Monthly Archives: April 2008

The million pound merry-go-round

Posted on April 25, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Trebles all round! New city council chief exec, ‘Junket’ Jan Ormondroyd, finally makes her opening gambit down at the Council House with a deckchairs-on-the-Titantic-style senior management reshuffle accompanied by some very generous inflation-busting pay hikes indeed for the same old … Continue reading →

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It's a techno terrorist

Posted on April 20, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Information begins to surface on the Westbury-on-Trym terror suspect, Andrew Ibrahim. The best source of personal gossip on him seems to be, not surprisingly, the Daily Mail, which has discovered his father is a consultant at Frenchay hospital, Dr Nassif … Continue reading →

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Unformed coppers in local terror shocker

Posted on April 18, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

BBC Bristol has been doing us proud reporting nationwide on the North Bristol terror scare. This morning we woke up to learn that a controlled explosion had taken place in that well-known “Comb Paddock area of North Bristol”. This evening … Continue reading →

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Plug.

Posted on April 11, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Stop the Gentrification of Central Bristol By Roger BRHG Saturday 12th April: Protest Against Gentrification of Central Bristol 11.00am Albany Green, St. Pauls and 2.00pm Broadmead (Centre) Bristol is undergoing massive attacks on our free spaces and culture by property … Continue reading →

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Long live Karl Marx!

Posted on April 9, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Lifelong socialist and local legend Colin Toogood – perhaps better known locally as “leather thong man” – has died at the tragically young age of just 53. Here’s his obituary from the Socialist: Socialist Party members in Bristol are sad … Continue reading →

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A trust for the Railway Path?

Posted on April 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Charlie Bolton writes in the comments: Hi everyone I have seen Paul Smith suggest in a couple of places that we pursue the idea of setting up a trust to take ownership/control of the path. (I believe this was the … Continue reading →

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And the end of another era …

Posted on April 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

by Keren Suchecki This is my last Double Devolution column – I’ll be leaving HWCP in a few weeks time. I was the first employee eight years ago in an empty shop without the luxury of a chair, let alone … Continue reading →

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Report from last night’s Council Meeting

Posted on April 2, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

By Chris Hutt from the Comments It all started so well, with Charlie Bolton’s original motion getting beefed up by a Lib-Dem amendment which he accepted. Railway Path supporters cheered and clapped. It looked for a few moments like we … Continue reading →

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