Category Archives: Labour Party

Building (empty) schools for the future

Posted on December 19, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s official. A recent Commons answer reveals that empty school places in Bristol have spiraled alarmingly upwards since Bristol’s much touted £270m ‘Building Schools for the Future’ (BSF) programme has started delivering new schools in the area. In 2001 Bristol … Continue reading →

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Compare and contrast:

Posted on December 18, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

“We want our city to be an ambitious city that includes and values all citizens – whatever their backgrounds, needs or lifestyles. We want to drive forward real change that makes a difference to people’s lives. We want to ensure … Continue reading →

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WORLD EXCLUSIVE – Blunkett: "Why are you such a fucking greedy bastard"?

Posted on December 12, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Extraordinary scenes yesterday at the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster when a couple of the Met’s goons attempted to arrest Ian Bone after speaking at a conference on community empowerment at the invitation of the Scarman Trust. Bone, who spoke at … Continue reading →

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Parking news

Posted on December 11, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Within just days of the Labour-run administration raising parking charges to ten pounds a day and threatening inner-city residents with a costly Controlled Parking Zone we are given a nice little insight into a Labour councillor’s personal ‘Christian’ approach to … Continue reading →

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Rotten Borough: welcome to the Labour launderette

Posted on December 10, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Did ya hear the one about the local political party that returns three MPs to Westminster and has run the city council for most of the last 30 years but doesn’t present any public accounts? You have now. It’s Bristol’s … Continue reading →

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Rotten borough: Questions and answers

Posted on December 9, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

An unincorporated association listed by the Electoral Commission as ‘The Bristol Labour Group’, The Council House, College Green, Bristol BS1 5TR has donated £10,000 in cash to the Bristol North West Constituency Labour Party. So what? Q. What’s an unincorporated … Continue reading →

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Rotten borough latest

Posted on December 7, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A friend of The Blogger’s with a good head for figures has produced a very handy spreadsheet listing every donation handed to the Labour Party by a local ‘Labour Group’ since records started in 2001. ‘Labour Groups’ are the ones … Continue reading →

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Labour funding: an interesting proximity of cash to candidacy

Posted on December 6, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Another day, another ‘Bristol Labour Group’ donation mystery . . . But first a quick recap: What we have is cash donations amounting to exactly £10k, made in two large tranches, from an unincorporated association – ‘the Bristol Labour Group’, … Continue reading →

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KRS guest post

Posted on December 5, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

 Bristle KRS

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Roger and them

Posted on December 5, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Gotcha! Yesterday we mentioned a city council officer – Roger Livingston – who works for ‘the Bristol Labour Group’ in an office at the Council House where tens of thousands of pounds worth of apparently anonymous donations to the Labour … Continue reading →

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