Monthly Archives: February 2008

BRT: "A gigantic pile of steaming dung"

Posted on February 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

By Bluebaldee (Originally posted as a comment) The link to the BRT Project Board documents is very useful and uncovers a number of interesting facts about BRT. The overarching fact that I’ve discovered is that BRT in general is actually … Continue reading →

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A public service post on behalf of the Bristol Conservative Party

Posted on February 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Confusion, consternation and plain anger tonight across the leafy suburbs of Bristol as the news comes in that the Bristol and South Gloucestershire Conservative Association’s events listing website is down. Fear not. As part of the Bristol Blogger’s political inclusion … Continue reading →

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Is the News Bunny reversing the ferret?

Posted on February 14, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Here’s the latest example of the kind of leadership found at the top of our city’s most influential institutions these days … You might remember that the Evening Cancer, the newspaper Mike “News Bunny” Norton is supposed to be in … Continue reading →

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Railway path: sits vac!

Posted on February 14, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s time for people to stop talking and start working if they want to save the railway path. The campaign is currently looking for someone to design a logo and produce other graphics for their website. If you’ve got the … Continue reading →

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Public service for private gain

Posted on February 13, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Besides the various corporate interests that have their feet firmly under the table of the West of England Partnership’s BRT Project Board – the group continuing to do the work that will destroy the railway path – there’s also various … Continue reading →

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Railway path: dates for the diary

Posted on February 13, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

An example of the appalling consequences of direct action involving a bucket of shit and a politician. Here’s the beginning of a useful list of meetings where people against the BRT route on the railway path can get up, close … Continue reading →

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University challenged

Posted on February 12, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Great news just in! A recent parliamentary answer reveals that the city’s best known higher education college, the University of Bristol, continues to be one of the most ridiculously exclusive and elitist institutions in the country. Latest figures show that … Continue reading →

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Railway path round-up

Posted on February 12, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s a new summary of events so far at Conserve England, featuring many of the best of people’s comments from here and the BBC among others. Yesterday’s Evening Cancer, meanwhile, might already have provided us with the quote of the … Continue reading →

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The Holocaust, Israel and our Muslim spokesman

Posted on February 11, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

A couple of weeks ago the Blogger took issue with the Evening Cancer’s new Muslim columnist and self-styled “community leader”, Farooq Siddique, for hysterically comparing the State of Israel to Germany’s Nazi regime in a piece purporting to mark Holocaust … Continue reading →

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The corporate takeover of the railway path

Posted on February 10, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s some sterling research on the role of First Group and the BRT scheme over on Bristol Indymedia by Cyclopath. They point out the guided bus used in the sketch for the proposed BRT route on Bristol and Bath Railway … Continue reading →

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