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SBC: Futurist Press Release Puzzle

SBC have released information regarding the Futurist: “Following Scarborough Borough councillors’ decision in September 2014 to take responsibility for demolishing buildings on the site of the Futurist theatre in Scarborough, a further report on the final cost implications of the [...]

November 5, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

Open Letter to Lisa Dixon

Dear Mrs Dixon, In the wake of the Marriott scandal, which highlighted Scarborough Borough Council’s unwillingness to investigate alleged corruption within the council, which Judge Humphrey Forrest called a “Whitewash” and the reluctance of Derek Bastiman, Leader of Scarborough Borough [...]

October 19, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

Tuesday 18th October: Futurist D-Day?

The fate of the Futurist Theatre will be decided on Tuesday 18th October. That is the latest information from Scarborough Borough Council’s Forward Plan. It appears the decision will be made at the Cabinet meeting. 42 of 50 councillors will [...]

September 12, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

Flamingo Land Tory Donations III

Tory-dominated Scarborough Borough Council’s preferred bidder for the Foreshore Road Futurist Theatre site, Flamingo Land Limited and its director Gordon Gibb, have again made sizable donations to the Tory party. The donations, which were recorded on the Electoral Commission web [...]

July 6, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

1975: Peter Shore MP

In 1975 Peter Shore MP (Labour) made a speech to the Oxford Union about the 1975 EEC Referendum debate. Even though his speech is 41 years old, his words show that 41 years have not altered the debate about the [...]

June 21, 2016 Misc

Stronger IN Use MP’s Death for Political Gain

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, has taken to Twitter and is using the murder of Batley & Spen MP Jo Cox to campaign for Remain votes. Jo Cox's strong voice in the campaign to remain in [...]

June 20, 2016 Misc

Remain Campaigners Vandalise Home

The Britain Stronger In Europe campaign has sunk to a new low. An activist, campaigning for the UK to Remain in the European Union, has vandalised a Scarborough home which is flying a Vote Leave banner. The home, which stands [...]

June 12, 2016 Misc

BBC Question Time Bias II

We recently published an article which highlighted the balance of panelists on the BBC’s flagship political debate programme, Question Time. The previous article showed the BBC’s choice of panelists favoured the Remain Campaign. We thought we’d update those figures to [...]

June 8, 2016 Misc

Scarborough EU Referendum Event

There is EU Referendum Event at the Crown Spa Hotel on Thursday June 2nd at 19.00hrs. Guest speakers are Mike Hookem MEP, Marc Glendening and Tony Homewood. The event is open to everyone and is free to attend. [...]

May 29, 2016 Misc

Two-Faced Tory Toadie Talking Twaddle!

Scarborough & Whitby’s most well known expenses fiddler, Robert Goodwill MP, came out for David Cameron’s EU Referendum Remain campaign in April on Yorkshire Coast Radio. Personally I’ve come down on the side of remain but I know many of [...]

May 24, 2016 Misc