Monthly Archives: December 2009

Council priorities: free foreign travel for the rich, nothing for the poor

Posted on December 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

As Stockwwod Pete reports that Barbara Janke has been flown out – at our expense – to hang around in Copenhagen for no reason being ignored by high-level diplomats, news comes in from the frontline (where services won’t be cut … Continue reading →

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Fwd: Steve Norman's letter to all councillors

Posted on December 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Dear Councillor, I have no doubt that by now you are aware of the story on the BBC Bristol News web site: ‘Failings Uncovered At Four Bristol Care Homes’and the documentary aired this evening on ‘Inside Out West’ The company … Continue reading →

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Fwd: Mr Steve Norman`s letter; reply

Posted on December 8, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Dear colleagues You will probably be aware of a report on BBC’s Inside Out programme last night which highlighted recent failings at a number of residential care homes in Bristol run by Mimosa. Care is graded by the Commission for … Continue reading →

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Missing in action: Stephen McNamara

Posted on December 7, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Is that a lycra-clad lawyer clutching an old wig I see disappearing over the horizon? The Bristol Blogger, November 25 2009 Yep, as predicted, the tragic old wig-wearer has done a runner. As a major care scandal gently laps at … Continue reading →

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Fancy that! "I will be out of the office at meetings on Monday 7 December 09"

Posted on December 7, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Oh look! The putative head of our city’s “atrocious” adult care services – “Why don’t you fucking go home Cathy?” Morgan – is not contactable today because she’s “at meetings”. Ho! Ho! Ho! When do we get her resignation then?

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More favours to local business from our planning department

Posted on December 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Looks like “Dodgy” David Bishop‘s “objective” and “independent” planning department have been using that famous disinterested “quasi-judicial function” of theirs to benefit local business interests on the sly again. One of the more enduring mysteries of the sudden withdrawal of … Continue reading →

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The art of blogging: just keep banging your head against that brick wall …

Posted on December 4, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

… Until the right people start listening: Job done!

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"Institutional abuse" identified in Bristol's care homes

Posted on December 3, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Today’s report from the Care Quality Commission (CQS) in to Bristol’s adult care services is mainy a text book example of what happens when the dead hand of bureaucracy meets impenetrable New Labour social jargon. So we’ve got an “Annual … Continue reading →

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LEAKED DOCUMENT: city council leadership – we’ve done over the vulnerable, now for the wage slaves

Posted on December 1, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

You have to laugh … Or you’d probably cry. The city council’s ridiculous “strategic leadership team“, having spent the last 18 months feather-bedding themselves with pay rises of 20% plus; spending £120k on their own offices and “break-out spaces” and … Continue reading →

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