East Lancashire towns offered cash for missing Portas scheme (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Is this Shapps guy for real?
£10,000? That's going to make a difference is'nt it, particularly for towns with bids that have previously been rejected - twice!

Who cares about some ridiculous scheme?!?!?! we are in a depressionn people!! If there is money out there spend it on kids who need saving in Lancs... get with the real programme here!!!

£10,000 - what a joke ! Probably costs nearly as much to administer the scheme !
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Just one correction in the report tho' - Darwen didn't 'miss out' on the Portas money as it didn't apply for it in the first place.

That's another equine story banned from accepting comments. What is it with all these horse stories. This is giving us respectable horses a bad name. Regards Shergar.

Troy McCLur wrote:
Who cares about some ridiculous scheme?!?!?! we are in a depressionn people!! If there is money out there spend it on kids who need saving in Lancs... get with the real programme here!!!

The Coalition Government is elevating the teasing and tormenting of local politicians to new heights but more troubling is the failure of the political class both at national and local level to accept the notion that for a great many of our town centres their days of glory as a retailing hub are well and truly over.

We are living through what some are calling the Lesser Depression and although I note this morning that certain sections of the MSM are reporting that the recession may be coming to an end, I fear that this optimism is misplaced and amounts to wishful thinking by the ‘one percenters’.

As one of the ‘99 percenters’ the world looks rather different to me.

From where I’m sitting in my rocking chair Campbell’s oil scenario is looking ever more accurate by the day. A decade ago Colin Campbell argued that in time stagnant oil supplies would lead to a spike in oil prices which would cause a global recession and this in turn would lead to reduced demand for oil and prices would fall; but once the economy returned to a growth trajectory then demand for oil would cause prices to again soar and the economy would fall back into recession.

There is a strong correlation between the price of oil and economic activity, and there is a strong correlation between the price of oil and the price of food; and that’s before the other factors now impacting food supplies.

The price of oil is one of the best indicators for where we are headed economically and with crude oil at $114 a barrel I’d say we ain’t going to be going very far.

I think we can now add a rider to Campbell’s theory. If economic growth returns the price of oil will soar; if economies continue to stagnate then the central banks will print money and the price of oil will soar.

For many folks in East Lancashire shopping is now for essentials only, while others are still shopping like there’s no to-morrow.

A good analysis Kevin, however back to the point of local councils and M.Ps being asked to beg for £10,000 to do exactly what? I see the Association of town centre managers with 20 years experience is a failed quango and could be scrapped. I wonder how long it will be before this coalition has everybody is queuing up in the hope of getting a days work. It really is like being back in the 40s and 50s. It will get worse until people rise up against this right wing dictatorship.

Kevin, Colne wrote:

Troy McCLur wrote: Who cares about some ridiculous scheme?!?!?! we are in a depressionn people!! If there is money out there spend it on kids who need saving in Lancs... get with the real programme here!!!

The Coalition Government is elevating the teasing and tormenting of local politicians to new heights but more troubling is the failure of the political class both at national and local level to accept the notion that for a great many of our town centres their days of glory as a retailing hub are well and truly over. We are living through what some are calling the Lesser Depression and although I note this morning that certain sections of the MSM are reporting that the recession may be coming to an end, I fear that this optimism is misplaced and amounts to wishful thinking by the ‘one percenters’. As one of the ‘99 percenters’ the world looks rather different to me. From where I’m sitting in my rocking chair Campbell’s oil scenario is looking ever more accurate by the day. A decade ago Colin Campbell argued that in time stagnant oil supplies would lead to a spike in oil prices which would cause a global recession and this in turn would lead to reduced demand for oil and prices would fall; but once the economy returned to a growth trajectory then demand for oil would cause prices to again soar and the economy would fall back into recession. There is a strong correlation between the price of oil and economic activity, and there is a strong correlation between the price of oil and the price of food; and that’s before the other factors now impacting food supplies. The price of oil is one of the best indicators for where we are headed economically and with crude oil at $114 a barrel I’d say we ain’t going to be going very far. I think we can now add a rider to Campbell’s theory. If economic growth returns the price of oil will soar; if economies continue to stagnate then the central banks will print money and the price of oil will soar. For many folks in East Lancashire shopping is now for essentials only, while others are still shopping like there’s no to-morrow.

Very true, and the more money that the Arabs get; the more land, banks and infastructure they purchase around the world.

We are over a barrel, held by the short and curlys of one of the most oppressive religions around today.....