“Gordon Brown knows Blackpool, he has visited Blackpool many times. He understands our needs and I’m sure he will listen sympathetically, but we do need to find ways of moving forward sooner rather than later.” Oh how we laugh at Joan Humble’s craven quotes to the press. “We need to see how we can build
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About Paul Maynard
Find out why Paul Maynard is the man for the job of taking Blackpool and Cleveleys' case to Westminster...
Standing up for the NHS
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Standing up for law and order
Paul Maynard will stand up for law-abiding people and help them retake their neighbourhoods
Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Blackpool North & Cleveleys, Paul Maynard, has today welcomed the Conservative Party proposals for safeguarding the future of seaside arcades.“We believe that adult gaming centres are a valuable element of many seaside towns and do not think that they should be damaged by the consequences of Government legislation. The Government should
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Empty Vessels Make Most Noise. Government’s Response to Blackpool Action Plan is Non-Existent
Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Blackpool North & Cleveleys, Paul Maynard, has today criticised the Government for the weakness of their response to the Blackpool Action Plan.
“This report is proof that Labour have turned their back on Blackpool. On the same day they ditch
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I was on the North West segment of the politics show yesterday, discussing issues relating to mental health – a subject I feel very strongly about. If you want to watch, my bit starts about 4 mins 30 secs in – just click on the link below, then click on ‘last week’s programme’.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/regions/north_west/default.stm
The Government has finally come forward with concrete proposals for improving children’s palliative care services – some nine years after I started campaigning to improve them.
It would be excessively curmudgeonly of me not to say that it is good the Government has begun to tackle the issue. But looking at the document, it concentrates
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Out my front door, over the (dismantled) tram tracks for my morning constitutional down the shoreline, and what happens when I try to get the lower promenade? I can’t, to my surprise. Souped-up Ford Cortinas like extras from Life on Mars are hurtling at very high speeds – and making an awful racket. Apparently it
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This is a long one but deliberately so – no-one else seems to have picked up on this, so why not me?
On the 16th January 2008, Gordon Brown announced the establishment of the Risk & Regulation Advisory Council (RRAC). The Government spun it in such a way it was presented as an attempt to end
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Thornton Cleveleys has two new Councillors after Conservatives won two dramatic victories yesterday.
In the Thornton Cleveleys Central county council seat, Conservative Jim Lawrenson beat Labour 1536 to 934. UKIP finished far behind on 489 and the Liberal Democrats – who didn’t even come to see the votes be counted – took only 220.
The Conservatives won
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