Category Archives: Bristol

Apology: Bob Wall

Posted on October 11, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Due to an unfortunate mix-up on Friday, this blog accidentally published a photograph of Canadian ice hockey legend Bob Wall in an article about ‘Mr Bristol’, the recently deceased former Bristol Tory Group leader, Sir Bob Wall. We would obviously … Continue reading →

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Correction: Bob Wall

Posted on October 9, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

It appears that yesterday this blog, due to the fact that it’s run – in common with the rest of the city’s media – by total fucking morons, may have inadvertently run a photo of martial arts expert and Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Off the Wall

Posted on October 8, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Evening Cancer’s innovative experiment to become the country’s leading staffless newspaper continues apace … The death this week of the Tory’s ‘father of the city’ – bluff old cove and enthusiastic Bristolian reader Bob Wall – found editor Norton’s … Continue reading →

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Ring-a-ring-a-roadsies

Posted on October 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Today’s Cancer provided an uncritical platform for editor Mike Norton’s wealthy mates to make their latest announcement about what we are being asked to call the ‘South Bristol Link’. For starters, this is quite possibly the world’s most pathetically inept … Continue reading →

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Did you lie Councillor? Or are you merely an incompetent?

Posted on September 25, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The webcast for the full council meeting of 15 September is now available from the Bristol City Council website here. Using the index you can go to section 4.c Questions from the public where you will find the following: PQ3 … Continue reading →

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The real BCFC pro-forma letter …

Posted on September 24, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bcfc Supporters Letter by bristol_citizen on Scribd

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EXCLUSIVE LEAKED DOCUMENT!!!! the pro-forma letter that spells the end for the anti-Tesco brigade

Posted on September 22, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Want Tescos? Want a new stadium? Want the World Cup? Send your pro-forma letter objecting to spoilsport Green councillor Charlie Bolton now! Exclusively here on the Bristol Blogger is that letter, crafted to perfection for you by Bristol City FC … Continue reading →

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Postscript: Tesco value MP

Posted on September 20, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

A small amuse-bouche to yesterday’s Dim Prawn main course of refusing to get your hands dirty critcising Tesco … Bristol East MP, Kerry McCarthy, is now holding constituency surgeries at Tesco Extra in Brislington! How long before Labour drop the … Continue reading →

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Resurrected Red Dawn rises?

Posted on September 19, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Actually I very much doubt it … But I was re-reading one of Dawn’s HearFromYourMP alerts – the sterile monthly dirge the Dim Prawn delivers direct to my mailbox – from July, which had this to say about the Tesco … Continue reading →

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Those Ashton Gate Tesco questions in full

Posted on September 16, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Last night a number of people put questions to the Full Council regarding the proposed Tesco at Ashton Gate with specific reference to the piece of land that’s owned by the council. Among the most interesting unanswered questions are what … Continue reading →

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