Monthly Archives: January 2008

Gimmick Watch

Posted on January 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Other means of creating hot air … Bristol City Council is planning another gimmick to help define the council’s top priorities for the future – even though they’ve done this all before and miserably failed to deliver the priorities. The … Continue reading →

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Counting the cost of Brown's Britain

Posted on January 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

1.4m – number of children living in poverty despite having a working parent in 1997 1.4m – number of children living in poverty despite having a working parent in 2007 (Source: Institute for Public Policy Research [pdf]) This would seem … Continue reading →

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PFImary schooling

Posted on January 3, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Just two months after unveiling a controversial and flawed ‘Primary School Review’, our Labour administration seems intent on implementing the plan without even bothering to respond to the criticisms levelled against it. This week has seen announcements of a large … Continue reading →

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Dan Norris calendar horror

Posted on January 3, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The Blogger’s sympathy goes out to the group of carefully selected unfortunates in the new constituency of North East Somerset, formerly Wansdyke. For it seems their go-getting public schoolboy Labour MP, Dan Norris, has devised a new way to get … Continue reading →

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Crap-a-hack

Posted on January 2, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Are you an entertainments supremo? Could you handle Crackerjack? Asks Evening Cancer editor Mike Norton on the back of his job supplement in today’s paper. So what the fuck is this gormless accountant up to now then? It might sound … Continue reading →

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Rich! Beyond our wildest dreams …

Posted on January 1, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

My blog is worth $63,228.48. How much is your blog worth? Well maybe not rich. But according to the extremely reliable Dale Olsen’s Business Opportunities Weblog this ‘ere blog’s worth $63,000! So if you want to get in on the … Continue reading →

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