Category Archives: Harbourside

Bristotalian of the week

Posted on August 28, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Step forward Green Bristol Blogger, Chris Hutt … Despite the red trousered public school twit being out of the country prancing like a tit around Europe on his August Grand Tour, there’s no respite for Cancer readers from George Ferguson’s … Continue reading →

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World Cup footBALLS: parklife

Posted on July 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Still wondering where this £100m in revenue the city council reckons can be made from hosting a World Cup is actually going to come from. We already know that all the big money from TV rights goes to FIFA, not … Continue reading →

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BANKSY BALLS: Gagged!

Posted on June 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Was Friday’s synchronised pant wetting from Bristol City Council and the Evening Cancer over the Banksy exhibition quite what it seemed? The Blogger’s hyperbole-o-meter went through the roof when the Cancer gushed, “The world’s most famous living artist is coming … Continue reading →

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Simon Caplan's slander watch: day 1

Posted on October 29, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

“Please can you stick to the issues and not hide behind your anonymity to slander employees at the council who are doing their best to communicate information to the public and playing their part in promoting road safety,” whines city … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Cycling Demonstration City, Environment, Harbourside, Journalism, Local government, Media, Transport | Tagged , , | There are 13 comments

PR of the week

Posted on October 26, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Step forward Bristol City Council’s Kate Hartas … As the only person in Bristol who’s seemingly oblivious to the longstanding antipathy between motorists and cyclists in the city, Kate was handed the job of spinning the council’s controversial plan to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Cycling Demonstration City, Developments, Environment, Harbourside, Journalism, Labour Party, Local government, Media, Politics, Transport | Tagged , , , , | There are 26 comments

Going … Going …

Posted on September 17, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

What a shame, HBOS is bankrupt (surely ‘well capitalised with a short-term funding problem‘? Ed.) and just as they’ve moved into their brand spanking new corporate HQ on what was Canons Marsh. Now, of course, thanks to Crest Nicholson’s corporate … Continue reading →

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EDF off

Posted on July 31, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

If you’re over 65 or over, then make sure you get yourself down to the EDF Energy Harbour Festival on Saturday and grab a front row seat for the immensely ordinary Beth Rowley and a host of other stuff you’re … 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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Practical money wasting from overpaid woman

Posted on March 13, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Looks like our city council’s brand new, top value £180k a year Chief Executive Jan Ormondroyd intends to hit the ground running when she starts work on Monday. The only trouble is that Jan gives the impression that she’s more … Continue reading →

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CONsultants latest

Posted on March 12, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The view of Bristol enjoyed by our new local CONsultants Another post on what seems to be this weeks’s emerging theme: the city council’s sell-out of Bristol to corporate CONsultants from London because the authority’s superannuated senior officer clique who … Continue reading →

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