Category Archives: Green Capital

The Copenhagen mystery

Posted on December 11, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

That pitifully thick Clifton Tory-in-disguise that calls herself the leader of this city, Barbara Janke, gave a pitifully thick explanation for flying to Copenhagen to save the planet by doing her Christmas shopping – along with two colleagues, between them … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol West, Environment, Global warming, Green Capital, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, Transport, Twitter | Tagged , , , | There are 7 comments

Council priorities: free foreign travel for the rich, nothing for the poor

Posted on December 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

As Stockwwod Pete reports that Barbara Janke has been flown out – at our expense – to hang around in Copenhagen for no reason being ignored by high-level diplomats, news comes in from the frontline (where services won’t be cut … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Budget, Economy, Environment, Green Capital, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics | Tagged , , | There are 40 comments

Pompousthing's gone green

Posted on April 1, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

News just in. Bristol’s most pompous man, architect George Ferguson, has called in a firm of upmarket image consultants to undertake a drastic personal rebranding exercise for him. The aim is to help “detoxify the brand”; “recalibrate the public profile” … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, CONsultants, Developments, Environment, Global warming, Green Capital, Southville | Tagged , | There are 13 comments

MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE – Full Council Meeting, 10th Feb 2009

Posted on February 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

By Martin Whitelock The inevitable happened: – LibDems will wait until the June election in the likelihood of being voted in by the electorate as they are now the majority party in Bristol. – Conservatives got severely reprimanded by LibDem … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Conservatives, Education, Elections, Green Capital, Green Party, Home Care, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics | | There are 45 comments

Is the council about to dump our recycling abroad?

Posted on January 24, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Fascinating comment in the minutes of the city council’s Resources Scrutiny Commission of 15 January. Councillors querying officers about what would happen to household recycling waste that could not be sold, as seems increasingly likely, were told: recycled material that … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Environment, Green Capital, Local government, Politics, Recycling | Tagged , | There are 29 comments