It probably passed most of you by but Thursday 5th December, was Democracy Day! More than 20 campaigns joined forces in an unprecedented effort to call out the ‘radio silence’ on reforming the voting system. Rarely have so many organisations come together at election time to shine the spotlight on…
Year: 2019
Fylde Coast Sickness Bug, FYLDE LEP interview and Leaflet-Gate (?)
Been back and forth to my doctors as I have the dreaded sickness bug. I have been diagnosed with a mild case of pneumonia and given an ‘optimal’ dose of antibiotics. My relationship with pneumonia goes back to 1998 when I was admitted to Blackpool Victoria Hospital for a week,…
Just more trouble coming every day – Zounds !
There is trouble with Royal Mail (leaflet shenanigans), trouble with the Gazette and now trouble at Blackpool FC. The combined impact of these is in addition to the daily work routine and the trials of the everyday is to create a phone meltdown. The hustings event at Blackpool Sixth Form…
The Hustings and Electoral Reform ….
Just watching Breakfast Schnews – the U.K. electoral system is SO unfair – especially if you ‘do the math’ 🤣 …. Tory 43% of votes = 55% of seats Lab 32% of votes = 32% of seats Lib Dem’s 14% of votes = 2% of seats As the old Punk…
Growing Up in Blackpool
Author John Walsh Growing up in Blackpool as I did in the 60’s and 70’s I was in awe of all the hotels and B&B’s. Never did I think that one day as HMO’s hundreds of people would be living in them as there wasn’t enough social housing in Blackpool…
The Homepage has disappeared ? …
Welcome to the We Love Blackpool . Com website, this is supposed to be landing page to for information on all the 4 candidates, their views and the daily goings on of our campaign through the Andy’s Blog Section. The Guest Blog will feature articles from writers on local and…
FOOTBALL, LOVE OF HOME AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
It is not often that a love of your home town football team leads you into the fight for a seat at the Westminster table in Parliament. But the experiences of Blackpool fans over the last five years or more has politicised the fan base to a level rarely seen…
Karl Oyston (again), Farewell to Ken … and Illness strikes !
Contracted a virus a couple of days ago which explains the absence of blogs. Bit of an abridged catch-up below – as ever feedback / comments greatly appreciated. Thursday’s visit to Alexandra House, Parsonage, Manchester will hopefully be one of the final court visits for the BFC faithful to exorcise…
Radio Lancashire Interview, ‘Leaders’ ? ‘Debate’ ? …..
With my 4 running mates (Gina Dowding Greens, Mark Jewell Liberal Democrats, Mark Menzies Conservative, Mark Mitchell Labour) I attended Wesham Community Centre candidate discussion hosted by Radio Lancashire. The fourth candidate interviews from across the 16 electoral seats of Lancashire, Mike Stevens who according to the colourful Mark Menzies…
From Serbia to The Gold Coast …..
A long day of travelling and connections – via Paris for some via Frankfurt for others and via Luton, Nuneaton and the Hop Inn for the serial snorer. Quite a lot of interest from the BBC and the LEP / Gazette in our election campaign. Delays meant I couldn’t get…