Category Archives: Bristol West

The Copenhagen mystery

That pitifully thick Clifton Tory-in-disguise that calls herself the leader of this city, Barbara Janke, gave a pitifully thick explanation for flying to Copenhagen to save the planet by doing her Christmas shopping – along with two colleagues, between them … Continue reading

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol West, Environment, Global warming, Green Capital, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, Transport, Twitter | Tagged , , , | There are 7 comments

Castle Park: free for all

I’m no lawyer so can’t verify how legally watertight this really is. But why let technicalities get in the way of us having a damn good laugh? Anyway, it turns out that one of the consequences of Bristol City Council’s … Continue reading

Posted in Activism, Bristol, Bristol West, Broadmead, Cabot, Developments, Environment, Local government, Planning, Politics | Tagged , | There are no comments yet

Hot fuzz?

A reader writes: Residents in the Ashley Down/St Andrews/Montpelier area of Bristol have just received this hilarious letter (see below). The following comments seem relevant: a) This letter was clearly not just sent to my road and I suspect the … Continue reading

Posted in Ashley, Bristol, Bristol West, Local government, Policing, St Pauls | Tagged , | There are 27 comments

Wind 'em up … And off they go

Been really enjoying the predictable uproar over the last couple of days caused by the Cancer’s ‘”Outrageous” lottery grant to Bristol gay teens’ group’ story. In a fairly simple – but highly effective move – the paper wheeled out rent-a-quote … Continue reading

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Bristol West, Conservatives, Education, Labour Party, Local government, MPs, Politics | Tagged , , , , , | There are 18 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

VOTE 2009: Spot the difference – Lib Dem "shocked and angered" special

Compare and contrast: ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Jon Rogers <jon.rogers@bristol.gov.uk> Date: Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:26 PM Subject: .Ashley eFOCUS – May/June 2009 To: … Like many people I have spoken to, I am shocked and angered by … Continue reading

Posted in Ashley, Bristol, Bristol West, Cabot, Elections, Lib Dems, Local Elections 2009, Local government, Politics | Tagged , , | There are 45 comments

City council: crap legal threat of the week

The saga of the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft’s artwork destroyed by Bristol City Council “by mistake” takes a new laughable legal turn. Having now made a very public and PR-friendly apology for the news media‘s benefit, the council has … Continue reading

Posted in Ashley, Bristol, Bristol West, Environment, Graffiti, Local government, Planning, Politics, Stokes Croft | Tagged , , | There are 18 comments

Helen Holland reckons this is defamatory. So I'll publish it …

Yep. Helen reckons the email below is defamatory and – wait for it – she’s “referred the correspondence to the Head of Legal Services in the City Council”. Ooh er missus! McNamara’s on the case. Please see this article for … Continue reading

Posted in Bishopston, Bristol, Bristol West, Education, Labour Party, Local government, Politics, Whitchurch Park Ward | Tagged , , , , , | There are 8 comments

From the archives: car parks not kids!

Lest we forget … Here’s Labour leader Helen Holland’s “explicit endorsement in the media” for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club’s car parking arrangements over the education of the city’s children. Bristol Evening Post: We’re bowled over by world class ambition Bristol … Continue reading

Posted in Bishopston, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Bristol West, Developments, Education, Labour Party, Local government, Politics | Tagged , , , | There are 4 comments

Howzat!! Bristol Labour Party caught taking orders from cricket club toffs and House of Lords lobbyists

The Gruesome truth about school places in North Bristol: what you won’t be reading in the Evening Cancer … by lilly manilly Whatever happened to that new school at Ashley Down? They spent enough money on the feasibility studies and … Continue reading

Posted in Bishopston, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Bristol West, CONsultants, Developments, Education, FOI, Local government, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | There are 15 comments