Category Archives: Home Care

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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Local trade unions' congress

Posted on June 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Senior Labour cabinet member John Bees, stalwart of the local T&G, is rumoured to be spending a lot of time in “home care discussions” with the city council’s GMB rep Rowena Hayward. This selfless partnership working on behalf of some … Continue reading →

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Hammond takes a decision…

Posted on June 21, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Who says Labour’s social services boss, Peter Hammond, is a useless dithering wimp incapable of taking decisions and going off sick at the first hint of pressure? Not any longer. Because The Blogger learns the tough guy has taken a … Continue reading →

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Rewriting history: Labour home care policy unveiled (part three)

Posted on June 6, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

First we had Helen Holland announcing her new “transparent” city council management culture. Then we had Peter Hammond announcing his secret uncosted non-plan for home care. Now Bristol Labour’s finance – ahem – expert, John Bees is getting in on … Continue reading →

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Spot the commitment: Labour home care policy unveiled (part two)

Posted on June 4, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

So where’s Labour’s commitment to “in-house” home care gone then? Bristol Labour Party’s cheerleaders at The Evening Cancer and the T&G might want to celebrate a popular victory for the people but Peter Hammond’s recent outbursts in The Cancer on … Continue reading →

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Labour home care policy unveiled (part one)

Posted on June 2, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The first signs of the chaos about to be unleashed by new social services boss Peter Hammond emerged this week after his plan to reconstitute the ‘Adult Social Care Select Committee’ was hastily cancelled via the pages of The Evening … Continue reading →

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Pass the sickbag… It's a caring Conservative

Posted on May 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Charlotte Leslie, Tory Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Bristol North West – now, incidentally, a Labour – Tory “super-marginal” due to boundary changes – writes from the comfort of her Chelsea home to the Evening Cancer to grab a share of … Continue reading →

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Kim Il Beynon Speaks!

Posted on May 25, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s the final communiqué from General Kim Il Bey-Non, Eternal Shop Steward of the Numpty Republic of Transport House. And it’s time to celebrate the glorious victory of his son the people. “We have kept the inhouse service,” pronounces the … Continue reading →

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Labour take control!

Posted on May 22, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

With no commitment to an in-house home care service… More Later!

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Trade union's Bunter joy sensation

Posted on May 21, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Ho, ho, ho. Another pronouncement from Kim Il Bey-Non, Eternal Shop Steward of the Numpty Republic of Transport House. Now the lifelong fighter for workers’ rights is reduced to praising local Tory buffoon and notorious chancer Bunter Eddy for being … Continue reading →

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