Monthly Archives: May 2009

Bin men speak!

Posted on May 30, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

See also: Striking binmen take protest to council

Posted in Bristol, Economy, Environment, Local government, Politics, Privatisation, Recycling, Trade Unionism | Tagged , | There are 17 comments

Recession Watch: jobs losses at HP Bristol next?

Posted on May 29, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

From The Register, some potentially BIG economic news for the city: HP has confirmed that yesterday’s announcement of UK job cuts will not just hit its manufacturing plant in Scotland, but also HP’s research laboratories in Bristol. The firm will … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Economy, IT | Tagged , | There are no comments yet

Pledge news

Posted on May 28, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Oh my aching sides … Whatever will that rump of sleazy lawyers who make up most of the Labour Party these days come up with next? Er, this? Yes, in a desperate bid to create an appearance of integrity in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol North west, Elections, Labour Party, MPs, Politics | Tagged , , , | There are 8 comments

Counting the cost of Brown's Britain (reprise)

Posted on May 27, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

40% – pay rise awarded to Bristol City Council’s new Chief Exec, Jan Ormondroyd, for the year 2008-09 – before she had even done any work for Bristol. Ormondroyd’s pay packet is in the region of £180k a year or … Continue reading →

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City council: crap legal threat of the week

Posted on May 26, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The saga of the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft’s artwork destroyed by Bristol City Council “by mistake” takes a new laughable legal turn. Having now made a very public and PR-friendly apology for the news media‘s benefit, the council has … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashley, Bristol, Bristol West, Environment, Graffiti, Local government, Planning, Politics, Stokes Croft | Tagged , , | There are 18 comments

Election 2009: fuckwit candidate of the week

Posted on May 25, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Step forward Labour candidate for Easton Mohammed Arif who along with his agent Terry Cook has spent the day delivering a leaflet around the ward with a headline: “Bristol-Bath Cycle Path: Labour action, Lib Dem excuses”. The story finds Labour … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, Developments, Easton, Environment, Green Party, Local Elections 2009, Local government, Politics | Tagged , , , , | There are 14 comments

Greedy bastard watch

Posted on May 24, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Why are former Lib Dem leader and Eastville Councillor Steve Comer‘s travel and subsistence expenses so high? Since he won the Eastville election in 2005 he has claimed £2,481.36 in travel and subsistence expenses (£411.06 in 05-06, £409.27 in 06-07, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol East, Eastville, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics | Tagged , | There are 26 comments

MP "Two Beds" in Habitat bath tidy Scamalot shocker!!!

Posted on May 22, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Another bad day for Bristol politics. We can’t even do the MPs expenses scandal – ‘Scamalot’ – with any class or style. While the rest of the country is getting suitably worked up over whipping, flipping, double dipping and egregious … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol East, Bristol Evening Post, Conservatives, Labour Party, MPs, Politics | Tagged , , , , | There are 5 comments

Vote 2009: launch night …

Posted on May 22, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

When I get round to writing my intellectually dazzling and profound extended essay on the hidden semiotic meanings to be found in images of local politics, rest assured the photo above – of this year’s Bristol Green Party election launch … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Elections, Environment, Green Party, Local Elections 2009, Local government, Politics | | There are 76 comments

Religion vs politics

Posted on May 19, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Our private polling team have been out in Easton this week and we can EXCLUSIVELY reveal that, despite being nationally held in disrepute and in utter disarray, Labour appear set to win the ward in the forthcoming local elections on … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol East, Easton, Elections, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local Elections 2009, Local government, Politics | Tagged , | There are 30 comments