:40:34 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=4875 LANCASHIRE FIRE and Rescue are this week moaning about a handful of fires from Chinese lanterns, when really they should be focusing on the bigger picture and stop wasting taxpayers' money.]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/08/calls-to-ban-the-idiot-lanterns/feed/ 12 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