Monthly Archives: May 2007

Bristol Election 2007 with The Bristol Blogger

Bristol’s state of the art digital graphics election tour-de-force… Follow Bristol’s election results as they happen with expert commentary, analysis and graphics. Here’s how it works: The Blogger’s scientifically calculated predictions by ward are listed below. Wards in bold are … Continue reading

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Inner city Lib Dem blues?

Reports of a historically low turnout so far in Easton especially in the Lib Dem heartland of Whitehall. It looks like Labour and Lib Dem voters rather than switching might be staying at home to express their disapproval. Senior Lib … Continue reading

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Election predictions

The Blogger is not doing ward-by-ward predictions as it’s too complicated and some of the contests involve very local affairs and isuues and are too tough to call. However, overall The Blogger thinks it will pan out something like this: … Continue reading

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Makes me wanna holler – inner city news

A lot of high value election entertainment to be had over in the inner city at the moment. Labour’s Lawrence Hill candidate Bush Rat Ali, the Photoshop faker (Blogger passim) has already added considerably to the city’s mirth levels with … Continue reading

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Election stuff to make you raise an eyebrow

Some eyebrow raising in Hillfields at present as the Labour candidate, Martin Golding puts out a leaflet assuring the electorate he “lives locally”. Shame his nomination papers list his address as upmarket Westbury-on-Trym on the other side of town then. … Continue reading

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The Bristol Blogger: News updates

A couple of brief updates on some stories: Bush Rat Ali, the Lawrence Hill Labour Photoshop faker Whispers reach The Blogger that The Evening Cancer is declining to run the Photoshop faker story because “it is too sensitive” for election … Continue reading

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The Bristol Blogger's basic rules of the internet

No. 1: That incisive, cutting and witty monologue you so lovingly produced half-pissed on Friday night may not have quite the qualities you thought by Monday morning… A clearly tired and emotional gentleman of the local press took to the … Continue reading

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