Category Archives: Bristol East

Laming

Posted on March 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s about child protection really, but the latest Laming report (pdf) published this week makes some interesting comments in a general sense about well-paid town hall managers: The time is long past when the most junior employee should carry the … Continue reading →

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RED TROUSERGATE: shambles, complete and utter

Posted on March 12, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

New Lib Dem transport boss, Jon Rogers has been asking some questions about the whereabouts of the public consultation into the Greenbank public land sale (Blogger passim) and has posted a response in the comments. The responses he’s had from … Continue reading →

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The Hollywood post

Posted on March 11, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Kerry McCarthy has tagged me about this list of DVDs which Barack Obama gave Gordon Brown. The films are: Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Casablanca, Raging Bull, Singin’ in the Rain, Gone with the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia, Schindler’s List, Vertigo, … Continue reading →

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Lost and found? Or buried?

Posted on March 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Update on Friday’s blog about this mysterious missing public consultation into this unusual sale of protected public park land at Greenbank, engineered for Merchant Venturer George Ferguson’s personal benefit by council planning boss David Bishop. Now new Lib Dem transport … Continue reading →

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Lost and found

Posted on March 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Now, where is that public consultation that city council planning boss, “Dodgy” David Bishop spent £12k of public money on? You know, the one that he instigated in to the sale of land on the Railway Path just eight months … Continue reading →

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RED TROUSER GATE: Committee time

Posted on February 16, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

It looks like the council’s planning department is pushing ahead hard with their controversial Chocolate Factory/Bristol and Bath Railway Path cycle house development (Blogger passim). In fact the relevant planning committee will meet on Wednesday about it. This comes despite … Continue reading →

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20 MPH zones don't work!

Posted on January 21, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

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 →

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One law for them

Posted on December 9, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It looks like Bristol City Council have discovered a whole new means of stopping ordinary people from finding out what they’re really up to by, er … simply breaking the law! The Blogger reported last week that Heather Tomlinson’s retarded … Continue reading →

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RED TROUSER GATE: the community CONsultation

Posted on December 8, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Another interesting aspect of the ongoing dispute over George Ferguson’s plans to build on the Railway Path at Greenbank comes to light … So far it’s gone entirely unreported that a paper petition containing 731 signatures from local people opposing … Continue reading →

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The McCarthy touch

Posted on December 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Another local politician shows the kind of sure touch we’ve come to expect from the city’s leadership … Wednesday found “award winning” blogger Kerry McCarthy breathlessly explaining to us “Why I haven’t been blogging.” Apparently the Bristol East MP had … Continue reading →

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