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Monthly Archives: November 2008
RED TROUSER GATE: Council contradicts itself within 2 minutes
A Bristol City Council spokeswoman said: “The developer of the chocolate factory is negotiating with the council, which is finalising an in-principle agreement to sell a small strip of land so that some houses could be accessed by bikes from … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, Bristol Evening Post, Developments, Easton, Environment, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Politics, Transport
Tagged Bristol Parks and Green Spaces Strategy, Chocolate Factory, David Bishop, George Ferguson, Square Peg
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RED TROUSER GATE: The Cancer runs with it!
Finally after months of prevarication the Cancer is forced to acknowledge the emerging Red Trouser Gate scandal. Interesting comments from the council too: A Bristol City Council spokewsoman said: “The developer of the chocolate factory is negotiating with the council, … Continue reading
More CONsultants joy
City council PR boss Simon Caplan is cross-dressing again. For this week’s edition of PRs in their eyes Matthew, Simon’s going to be education spokeswoman Julie Walton. And what joyous news she brings under the catchy headline, “Council and schools … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, CONsultants, Education, Labour Party, Local government
Tagged Heather, Julie Walton, Peter Hammond, Simon Caplan
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Car crash blog post of the week
Take a bow Bristol’s only Green Councillor, Charlie Bolton. In an extraordinarily misjudged outburst on his blog, Charlie managed to put not only a large dent in his credibility and raise huge questions about his personal integrity, he’s also effortlessly … Continue reading
Bye by George?
What’s happened to By George, George Ferguson’s saturday column of self-regarding drivel in the Evening Cancer? It was there last week and this week it’s gone! Surely it can’t have anything to do with Councillor Ashley Fox tabling a series … Continue reading
RED TROUSER GATE: The latest desperate cover-up attempt
News is coming in that at least one Bristol City Councillor has demanded an explanation and a legal view on David Bishop’s dodgy Railway Path land sale from the city solicitor Stephen McNamara. McNamara has replied by providing no opinion … Continue reading
Sam Mason: lest we forget
With all this fuss about the local radio presenter, now seems a good time to rerun an old Bristolian of the Week item from summer 2007: Sean – The radio phone-in king Sean’s recent exchange with BBC Radio Bristol’s Sam … Continue reading
This greenwashed and unpleasant land
If you’re at a loose end tomorrow you might like to pop down the Watershed where for a hundred fifty quid you can attend ‘This green and pleasant land: a one day conference’. It’s nothing less than “a candid look … Continue reading
RED TROUSER GATE: local government policy and democracy: a post structuralist interpretive approach
Time to return to the council’s latest response to Vowlsie’s complaint. Having had to cave in to the inevitable and admit the Railway Path land is covered by the Parks and Green Spaces Strategy as the Blogger pointed out over … Continue reading