Monthly Archives: July 2007

More MoD balls

The MoD might have 1,000 highly paid experts working in media and communications but can they answer a simple parliamentary question between them? Mr. Carswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many former departmental staff are working … Continue reading

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So farewell then… Dumpster

It’ll probably come as no great surprise to many readers to learn that The Blogger was not a close acquaintance of the man we must now learn to call the ‘Former Former World’s Greatest Living Englishman’, Aussie gossip columnist Nigel … Continue reading

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Lambies set to save south Bristol schools

Top news reaches The Blogger from his friends with their fingers on the fading pulse of South Bristol’s schools. It seems the next business sponsor to be announced for Withywood’s brand new Merchants Academy, run by our old friends The … Continue reading

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MoD's PR army

Further proof – as if it’s really needed – that this country’s run by a class of self-perpetuating loonies was provided by the Sunday Telegraph today. The paper reports that the MoD has only just discovered that it has 1,000 … Continue reading

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Camerons in detergent up-the-nose shocker!

It’s caution to the wind over on the Bone Blog as lurid allegations of David Cameron and wife Samantha’s wild ‘n’ crazy cocaine sessions back in the day in Bristol finally emerge. It’s alleged the pair took cocaine together after … Continue reading

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Pass the sickbag: Writer's Rooms

One of the joys Saturday’s Guardian is undoubtedly its Review section’s ‘Writer’s Rooms’ column, in which a painfully self-conscious metropolitan author describes, in scary detail, their study and working methods. Every week it’s like an extended Pseud’s Corner. This week … Continue reading

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Public space: how it now works

A couple of events this weekend will highlight what’s in store for the future of public space in the city… College Green has been a natural hang-out for the city’s young people and especially its skateboarders for years now. It’s … Continue reading

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***SECURITY ALERT*** Mad fanatics want to destroy us all!!!

There was a major security alert across the city today after two large containers of bullshit were discovered at the premises of the Easton Community Partnership on Stapleton Road. Police believe the find may be related to the activities of … Continue reading

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Evelyn Post's Ashton Court

Evelyn Post is The Bristol Blogger’s resident cartoonist. He has a woman’s name. The Bristol Blogger is away until Friday.

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Ashton Court… The final PR shambles

Here’s their website at 2.00pm today. They haven’t even got around to announcing it’s cancelled yet! Should guarantee a good few more disappointed punters at the site than necessary though.

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