Category Archives: Bristol

Banksy Balls on Sunday

Posted on July 13, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Today’s Mail on Sunday has ‘exposed’ Banksy apparently.

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Overspend watch

Posted on July 10, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Whoops! They’ve done it again! Looks like Bristol City Council have screwed up another capital project. This time it’s the £20m Colston Hall foyer project that’s still ten months from completion. Here’s the relevant bit of the report (pdf) from … Continue reading →

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EYLA for Bristol?

Posted on July 9, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The Bristol Blogger’s been following Boris Johnson’s Deputy Mayor fiasco over Ray Lewis – the defrocked priest, liar, fantasist and purveyor of Tory-funded boot camps for black kids – with interest and amusement for a week now. And it must … Continue reading →

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Alan Partridge moment?

Posted on July 3, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Looks like Kerry McCarthy is having something of an Alan Partridge moment over on her blog … A few offhand comments on Dutch coffee houses, cannabis and the smoking ban seem to have attracted the attention of those sane and … Continue reading →

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Live!!!! Christopher Hitchens being tortured

Posted on July 2, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

This might cheer some people up. (Are they available to do Amis I wonder?) Here’s a video of Christopher Hitchens being waterboarded for a story in Vanity Fair: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuhJUmR4B6Q] Full story.

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Tax 'n' spend: they're parking mad!

Posted on June 26, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Household fuel bills to rise 40%; food up 5-15% depending on who you believe; mortgage interest payments rising by the month; 10% tax rate gone; petrol prices way up. The list goes on … Meanwhile at Bristol City Council – … Continue reading →

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Open season!

Posted on June 25, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The meeting of Bristol City Council’s Audit Committee on Friday to sign off the authority’s accounts for the year 2007-08 will soon be the trigger for a very handy piece of legislation indeed for you dear reader, citizen and voter. … Continue reading →

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Fancy recycling that!

Posted on June 23, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

“Bristol City Council still plans to introduce “pay-as-you-throw” rubbish collections – and residents could end up having to buy bags for their waste,” thunders today’s Evening Cancer. Who’d’ve thunk it? Er, anyone who read The Bristol Blogger nine months ago … Continue reading →

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Fwd: Save Grove Wood – Act Now!

Posted on June 3, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Save Grove Wood – Act Now! A large workmen’s hut was erected on 30th May 2008 in Grove Wood. We understand from Bristol City Council that the erection of buildings in Grove Wood contravenes this Conservation Area and that the … Continue reading →

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Oxbridge watch

Posted on June 2, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Further evidence, as if it’s really needed, that the statement, “I studied English at Cambridge” actually means “I’m a thick toff who’s been taught by idiots”. In order to get on down wit da kids daddio and demonstrate their up-to-the-minute … Continue reading →

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