Category Archives: Labour Party

Gimmick Watch

Posted on January 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Other means of creating hot air … Bristol City Council is planning another gimmick to help define the council’s top priorities for the future – even though they’ve done this all before and miserably failed to deliver the priorities. The … Continue reading →

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Counting the cost of Brown's Britain

Posted on January 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

1.4m – number of children living in poverty despite having a working parent in 1997 1.4m – number of children living in poverty despite having a working parent in 2007 (Source: Institute for Public Policy Research [pdf]) This would seem … Continue reading →

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PFImary schooling

Posted on January 3, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Just two months after unveiling a controversial and flawed ‘Primary School Review’, our Labour administration seems intent on implementing the plan without even bothering to respond to the criticisms levelled against it. This week has seen announcements of a large … Continue reading →

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Dan Norris calendar horror

Posted on January 3, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The Blogger’s sympathy goes out to the group of carefully selected unfortunates in the new constituency of North East Somerset, formerly Wansdyke. For it seems their go-getting public schoolboy Labour MP, Dan Norris, has devised a new way to get … Continue reading →

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Counting the cost of Brown's Britain

Posted on December 31, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol’s teenage pregnancy rate in 1998 – 51 per 1,000 Bristol’s teenage pregnancy rate in 2007 – 51 per 1,000 (Source for Mr Barlow: everychildmatters.gov.uk) Considering that the teenage population has increased in this period, this actually means there’s been … Continue reading →

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Counting the cost of Brown's Britain

Posted on December 30, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

1997 – 292 families homeless in Bristol 2007 – 449 families homeless in Bristol

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Helen Holland's Christmas message by Simon Caplan

Posted on December 24, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:20:58 +0100 > From: simon.caplan@bristol.gov.uk > To: helen.holland@bristol.gov.uk > Subject: Re: Xmas Message to the People >Helen > Didn’t have time to finish the Xmas message as we’ve all gone to the pub instead … Continue reading →

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Helen Holland Christmas message joy

Posted on December 21, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

After months of tortuous negotiations, The Blogger is pleased to announce that we have secured EXCLUSIVE rights to council leader Helen Holland’s Personal Christmas Message by Simon Caplan. Look out for Helen’s exciting seasonal message to the people of Bristol … Continue reading →

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Rotten Borough: the legal stuff

Posted on December 20, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Bit technical this one I’m afraid but it’s probably worth hearing. To recap: A £10k cash donation to the Bristol North West Constituency Labour Party has been recorded by the Electoral Commission as coming from an unincorporated association using the … Continue reading →

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Counting the cost of Brown's Britain

Posted on December 20, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

£180,000 – the amount of money Bristol City Council will pay their new Chief Executive, career bureaucrat Jan Ormondroyd – who’s never had to take a risk in her life – EVERY YEAR until she chooses to pack it in … Continue reading →

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