Category Archives: Bristol Evening Post

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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Mimosa meltdown?

Posted on February 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Mimosa Healthcare Group who run Kingsmead Lodge Nursing Home have now twice been invited by the Evening Cancer to comment on the major allegations of abuse going on in their home. Here’s the organisation’s formal responses so far: Mimosa … Continue reading →

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Public money: private abuse

Posted on February 3, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

You may have read in the Evening Cancer on Friday that police are investigating allegations of abuse at Kingsmead Lodge Nursing Home in Shire. This private residential care home, specialising in dementia, is run by a Nottingham-based company, Mimosa Healthcare … Continue reading →

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What rough beast?

Posted on January 25, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Our dear old friend, Bristol’s high-profile Muslim spokesman and ‘community leader’ Farooq Siddique, has popped up in the comments to explain why the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto have nothing to do with The Holocaust. It’s semantics: The term holocaust … Continue reading →

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New cure for Cancer

Posted on January 22, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

What you won’t be reading in tomorrow’s Cancer … News drifts in from the Lubianka that another round of cuts will start being implemented at the troubled media empire tomorrow. With advertising revenues crashing and circulation in freefall already at … Continue reading →

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Pressing matters

Posted on January 16, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

A Big shout out to ‘Sean’ who had a letter published in today’s Cancer asking: As far as Mr Siddique is concerned, is he a ‘Muslim in Bristol’ or an ‘Islamist in Bristol’? Such a good question that I’ve ripped … Continue reading →

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Palestwhine #3: Muslim Balls

Posted on January 13, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Yes he’s here at last. Our man from the Cancer on the grand topic of the day and what a treat it is. If anyone has any idea what on earth he’s talking about, feel free to explain because he’s … Continue reading →

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Carole Caplan gets angry as Heather Tomlinson exit is confirmed … by Heather Tomlinson!

Posted on January 11, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

By Our Correspondent If last week you heard what sounded like the distant rumble of thunder then it was probably actually the sound of Carole Caplan storming around his Council House PR hidey-hole having had his plan to hold ‘the … Continue reading →

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City Council budget balls: go figure

Posted on January 9, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The ruling Labour group has unveiled what it calls a prudent budget for hard times … but Council leader Helen Holland says there will be no cuts in frontline services Bristol Evening Post, 9 December 2009 That makes things pretty … Continue reading →

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News from ze Heatherbunker: ze final direktive

Posted on December 31, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

(Cartoon by Evelyn Post. Evelyn Post is The Bristol Blogger’s resident cartoonist. He has a woman’s name) HAPPY NEW YEAR – we’re off to a good start anyway …

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