Monthly Archives: May 2007

The Labour promises thread

Posted on May 23, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The Labour Party made a lot of promises at these elections. Here’s a few: – to keep home care in-house – to return £10m of council tax overpayments to council tax payers – to return to weekly rubbish collections in … Continue reading →

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Labour's secret location to meet the people revealed

Posted on May 23, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A politician covered in shit… Gordon Brown’s non-election roadshow hits Bristol on Saturday. He will be appearing alongside the six contenders for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party that I really can’t be fucked to list. Due to the … Continue reading →

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It's the Holland and Hammond show!

Posted on May 22, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol Labour Party this evening took minority control of Bristol City Council with the support of the Conservative Party. The Tories and Labour both rejected a last minute climbdown from Steve Comer’s Liberal Democrats – who promised to reconsider the … Continue reading →

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Labour take control!

Posted on May 22, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

With no commitment to an in-house home care service… More Later!

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The Bristol Blookie (Live from Alcester)

Posted on May 21, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Get ready to gamble… The Bristol Blookie’s EXCLUSIVE will-not-be-beaten odds on the outcome of tomorrow night’s council meeting. (Brought to you LIVE from next door to Teddy’s Tiny Tots Nursery, Alcester) 3 – 1: Lib Dem minority administration supported by … Continue reading →

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Bolton takes up the gauntlet!

Posted on May 21, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Yet another successful campaign from The Blogger. Charlie Bolton has picked up The Blogger’s gauntlet and has announced in today’s Evening Cancer that he is ready to stand as leader if the leadership vacuum at Bristol City Council is not … Continue reading →

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Trade union's Bunter joy sensation

Posted on May 21, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Ho, ho, ho. Another pronouncement from Kim Il Bey-Non, Eternal Shop Steward of the Numpty Republic of Transport House. Now the lifelong fighter for workers’ rights is reduced to praising local Tory buffoon and notorious chancer Bunter Eddy for being … Continue reading →

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"Not some madman on his own"

Posted on May 20, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

[googlevideo=http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2393402568525944108&hl=en-GB] A reader has sent a link to a film of Ligali’s Toyin Agbetu attending a bail hearing at Charing Cross police station on 25 April following his arrest in Westminster Abbey in March. The pan-Africanist was arrested after confronting … Continue reading →

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Did your MP vote to hide their huge expense claims?

Posted on May 20, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A full list here of MPs who voted in the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill to exempt themselves from FOI legislation. The only local MP who voted in favour was Labour’s public schoolboy fantasist and paedo-obsessive Dan Norris. None of … Continue reading →

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"In home care time and space are the same thing"

Posted on May 19, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

No leadership? No problemo! Says Kim Il Bey-Non, Eternal Shop Steward of the Numpty Republic of Transport House. While people across the city see only another embarrassing Labour-inspired city council shambles unfolding, The Home Care Workers Blog run by sections … Continue reading →

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