Category Archives: Bristol

"I'm in favour of free speech unless I disagree with it"

Posted on March 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s Tuesday. Must be time for Cancer editor News Bunny Norton to wheel out his Islamo-looney, Farooq Siddique to give us his highly personal take on Islam in his ‘A Muslim in Bristol’ column. Strangely enough Norton’s stopped posting Siddique’s … Continue reading →

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This might cheer up some motorists …

Posted on March 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The BBC has asked the Bristol Cycling Campaign to come up with some crap examples of cycle lanes and paths in the city. No doubt a fairly easy task in Bristol where, to the untrained eye, these lanes appear to … Continue reading →

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It's official! Bus route is "quite loopy"

Posted on March 3, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrUAhel8aDg] Bristol West MP Stephen Williams has slammed the plan to turn the Bristol and Bath Railway Path into a guided bus route as “daft” and “quite loopy”. Williams visited the path, which is now in his constituency, during the … Continue reading →

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Meet big brave Rees, hero of "the resistance"

Posted on March 2, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Herr Kommandant John Rees Speaking alongside the right wing Islamist fanatic Ibrahim Mousawi at Friday’s Reichsmeeting of Bristol’s Stop the War Coalition was none other than John Rees. This nasty little goatee-bearded mini-Fuhrer is actually a west country boy from … Continue reading →

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Scoop!

Posted on March 1, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s been another big week for Bristol journalism … “Dream Jobs! How to get them by those who know,” announces the front cover of this week’s Venue. Sounds good. We could all do with a dream job. Here at the … Continue reading →

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BRT u-turn

Posted on February 28, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It looks like Mark Bradshaw’s Bus Rapid Transit policy for the city is in meltdown. For starters it’s now been announced that the public CONsultation promised for this spring has been very abruptly “delayed”. Why we’re not being told. But … Continue reading →

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Back to the future with Mark Bradshaw and friends

Posted on February 27, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Bradshaw slunk in to the main entrance. The clean, light lines of the glass building’s vast atrium and its stylish matt black Conran-copy furniture with its brisk and business-like red trim still managed to inspire a slight awe in him, … Continue reading →

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Bunter's bargain sale

Posted on February 27, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The promise of a few crappy bits of children’s play equipment for their wards was enough for the Labour Party to buy unequivocal Tory support for another year at last night’s budget meeting writes Jon Rogers. Once again Bristol Labour … Continue reading →

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Elf 'n' safety

Posted on February 26, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Is it political correctness gone mad or urban myth as education policy? A report on Bristol Indymedia catches the eye. The story itself is a fairly unremarkable tale about a couple of stupid coppers doing what comes naturally – something … Continue reading →

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Oh what a circus

Posted on February 26, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Cancer editor and corporate lackey Mike “News Bunny” Norton was positively wetting his pants with joy yesterday. News that 4,000 low paid, low-status jobs are about to come online at the cheap and nasty new Broadmead development – that we … Continue reading →

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