Category Archives: Bristol

Moderated comments off

Posted on August 10, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

As an experiment moderated comments have been turned off on this blog. So it’s post and watch for the next few days…

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Leadership: Bristol City Council style

Posted on August 9, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

We’re only paying ’em £150,000 a year between them. So I suppose it’s too much to ask Labour’s Education Exec Derek Pickup or the city council’s Director of Education, Heather Tomlinson, to explain to us why the results that have … Continue reading →

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BCCBeebies' Children's hour

Posted on August 8, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Hello children. Where are we today? Yes. We’re back in the LEA Garden… Oh look… Who’s this coming? Hooray! It’s Heather Whoopsy-Daisy… Hello Heather Whoopsy-Daisy… Oh dear…. What’s wrong Whoopsy Daisy? Have the nasty Redland Greenies squandered squillions and left … Continue reading →

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Is Bristol run by the cops?

Posted on August 7, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The saga of the dumb-ass dispersal order for young people on College Green continues… Photo ‘No Boarding’ by Fat Mandy 14 year old Ellie Vowles wrote to The Evening Cancer over two weeks ago about the College Green dispersal order … Continue reading →

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Bristol City Council: the priorities

Posted on August 6, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A couple of city council jobs currently on offer to compare and contrast… First up, we have a Night Care Assistant required at Concord Lodge, a residential assessment unit for adults who have learning difficulties and who may present “a … Continue reading →

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The Blogger is away…

Posted on August 2, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

… Until Sunday. Here’s something to ruminate on: Vote for home care get well-paid Public Arts Officers! I Write regarding the article on home care campaigners. Well over 150,000 additional hours of extra home care are desperately required in Bristol. … Continue reading →

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Tory blog joy

Posted on July 31, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Well rah, rah, rah, jolly hockey sticks and hurrah! hurrah! This looks like terrific fun what? Our very own genuine Tory voice of Oxbridge, private education and privilege (surely modern Conservatism? Ed) right here in Bristol. The Blogger’s favourite Tory … Continue reading →

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So farewell then… Richard Stott

Posted on July 30, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Former Mirror, People and Today editor Richard Stott died earlier today. He’s popular in these parts for his love of the scurrilous and thoroughly disreputable Bristolian that was published until a few years ago. Here’s what he said about the … Continue reading →

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Cuts for us, excuses for them

Posted on July 30, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Our old friend Steve Comer appears to have got himself a new gig after failing to become the leader of the council. The leader of Bristol’s Lib Dems, who also moonlights on the National Executive of the alleged left wing, … Continue reading →

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Bristol Music Festival

Posted on July 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Dunno who this lot are yet or how legit they might be… They sound dancier than the old crowd though and want to organise a music festival at Ashton Court next year and are raising money to do it.

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