Category Archives: Bristol North west

STOP PRESS: Mimosa meltdown!!!!

Strong rumours reverberating on the Blogger’s newswires say that the manager and long-term secretary at Mimosa Healthcare’s ailing Kingsmead Lodge Nursing Home in Shire walked out earlier today this month. (This is what happens when you spend the afternoon at … Continue reading

Posted in Bristol, Bristol North west, Health, Local government, Politics, Privatisation, Shirehampton, Social Care | Tagged , , , | There are 5 comments

McNamara's Mimosa madness

The bewigged anti-human fool that passes for a legal expert down at the Counts Louse, Stephen McNamara, excels himself again. Now the man that took council behaviour to a new low in 2005 when he personally patrolled the entrance to … Continue reading

Posted in Bristol, Bristol North west, Health, Local government, Politics, Privatisation, Shirehampton, Social Care | Tagged , , | There are 10 comments

Colin Sexstone's web of intrigue

It looks like Bristol City’s dopey Chief Exec Colin Sexstone has had orders from big boss Stevie Lansdown to get on the offensive over their plans to build a Tesco at Ashton Gate. So Sexstone’s called in the corporate CONsultation … Continue reading

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol North west, CONsultants, Developments, Planning, Politics, South Gloucestershire, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , , , , | There are 6 comments

The strange death of Labour Bristol

Here are the Euro election results for Bristol’s local authority area: Conservatives: 20,675 (19.4%) Lib Dems: 19,834 (18.6%) Labour: 17,321 (16.2%) Greens 16,735 (15.7%) UKIP: 14,647 (13.7%) BNP: 6,132 (5.7%) Pensioner Party: 2,796 English Democrats: 2,029 Christian Party: 1,363 Socialist … Continue reading

Posted in Bristol, Bristol East, Bristol North west, Bristol South, Bristol West, Conservatives, Elections, Green Party, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local Elections 2009, Politics | Tagged , , , , , | There are 24 comments

Pledge news

Oh my aching sides … Whatever will that rump of sleazy lawyers who make up most of the Labour Party these days come up with next? Er, this? Yes, in a desperate bid to create an appearance of integrity in … Continue reading

Posted in Bristol, Bristol North west, Elections, Labour Party, MPs, Politics | Tagged , , , | There are 8 comments

Election Question …

A reader writes … Hello, I wonder if you can help me, I have been trying(without success) to find a list of the EU and local candidates for Bristol. I have been through quite a few different sites but cannot … Continue reading

Posted in Bristol, Bristol North west, Elections, Housing, Labour Party, Local Elections 2009, Local government, MPs, Politics, Privatisation | Tagged , , | There are 12 comments

"The Angel of Death"

The Lib Dem Clifton Thicky duo of Babs “Call me ma’m” Janke and her even more ridiculous Cabinet Member for Care and Neighbourhoods, Bev Knott, have truly excelled themselves with this one. Can it only be a month ago that … Continue reading

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Bristol North west, Clifton, Health, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, Privatisation, Social Care, Southmead | Tagged , , , , , | There is 1 comment

Oh shit! More Lib Dem Clifton thickies on the way

As if they didn’t have enough wealthy twits from Clifton in their councillor ranks, come the elections in June it looks like the Lib Dems will be foisting some more of these ridiculous home counties Tories-in-disguise upon us. Joining Lib … Continue reading

Posted in Bristol, Bristol North west, Conservatives, Elections, Kingsweston, Lib Dems, Local Elections 2009, Local government, Politics, The Downs | Tagged , , , , , | There are 67 comments

Terry's cooked

The fact that local Labour frontbencher Terry Cook has announced his resignation seems to be passing without comment. He says, “[I’m] retiring to spend more time with my business”. Hmmm.

Posted in Avonmouth, Blogging, Bristol, Bristol North west, Elections, Labour Party, Lawrence Weston, Local government, Politics, Shirehampton | Tagged | There are 58 comments

Evelyn Post live in Blackpool

This one was just too easy . . . (Cartoon by Evelyn Post. Evelyn Post is The Bristol Blogger’s resident cartoonist. He has a woman’s name)

Posted in Bristol, Bristol North west, Conservatives, Elections, MPs, Politics, Toffs | Tagged , , | There is 1 comment