Monthly Archives: November 2007

Stat Porn: 100,000 Up!

Posted on November 9, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

On Thursday The Bristol Blogger got their 100,000th hit. This has taken 33 weeks and means that The Blogger is averaging over 3,000 hits per week since it started in March. However the blog is currently getting between 5-6,000 hits … Continue reading →

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Transport round-up

Posted on November 9, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Minister of State for being an unpalatable shade of orange, Peter Vain, was in town yesterday making one of his stupid, posh foghorn-voiced announcements. And what tremendous news he brings! Yet another Labour government subsidy, no less, for Bristol’s most … Continue reading →

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Educashion today

Posted on November 8, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

On one of the more obscure outposts of the council’s website you can find details about something called ‘Buggybuddies’, publicly funded keep fit sessions for yummy mummies. If you really feel the need to look it up yourself it can … Continue reading →

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Tough at the top?

Posted on November 8, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Clearly it’s not just Heather Tomlinson feeling the pressure and turning into a raving paranoid loon who’s lost all their bearings. Mike Norton, Bristol United Press’s Group Editor responsible for all their local publications including The Cancer, The Depress and … Continue reading →

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Direktive from ze Heatherbunker

Posted on November 7, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A reader directs The Blogger to this term’s edition of Herr Direktor Tomlinson’s glossy newsletter(PDF) for school governors as we “may want to read the series of crap excuses she’s concocted”! The reader continues: No great major spelling mistakes immediately … Continue reading →

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Our trough: their snouts

Posted on November 6, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Hurrah! As part of the national Crimestoppers Conference taking place in Bristol last week on the theme of ‘Engaging Hard-To-Reach Communities’, West Country Crimestoppers held a sumptuous black tie reception on board the SS Great Britain “to thank local and … Continue reading →

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Meet the Met

Posted on November 6, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s an interesting piece of film courtesy of FIT* watch on Indymedia showing what happens when a group of people attempt to try: A minutes applause will be held outside the home of the Rt Hon David Cameron, to celebrate … Continue reading →

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Day 4 of my experiment

Posted on November 5, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Time for an update on The Blogger’s great e-democracy experiment to get rid of Heather Tomlinson. On Friday The Blogger fired off an email to the council’s e-democracy department requesting some simple information on their confidentiality arrangements with regards to … Continue reading →

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The last days of the Heathersreich

Posted on November 5, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Sounds like it’s beginning to resemble the fall of Berlin in the Tomlinson Schoolzbunker at the Council House. Our man with the password to the server in Bristol’s Education department says that Herr Direktor Heather Tomlinson is now so paranoid … Continue reading →

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How the rich were bashed

Posted on November 4, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s reports and comments offering a variety of perspectives on yesterday’s Bash the Rich march at London Class War, Johnny Void, Ian Bone and Indymedia. I’ve not really got much to add to what has already been said aside from … Continue reading →

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