Monthly Archives: October 2007

Notting Hill's radical history

Posted on October 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s been light posting this weekend as The Blogger has been laying out Tom Vague’s excellent Bash the Rich Radical History Tour of Notting Hill pamphlet. It’s a kind of riotous, left wing, pop cultural, psychogeographic ramble through the streets … Continue reading →

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CONgestion charge latest

Posted on October 13, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Isn’t it about time we made more room for people who can afford these? By Bluebaldee Bristol City Council in conjunction with the other three local authorities have produced yet another glossy document about how terrible congestion is in the … Continue reading →

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The Friday night post: drinking responsibly

Posted on October 12, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

They said on BBC News 24 yesterday that people “should be encouraged to start drinking responsibly earlier”. So I started at 5.00pm today. Not sure it’s such a good idea really.

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Rearranging the deckchairs? Or how local journalism works

Posted on October 12, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Here’s a very brief guide to how local journalists do their job. They claim that they’re overworked and underpaid and that they “hold many of Bristol’s decision-makers accountable on a daily basis“. Ho, ho, ho. Here’s a press release from … Continue reading →

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U-turning and u-turning in the widening mire

Posted on October 11, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s been an update on the Avon & Somerset site and in The Cancer on the carnival night killing of 35-year-old Somalian, Mohamoud Muse Hassan who was stabbed to death at The Criterion pub in Ashley Road, St Pauls (Blogger … Continue reading →

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Blog Action Day

Posted on October 11, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

This blog is about to get B.A.D. Vowlsie’s idea I’m afraid. I think he might regret it . . . EXCLUSIVELY this Monday: The Blogger on the environment. Not to be missed!

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The strange case of the Brown-nosing Bristol MPs and the Stalinist sex pest

Posted on October 11, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Online Celtic fanzine ETims provides a reminder of the role two Bristol MPs – one current, one former – played in preventing former-Stalinist bully boy John Reid from running for the leadership of the Labour Party as the keeper of … Continue reading →

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Venue in gay fire fighters shocker!

Posted on October 10, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Turned to the Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Tri, Trans and None of the Above-sexual pages of today’s Venue magazine – the nearest thing we have to a liberal voice here in Tory Town – hoping to read some informed comment from … Continue reading →

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CONsultants: we're all in the wrong job

Posted on October 9, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Leafing through the paperwork for this recent citizens’ jury on waste, which has finally been published and can be viewed on the city council’s website, I was particularly struck by the costs charged by the chosen consultants OPM. They included … Continue reading →

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On the culture front

Posted on October 9, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s the blog ‘o the week . . . A big thanks to the Bone Blog for this one. We couda been contenders . . . But thankfully Jeremy Isaacs saved us from a couple of bucks and a one-way … Continue reading →

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