12 IN VIEW


Frankly speaking


FLIP-FLOP APPROACH BRINGS CHAOS


by Frank McKenna 


In October cabinet minister Michael Gove told the nation that there was absolutely no chance of a national lockdown happening. He was joined in describing such a scenario as everything from ‘catastrophic’ by the Prime Minister to an ‘enigma’ by the foreign secretary.


At around the same time, the chancellor was telling northern    


 


 from one position to another during their chaotic management of 


In Greater Manchester, mayor Andy Burnham was seething with the government for putting his city-region into stricter lockdown measures  closed and looking for a range of 2021 lockdowns too!


At this rate, few of our politicians are going to come out of this crisis with much credit and it is no surprise to see Nigel Farage return to   


The flip-flop approach from our politicians is killing us in more ways than one


  


With infection rates continuing to rise, and the economy now in for another major trauma, we have neither protected health nor the  


GETTING BETTER CONNECTED


A project to connect Blackpool to the high- speed North Atlantic Loop communications network took an important step forward in October when the fibre optic cable landed on its beach.


 some of the world’s fastest and most resilient internet speeds and will be connected directly to  status as a key international route linking the 


Watched by civic and business leaders the crew of a ‘rear end barge’ landed the subsea cable for connection to a dedicated landing station at 


  


 Comms, the company delivering the project, said:  than many of the existing undersea UK cables  which are now coming towards the end of their 


 to the USA, and the newest technological


assets and engineering capabilities available  


  


Atlantic Loop opens up so many business possibilities for a digital Blackpool, attracting all sorts of opportunities from a wide range of sectors such as contactless retailing,  


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