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Monthly Archives: January 2009
"Rachmanists with an equalities policy"
Tenants across Bristol of so-called “social” landlord Places for People are no doubt delighted to be receiving news of their increased service charges this week. With the RPI standing at 0.9% and falling and the headline inflation rate at 3.1% … Continue reading
Jew watch
It was only a matter of time … Forget ZIONISTS! That’s so last week. The first story has now appeared on Bristol Indymedia the sole point of which seems to be to identify that someone is up to no good … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Bristol, Bristol Indymedia, Journalism, Media, Politics
Tagged Gaza, Interpal, Victor Blank
There are 6 comments
What rough beast?
Our dear old friend, Bristol’s high-profile Muslim spokesman and ‘community leader’ Farooq Siddique, has popped up in the comments to explain why the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto have nothing to do with The Holocaust. It’s semantics: The term holocaust … Continue reading
Is the council about to dump our recycling abroad?
Fascinating comment in the minutes of the city council’s Resources Scrutiny Commission of 15 January. Councillors querying officers about what would happen to household recycling waste that could not be sold, as seems increasingly likely, were told: recycled material that … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, Environment, Green Capital, Local government, Politics, Recycling
Tagged Resources Scrutiny Commission, SITA
There are 29 comments
New cure for Cancer
What you won’t be reading in tomorrow’s Cancer … News drifts in from the Lubianka that another round of cuts will start being implemented at the troubled media empire tomorrow. With advertising revenues crashing and circulation in freefall already at … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Economy, Journalism, Media
Tagged Mike Norton, Western Daily Press
There are 11 comments
20 MPH zones don't work!
The Green end of the Bristol blogosphere’s been getting rather excited about 20mph zones for the majority of residential streets in Bristol. Not everyone’s convinced … A guest post by 2nd Anonymous 20 MPH zones haven’t made any difference for … Continue reading
Extremely moderate or moderately extreme?
A few people have commented on this blog have that I’m obsessed with – and grant far too much significance to – “irrelevant far left groupuscules” with no wider influence during my ruminations on the Israel/Palestine conflict. I may well … Continue reading
She were useless
Have a look at the press release eventually published by Bristol City Council announcing the departure of Education boss, Heather Tomlinson. She says: “Special thanks is (sic) also due to all the parents, grandparents, carers and families in Bristol, who … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, Education, Local government, Politics
Tagged Heather Tomlinson
There are 2 comments