Monthly Archives: January 2008

Desperate Dan backing old boss Hain

Posted on January 12, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Exercising his extraordinary powers of judgement and heading the queue to defend Peter Hain, blatantly caught with his pants down and money sticking out his hole, is none other than Wansdyke’s Labour MP Dan Norris, Norris was parliamentary private secretary … Continue reading →

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Muslim balls

Posted on January 12, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Yet another hugely unpopular public spending announcement – likely to have the exact opposite effect to the one they intend – finds the city council proposing to fork out £80,000 of our money on a survey to help Muslims “integrate … Continue reading →

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The Penny Dropp'd

Posted on January 11, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

A LOCAL MEDIA PRODUCTION in association with THE DELUSIONAL LOCALS Presents The Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company Players with The London Luvvies in THE PENNY DROPP’D ACT II A provincial 18th Century theatre lies in darkness. Just the faintest ripple … Continue reading →

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Old Vic: it's another fiasco!!!

Posted on January 10, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Watershed supremo and Old Vic boss elect, Dick Penny’s brave new dawn to bring our fine old theatre into the 21st century, due to commence at 6.00pm this evening collapsed into chaos at, er … approximately 5.59pm this evening when … Continue reading →

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Old Vic latest

Posted on January 9, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The next installment of the ongoing Old Vic fiasco takes place tomorrow night when – what the remnants of the theatre’s trustees are calling – a “special meeting” for the public takes place at the theatre at 6.00pm. In the … Continue reading →

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In praise of Peter Goodwin

Posted on January 8, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Well done to the Green Party’s Peter Goodwin who’s proving himself to be a fully paid up member of Bristol’s depressingly small political awkward squad. Goodwin made good use of Freedom of Information legislation last autumn to obtain information from … Continue reading →

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Local media assisted departure from reality of the week

Posted on January 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Paul Barnett, the city council’s unpopular and unwanted head of Cultural Services appears to be back at his desk and spouting his usual brand of complete and utter nonsense to the Evening Cancer. Trailing the fact that the city council’s … Continue reading →

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The life and times of Michael Cocks #4

Posted on January 6, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Former Bristol South MP Michael Cocks, even in the twilight of his long parliamentary career, still manages a small walk-on part in high Tory journalist Peter Oborne’s surprisingly impressive attack on contemporary parliamentary politics, The Triumph of the Political Class. … Continue reading →

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Who the Hell is Edward Colston?

Posted on January 6, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

A brief biog of the city’s favourite slave trader brought to you by Channel Zero Bristol … [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7R8n7nIBc0] Hat tip: Bristol 2007’s Weblog 

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Fancy that! Business West news

Posted on January 5, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

As The Blogger reported here well before Christmas, a Business West press release published verbatim in yesterday’s Evening Cancer confirms that Business West will be merging with Swindon based GWE to form an organisation, GWE Business West, “to represent the … Continue reading →

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