Category Archives: Labour Party

Gentlemen couldn't afford polaroids

Posted on January 10, 2010 by The Bristol Blogger

Rare photos of the cult Bristol 1980s synth pop act Electovox have emerged on the internet. These pictures of bassist Smith Ure and drummer Vowlsie Le Bon are said to date from the 1987 – 1988 period when the band … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Elections, Green Party, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics | Tagged , , | There are 10 comments

Election 2010: Tory wonderweb joy!

Posted on January 4, 2010 by The Bristol Blogger

Just been reading Eugene Byrne‘s political predictions for 2010 in Venue. A stonking good read mainly because the The Bristol Blogger is in it. Although another highlight is Helen Holland cracking a decentish joke while KRS will be on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol East, Conservatives, Elections, Labour Party, MPs, North Somerset, Politics, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , | There are 39 comments

Official Lib Dem policy: arena on the greenbelt

Posted on January 2, 2010 by The Bristol Blogger

New year gifts don’t get much more entertaining than this … A copy of the local Lib Dems’ demented effort at producing a fake newspaper – The Bristol Reporter – landed on the doormat yesterday. Containing no less than nine … Continue reading →

Posted in Arena, Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol South, Cabot, Developments, Elections, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Oxbridge, Planning, Politics, Whitchurch Park Ward, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , , | There are 40 comments

Ashton Vale, Ashton Gate, new stadium, World Cup, Sainsburys: the battlelines for 2010

Posted on December 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

With the city’s World Cup bid accepted earlier this week, now might be a useful time to look at what will be happening at the grassroots as we enter 2010. First thing, the phoney war over Sainsburys at the Gate … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Ashton Vale, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Environment, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Planning, Politics, Southville, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , , , , , | There are 10 comments

Overheard: slap for a clap

Posted on November 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Intellectually-challenged primary school teacher and only person dumb enough to lead that pointless rump of out-of-touch middle class idiots who now make up the remains of Bristol Labour Party, Helen Holland, did what she does best on Wednesday night … … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Environment, Labour Party, Local government, Planning, Politics, Southville, Whitchurch Park Ward, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , | There are 11 comments

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 →

Posted in Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Environment, Labour Party, Local government, MPs, Planning, Politics, Southville, The British Left | Tagged , , , , | There are 2 comments

Progressive?

Posted on August 31, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Bristol Labour Party has now waded into the Cancer’s row over Bunter Eddy and the Big Lottery grant to Educational Action Challenging Homophobia (Each). Their Deputy Leader, Mark Bradshaw, published an open letter on the matter on Friday night. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Culture, Education, Equalities, Labour Party, Ministry of Defence, Politics | Tagged , , | There are 22 comments

Wind 'em up … And off they go

Posted on August 27, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Been really enjoying the predictable uproar over the last couple of days caused by the Cancer’s ‘”Outrageous” lottery grant to Bristol gay teens’ group’ story. In a fairly simple – but highly effective move – the paper wheeled out rent-a-quote … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Bristol West, Conservatives, Education, Labour Party, Local government, MPs, Politics | Tagged , , , , , | There are 18 comments

Minister Tumblr

Posted on August 17, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The internet’s alive – 160 articles of varying quality based on the same news release and counting – to the Twitter of Bristol East MP Kerry McCarthy being appointed ‘Twitter Tsar’ for the Labour Party’s doomed general election campaign next … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol East, Budget, Labour Party, Local government, Media, MPs, Politics | Tagged , , | There are 17 comments