Category Archives: Bristol

CONsultation: the latest farce

Posted on May 29, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

In case you missed it – which is highly likely as the only place it’s advertised is buried in a PDF document in an obscure corner of the city council’s website – there’s currently an “ongoing” public consultation for the … Continue reading →

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Victim watch

Posted on May 27, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Another big shout out to our friend Farooq Siddique, Evening Cancer columnist and self-styled voice of the Muslim community. In Today’s column Farooq dished up this treat: For every act or planned act of terrorism, it is the Muslim community … Continue reading →

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History as bunk

Posted on May 18, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

A brilliant critique of the Museum of Bristol project and its embarrassing heritage-lite approach to the city’s history has appeared on the Festival of Ideas website. The piece, by ‘Tetchy Steve’, is a response to a talk at the festival … Continue reading →

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Plug: Recycle Your Unwanted Stuff!

Posted on May 13, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol Indymedia is pleased to announce the launch of our Indycycle service. Indycycle is a way of people re-cycling things they no longer need to people who may have a use for it. It is similar to the ideas of … Continue reading →

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Account and accountability: The Blogger vs Venue

Posted on May 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The Blogger wrote a letter recently to Venue in response to an article on local bloggers, which featured this blog. Of course I can’t link to the actual article because they still don’t put their editorial on the internet … … Continue reading →

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The million pound merry-go-round

Posted on April 25, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Trebles all round! New city council chief exec, ‘Junket’ Jan Ormondroyd, finally makes her opening gambit down at the Council House with a deckchairs-on-the-Titantic-style senior management reshuffle accompanied by some very generous inflation-busting pay hikes indeed for the same old … Continue reading →

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It's a techno terrorist

Posted on April 20, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Information begins to surface on the Westbury-on-Trym terror suspect, Andrew Ibrahim. The best source of personal gossip on him seems to be, not surprisingly, the Daily Mail, which has discovered his father is a consultant at Frenchay hospital, Dr Nassif … Continue reading →

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Unformed coppers in local terror shocker

Posted on April 18, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

BBC Bristol has been doing us proud reporting nationwide on the North Bristol terror scare. This morning we woke up to learn that a controlled explosion had taken place in that well-known “Comb Paddock area of North Bristol”. This evening … Continue reading →

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Plug.

Posted on April 11, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Stop the Gentrification of Central Bristol By Roger BRHG Saturday 12th April: Protest Against Gentrification of Central Bristol 11.00am Albany Green, St. Pauls and 2.00pm Broadmead (Centre) Bristol is undergoing massive attacks on our free spaces and culture by property … Continue reading →

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Long live Karl Marx!

Posted on April 9, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Lifelong socialist and local legend Colin Toogood – perhaps better known locally as “leather thong man” – has died at the tragically young age of just 53. Here’s his obituary from the Socialist: Socialist Party members in Bristol are sad … Continue reading →

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