There are times when you read the paper and just think there are so many issues to blog about, it’s best just to go through them one-by-one and get it all out, so here goes:

The £12,000 payouts in Northern Ireland. Truth and reconciliation was the watchword of healing South Africa’s divisions. In Northern Ireland, truth
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I have just issued a call for Joan Humble to show her support for Blackpool and Cleveleys’ many anglers in Parliament.
Walking along the seafront, come wind, rain or sunshine, I see just how many local people enjoy angling. But now, those who go out in small boats for their angling face a new threat from
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So we are in a recession. Hardly a surprise. What was a surprise was the extent to which the economy shrank over the last 3 months  – 1.5% – the worst since 1980. The pound has fallen to a new low against the dollar, and the FTSE is back below 3,000. Gordon Brown is exuding
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Interesting article in yesterday’s Times about how reduced demand for salt is impacting on gas storage plans in Cheshire. It doesn’t refer to Canatxx direct, and our problem is that the brine wells are already there, but readers might find it interesting as it places our own local Canatxx debate in a much wider perspective.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article5542427.ece

Gas
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The Royal Mail don’t seem to have a clue.
First they close Abingdon Street as a Crown Post Office. Then they close 3 more Post Offices in Blackpool North & Cleveleys. Then they re-open Abingdon Street as a collection point – presumably because WH Smith’s haven’t got the space – and now it looks as though
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The Pleasure Beach announced today that the local landmark restaurant, the White Tower, is set to restrict itself only to private bookings. For many, this is an ‘end of an era’ moment and, inevitably, another “nail in the coffin”. We have plenty of them in Blackpool, it seems, these days.
Stop for a moment though. Is it
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So the Chancellor is going to start printing money again (though they now call it ‘quantative easing’). We have seen where this can lead before – hyper-inflation in Weimar Germany, in Hungary after World War One and in Zimbabwe now. It often leads to inflation, and it can reach the point where there is insufficient
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I got a bit of a shock yesterday afternoon. Turning right out of Sevenoaks Drive onto Warren Drive, a bus swung round just as I was approaching the junction. I slowed down – I only drive at 20mph along Sevenoaks Drive anyway, I’ve had so many complaints from residents about speeding. But I was struck
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