Pat Regan's Blog, page 54

Universal Credit fiasco hitting UK's most vulnerable families hardest

Last October Southport MP Damien Moore warmly welcomed the controversial Universal Credit (UC) scheme that was rolled out across the country.

Mr Moore told Parliament that:

"I, for one, welcome the fact that UC is available in more than 100 Jobcentres across the country and laud the Government for reiterating their commitment to having it available in all Jobcentres from September 2018.”

However, the controversial scheme is coming under increasing fire, as an ill-considered and destructive farce...

HMS Mersey entering Liverpool

HMS Mersey, photographed this morning from Hightown, moving into the River Mersey's estuary.


HMS Mersey is the youngest of the original set of River-class patrol vessels. She patrols the waters of the UK and up to 200 miles in the Atlantic, ensuring that fishing boats and trawlers comply with internationally-agreed quotas.
In May 2016, Mersey was dry docked in Martinique as part of her mid-deployment maintenance period. By July, Mersey had been relieved by RFA Wave Knight and was deployed on mi...

Little Seedlings growing well at Dobbies, along with the odd raptor...

Dobbies on Bentham’s Way in Birkdale, hosted a special day of activities to launch the Little Seedlings play area on Saturday, September 22, including appearances from Spiderman, along with various Disney characters such as Moana and Maui and Rapunzel.

















Children enjoyed activities including face-painting, receiving glitter tattoos as well as dancing in the mini disco.



Another treat consisted of the wonderful raptors (owls, hawks, etc) displayed outside Dobbies by  S & R Birds of Prey.





















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New Soft Play Area opens at Dobbies Garden Centre in Southport

Dobbies in Southport is set to launch a much-anticipated new Little Seedlings soft play area on the 22nd September.

To celebrate the opening a host of activities will be taking place at the garden centre to entertain families throughout the afternoon.



Activities including face painting, balloon modelling, a mini disco and special guest characters will take place until 2pm.

Dobbies welcomes all children to explore the bright new play zone where they will be able to have fun and tumble with Bud an...

Tommy Robinson’s censorship & torture by UK’s Nanny State

Tommy Robinson has been outspoken and volatile for some years, in his criticisms of Islam. Naturally, he will have probably chastised himself privately for some of his earlier actions.

Nevertheless, his recent inhuman treatment by the self-righteous UK Establishment is a black stain on this country.

Mr Robinson’s predicament has now been highlighted on the following YouTube link during an interview with Ezra Levant



https://www.youtube.com/embed/RqlD_r6T160

The UK press failed to acq...

Lib Dems to consider adopting policy to axe Catholic education in Scotland

The Scottish Liberal Democrats are set to discuss adopting a policy to end Catholic education in Scotland at their conference this Saturday. However, some in the party will seek to defeat the suggestion.

At the conference a motion will be discussed, which will call on the Scottish Government to…

‘Pursue a single secular model of state-funded education,’‘Remove religious belief as a placing criteria for Scottish state funded schools,’ ‘Remove faith as a criteria for selecting or recommendin...

Ribble Estuary: Alien invasion or something a little more terrestrial?

Travelling along Southport’s Coastal Road at Marshside, eagle-eyed folks could perhaps have been forgiven for wondering what the strange cloud of distant UFOs over the River Ribble's estuary actually consisted of. Had ET landed at Blackpool or...?

At first I thought the mystery objects were a skein of large geese but a closer look with the camera revealed the truth...


I got the super-zoom out to discover more about these distant flying objects. They appeared to be kites. A quick Google sea...

Ainsdale Beach Bank Holiday Car Chaos

Some cars got through the thick sands at Ainsdale’s beach entrance, while others were not so lucky.


There was also no sign of any attempts to move the thick sand at the entrance by the local authority. Basically, numerous unlucky drivers were left to tackle the tricky situation, as best they could.
The soft sands are very hard to avoid,  as they frequently cover the whole entrance area.So what advice do Sefton Council give? They state:  "We would ask visitors to ensure that they...

Catholic Confessional Farce: 1.2 billion happy to protect vile child abusers UPDATED

Pope Francis has said he is ashamed of the Catholic Church's failure to adequately address the "repellent crimes" of sex abuse by clergy. The Irish prime minister earlier delivered a strong warning to the Pope to take action against clergy involved in child abuse and keeping it secret.

It all sounds fine and dandy but in affect it’s simply more ‘Damage Limitation’ by a struggling branch of religious Christian Fundamentalism. Let’s get one thing straight; any papal apology is utter rubbish. Why...

Catholic Confessional Farce: 1.2 billion happy to protect vile child abusers

Pope Francis has said he is ashamed of the Catholic Church's failure to adequately address the "repellent crimes" of sex abuse by clergy. The Irish prime minister earlier delivered a strong warning to the Pope to take action against clergy involved in child abuse and keeping it secret.

It all sounds fine and dandy but in affect it’s simply more ‘Damage Limitation’ by a struggling branch of religious Christian Fundamentalism. Let’s get one thing straight; any papal apology is utter rubbish. Why...