Monthly Archives: January 2008

Fancy that!

Posted on January 31, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol City Council has admitted misleading parents over the catchment area for its flagship secondary school at Redland Green. Scores of children living within the “area of first priority” did not get in to the comprehensive last September because of … Continue reading →

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The strange case of the disappearing press release

Posted on January 31, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

First thing this morning the city council published a press release – “Parks to get even better deal from revised investment plans” – with yet another new set of figures regarding how much of our park land the Labour Party … Continue reading →

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CONsultant's healthy profit

Posted on January 31, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The Cancer revealed yesterday that Frenchay and Southmead Hospitals, both part of the cash-strapped North Bristol NHS Trust (NBHT), are spending just 50p per person on their less-than-appetising hospital meals. This news comes just as the hospital trust has been … Continue reading →

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Eurotrash

Posted on January 30, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The appalling Esther Pickup-Keller – wife of the equally appalling Derek Pickup, the city’s education boss with the shady past in the council’s community grants department – has discovered a new gravy train to her liking. Pickup-Keller currently picks up … Continue reading →

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Muslim Balls

Posted on January 30, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It looks News Bunny Norton, the Evening Cancer editor, has decided to grab himself a slice of the diversity action by employing a Muslim columnist. Farooq Siddique of the the publicly funded Bristol Muslim Cultural Society – who no doubt … Continue reading →

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Our cycle path's being Savaged!

Posted on January 29, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Now this is getting fucking ridiculous. It’s like Bristol’s got its very own multi-millionaire Merchant Venturer Forrest Gump character popping up every time something totally crap is announced in the city. To be honest, the way things are run around … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Congestion charge, Developments, Environment, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Transport, WESP | Tagged , | There are 4 comments

EXCLUSIVE: £200m of Bristol park land is officially under threat

Posted on January 29, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

That attractive new look for our parks being proposed by Bristol City Council. After a couple of weeks of pooh-poohing claims from the Bristol Parks Forum that the Labour administration tried to sneak through a hastily assembled report at their … Continue reading →

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Oh no … It looks like it's time for the infamous south Bristol ring road gambit!

Posted on January 28, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

With the plan to turn the Bristol and Bath Cycle Path into a bus route formally announced, it looks likely local politicians will be readying themselves to play the infamous south Bristol ring road gambit. This is an extraordinary technique … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol East, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local elections 2007, Local government, Transport | Tagged , , , , | There are 4 comments

First in line

Posted on January 27, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Mark Bradshaw, Labour’s architect of the plans to convert the Bristol and Bath Cycle Path into a rapid transit route, is very keen to play down any role First Bus – Bristol’s most hated firm – might have in the … Continue reading →

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Local foodie's Watershed dinner horror

Posted on January 26, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

“The Watershed runs itself,” its Director Dick Penny assured the recent meeting on the future of the Old Vic, which he may soon be running. Er, not according to Evening Cancer food critic Mark Taylor it doesn’t. Taylor, like many … Continue reading →

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