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Glossary of Bristol City Council terms: holistic approach
Holistic Approach: Exactly the same as the usual hopeless Bristol City Council approach except the officers involved wear jeans.
Glossary of Bristol City Council terms: meeting
Meeting: Kind of ritualised, aimless mass non-exercise conducted by groups of city council officers on a twice daily basis in order that they can have a cup of tea and use up some time either side of lunch. See also … Continue reading
Glossary of Bristol City Council terms: conference
Conference: A long meeting that includes a free lunch. See also meeting, free lunch.
BANKSY BALLS: Gagged!
Was Friday’s synchronised pant wetting from Bristol City Council and the Evening Cancer over the Banksy exhibition quite what it seemed? The Blogger’s hyperbole-o-meter went through the roof when the Cancer gushed, “The world’s most famous living artist is coming … Continue reading
Posted in Banksy, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, CONsultants, Culture, Developments, Graffiti, Harbourside, Local government, Politics, Privatisation
Tagged Banksy Versus Bristol Museum, BMGAS, Bristol Museums, City Museum & Art Gallery, Galleries & Archives service, Kate Brindley, The Museum of Bristol
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Glossary of Bristol City Council terms: the great and good
The great and good: Those invited to the first night of the Banksy exhibtion – if you weren’t invited you weren’t great and thus you can’t be any good. To be good you must have money or a degree in … Continue reading
Glossary of Bristol City Council terms: Councillors
Councillors: A form of decorative finishing unique to Bristol’s Council House. See also Politicians.
The Blogger’s Dictionary of Bristol Political Terms
by A Reader “Bradshawing” Basic, simplistic and ineffective political spin in which you attempt to blame the opposition for the consequences of your own policies through endless repetition. As in: “the Labour leadership are Bradshawing the Tories over public sector … Continue reading
Quote of the week: BANKSY BALLS special
Cancer editor Mike Norton says in today’s paper: I was dragged around [Bristol] museum more times than I care to remember. The building and its artifacts are now part of my psyche. My dad loved the place. This explains a … Continue reading
Posted in Banksy, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Culture, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics
Tagged Mike Norton, Simon Cook, The Observer, Tim Adams
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BANKSY BALLS: Banksy vs SWP
Photo from www.bristol-street-art.co.uk Popped into the Banksy exhibition in the lunch hour. Not time to see much. There was a huge queue to get in to see the paintings so just saw the animatronics and the ice cream van and … Continue reading
Posted in Banksy, Bristol, Culture, Politics, The British Left, The Trots
Tagged Banksy vs Bristol Museum, Socialist Workers Party
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The Blogger's Dictionary of Bristol Political Terms
by A Reader “The Popham Method” A cunning encoding system designed to convert plain text into undecipherable gobbledegook. Sir Winston Churchill is quoted as saying "Bletchley Park did OK, but Enigma was child-plays really. If the Nazi's had used The … Continue reading