It's Lincolnshire Day

Happy Lincolnshire day to all Yeller-Bellies everywhere. Happy Lincolnshire Day to all who reside in this great county, no matter where you originate from.

If you miss a bit of proper Lincolnshire then have a listen to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi_CTuo7g5o

Lincolnshire is a great county with a long and important history. A great place to live and work.

Lincolnshire Digital Radio Goes Live

To update my post of a couple of days ago, digital radio for Lincolnshire becomes a reality on 1st October 2015 according to BBC Radio Lincolnshire. This is the date that they will begin broadcasting on the digital platform.

If you don't have a digital radio receiver then now is the time to go and invest in one. Exceptionally easy to use. Got DAB in your car? Give it a go you will be amazed at the quality.

Excellent news. Long awaited. Improved reception and coverage.

Digital Radio For Lincolnshire Now Very Close

If you have a digital radio then our local stations will very soon be available for your listening pleasure on the DAB platform.

I picked up two different multiplexes yesterday which were titled Lincs FM and BBC Radio Lincolnshire. The signal was booming out here in Skegness.

The broadcasting on these channels is due to begin next month October 2015.

I would encourage any radio stations based in the County to contact MUXCO if they are interested in broadcasting in the digital realm. I have no idea what this entails but you can get information and contact details here:
http://www.muxco.com/multiplexes/lincolnshire/

Digital Radio for Lincolnshire has been a long time coming but it really looks as though we shall be able to benefit from it very shortly. Hooray says I.


This is a link to my previous blog on this subject:

http://steveodare.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/dab-radio-for-lincolnshire.html

Twenty Thousand Thank Yous

Hugely pleased that my blog has now passed the 20,000 views mark. Very gratifying. Thank you one and all for your interest.

Steve

Labour Farming Shadow Minister - Treat Meat Eaters Like Smokers!

Labour's Shadow Farming Minister, Kerry McCarthy an ardent vegan, has announced that meat eaters should be treated like smokers.

Expected NHS poster - Not all bad then!

 It is expected that, if Labour win power at the next General Election the following policies will be put into place:

• A Meat Tax will be put into place which will be revised each year in the budget.
• It will be illegal to serve meat to anyone under the age of 16 years.
• Meat will not be able to be consumed in any government buildings.
• Eating meat will be banned from the grounds of all NHS establishments.
• Meat will have to be consumed outside of all restaurants and pubs unless a special "meat-eating room" is provided in these establishments.
• Meat will have to be sold in plain packaging and carry a health warning "Meat can Kill".
• Those retailers selling meat will have to have the meat placed in a container so that the meat will not be visible to the public. This will obviously include butchers shops.
• The eating of meat in a car when children are present will be banned by law.
• The advertising of meat products will be banned.
• Special anti-meat eating programmes will be established free on the NHS and the government will fund research and development into the following: Meat Eating Patches, Meat Eating Chewing Gum, Electronic Meat and in addition all GP Surgeries will provide anti-meat eating clinics.
• Further measures will be announced as time goes by.

Ms McCarthy MP for Bristol East, well done the voters in Bristol East I say, said last night "The dangers to health of eating meat and of second-hand meat eating are well known. We need to crack down hard on this iniquitous practice for the good of our children, their children and their childrens children. In addition, and this is something that will be great news for all football fans, Forest Green Rovers will receive immediate promotion to the Premier League".

Further to this meat eating news it is also believed that if he becomes Prime Minister all shaving products will be treated in the same way under his own special Hirsute Agenda.

Welcome to the wacky world of Corbynista government.
                                         

2015 An Excellent Season

Now that we are nearly into October it is a good time to look back over the last few months and see how it has gone.Well. From all the reports in the local press and from conversations I have had it would appear that 2015 has been an excellent season here in Skegness.

The hotels have been very busy and the local holiday businesses have reported having had good takings.

Great to see the new Skegness Aquarium up and running and from reports it would appear that they have made a good start. It is really good to see an attraction that is truly 12 months of the year on our seafront. I hope that there will be more of this excellent type of development in the future. Add this to the established attractions in the town and it is easy to see why the resort remains so popular.

Talking about our seafront it is undergoing and has undergone a lot of changes over the last few years. Some would say it is for the better and some would say that it is not. Whatever your view the town cannot stand still or it will fall behind and the seasons will go into decline. The town and the businesses in it need to be creating more job opportunities for the local people. I know that in years gone by there were lots of open green spaces and few neon lights etc., but, as has been said many times in different quarters, the town needs to develop to keep attracting the business.  You cannot have development and change and expect everything to stay the same. It doesn't work that way.

As a town and a local population, we need to be welcoming to new businesses that wish to come to us. It is external investment that is needed as well as local business expansion, such as the very welcome Aquarium.

A good season then and lets look forward to the next one, not forgetting of course the out of season offerings between now and then. That is for next time!

Whining Grimsby MP Onn Gets Front Bench Position For Labour

It really is unbelievable. Melanie Onn the MP for Grimsby has been made Shadow Leader of The House of Commons. This is the woman who described the front-bench Shadow positions of Health and Defence amongst others as "tea-making" positions, whilst whinging about there not being any women in power in Corbyn's Cabinet.. That really shows the contempt she holds the NHS and the Armed Forces in!
Please see here for my original post on this: http://steveodare.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/labour-mp-looks-down-on-armed-forces.html

The Leader of the House of Commons and the Shadow Leader are normally senior members of Parliament with the experience needed to be able to organise the business of the house i.e. the subjects that are allowed for debate and ensuring that the policies and bills etc. that need to be debated and voted on are on the agendas. As can be seen the roles are very important.

In the case of Miss Onn,she has been an MP since May 2015. She has held no positions of authority or responsibility in the Commons. She has no experience of parliament or the way it runs and should be run!

Compare this with the Leader of the House Chris Grayling, an MP since 2001 who has been Shadow Secretary of Sate for Transport, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Shadow Home Secretary. Since 2010 he has served as Minister of State for Employment, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice before becoming Leader of the House.

So why do we think that Miss Onn has been given this, presumably in her eyes, non "tea-making" position? The only answer I can come up with is that she has a big gob and her big gob has frightened the the totally inept Corbyn into giving her a job! If anybody can think of another reason please do tell!

What a way to run a party!