| COMMUNITY LINKS |
| Fylde Civic Awareness Group | Helps people understand what Local Government is all about, and works with local groups to encourage participation and foster co-operation; sharing information and ideas, as
well as encouraging alliances where appropriate, and providing support and experience without loss of individual autonomy. |
| Defend Lytham | Aims to preserve Lytham’s heritage and save it from the fate that has befallen so many British towns and cities. |
Lytham St Annes Civic Society
| Aims to encourage enlightened town planning, imaginative design, preservation of our historical and architectural heritage, and environmental improvements. |
| Save the Ribble | A blog dedicated to preserving the beauty of the River Ribble, and opposing the Riverworks 'vision' to build a barrage on our River and develop on our green spaces, causing damage to wildlife and the environment and increasing the risk of flooding to our homes. |
| Save North Beach Car Park | Join the campaign to stop the closure and development of the North Beach Car Park located next to the beach in St Annes on Sea, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Queensway Environmental Defenders | Aims to protect Queensway and Lytham Moss from inappropriate development |
| EMANATIONS OF THE STATE |
| Lancashire County Council | The Council that governs the county of Lancashire. |
| Fylde Borough Council | Fylde Borough Council has 51 Councillors from 21 wards that residents have elected to represent you. |
| Saint Anne's on the Sea Town Council | The role of St Anne’s on the Sea Town Council is to listen to the concerns and aspirations of the residents of our town and to respond accordingly |
| NATIONAL POLITICAL COMMENTARY LINKS |
| Political Science Resources | Quite simply, the definitive gateway
to the most significant resources relevant to the study of politics and government |
| Broken Forms of Government | Advocates that the 'small state' might provide a better basis for participatory democracy than the large state.
This is a national politics site run by a local man and is well worth a read. |
| Political Compass | An entirely anonymous online questionnaire, that gives you a better idea of where you stand politically. Interesting concepts, and worth a go, but the results might not be as you expected. |
| Isitfair | Isitfair is a 'grassroots' campaign for the reform of Council Tax. It wants the fair distribution of Government Grants to all Local Authorities and to replace the present
Council Tax system with one that is based on ability to pay (from disposable income) |
| Campaign Against Political Correctness | More or less what it says on the tin. |
| LOCAL POLITICAL COMMENTARY OR NEWS LINKS |
| Fylde Coast Community Radio | Interesting local interviews and local features produced by Steven Bate |
| Philtheone.com | Right-leaning Blackpool blog covering South Shore, North Shore, Marton, Bispham, Cleveleys and the rest of the Fylde discussing politics, local life etc. He's braver that
we are - he lets you comment on the articles. The language of some of his contributors is unfortunate. |
| Wesham.Com | Blogsite of FBC Conservative Councillor Simon Renwick, currently the Cabinet member for Culture and Tourism. |
| Heyhouses Ward Conservatives | Blogsite of Three FBC Conservative Councillors. John Coombes, Craig Halewood and Keith Hyde |
| St Leonard's Conservatives | Blogsite of St. Leonard's Ward two FBC Conservative councillors - Karen Buckley and Angela Jacques |
| Rural Fylde Conservatives | Blogsite for rural Fylde Conservatives run by Cllr Simon Renwick |
| Councillor Tony Ford | Personal website of Liberal Democrat Councillor Tont Ford, Ashton Ward. |
| Councillor Cheryl Little | Personal website of Conservative Councillor Cheryl Little, Fairhaven Ward. |
| Councillor David Chedd | Personal website of Independent Councillor David Chedd, Park Ward. |
| Councillor Fabian Craig Wilson | Personal website of Conservative Councillor Fabian Craig Wilson, Central Ward |
| OTHER INTERESTING LINKS |
| John Stuart Mill | 1806–73, British philosopher and economist. His A System of Logic (1843) was followed in 1848 by the Principles of Political Economy, which influenced English radical thought. Perhaps his most famous work was 'On Liberty' |
| Rotten Borough | A web site dedicated to victims of the establishment. It will publish your stories as you send them. |
| Seeing Red | Written by a scientist who finally decided 'enough was enough' when faced with the incompetence and malevolence of local councils in England. |
| PARTY POLITICAL LINKS |
| Balckpool Liberal Democrats |
Campaigning for Blackpool. |
