Casino uncertainty

Although Manchester won the day in its bid for a super-casino, it's not out of the woods yet, as a coalition of Labour rebels, Tories and LibDems may scupper government plans by rejecting the proposals in the House of Commons later today.

This, in its turn leaves a possible door open for Blackpool. It was mentioned on the news this evening that several MPs for North West England will be voting against the proposal in favour of seeing Blackpool as the site of the super-casino. However as the government is refusing to separate the super-casino and smaller casinos into two separate votes, the government may well see the whole plan go up in smoke.