Category Archives: Bristol and Bath Railway Path

RED TROUSER GATE: If Bristol City Council made lager …

Posted on November 22, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

If there’s ever a competition to find the crappest investigation in the world. Ever. Then Bristol City Council should enter their Complaints Manager, Tim Sheppard’s absolutely pathetic attempt to investigate the circumstances of the sale of Railway Path land at … Continue reading →

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RED TROUSER GATE: Council contradicts itself within 2 minutes

Posted on November 19, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

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 →

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RED TROUSER GATE: The Cancer runs with it!

Posted on November 19, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

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 →

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Car crash blog post of the week

Posted on November 16, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

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 →

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Bye by George?

Posted on November 16, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

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 →

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RED TROUSER GATE: Fox goes hunting

Posted on November 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Over on Charlie Bolton’s blog you can currently find Lib Dem and Green councillors mincing around, mutually patting each other on the back and assuring the public what thoroughly decent chaps of the highest possible integrity they and their wealthy … Continue reading →

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This greenwashed and unpleasant land

Posted on November 10, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

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 →

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RED TROUSER GATE: local government policy and democracy: a post structuralist interpretive approach

Posted on November 8, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

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 →

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