Category Archives: Labour Party

Competition time! Update

Posted on September 29, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Thank you to BristleKRS and Shawn for having a crack at the recycling press release competition. Although I’m sorry to have to inform you that unfortunately it wasn’t a real competition at all. It was in fact a rhetorical device … Continue reading →

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Bearded Labour: the case for the prosecution . . .

Posted on September 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The Blogger is being accused of beardism in relation to claims regarding the Bristol Labour Party. Here is the case for the prosecution: 1. George Micklewright Former LABOUR leader Bristol City Council 1997 – 2002. Created £350m budget deficit. Most … Continue reading →

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Three degrees of bearded Labour

Posted on September 27, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The good news is that Labour education exec Derek Pickup has taken to the local radio airwaves to try to fend off his growing reputation for utter uselessness. The bad news is the coward chose to offer up his excuses … Continue reading →

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Competition time! Here's a clue . . .

Posted on September 27, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Not much joy with the comp yet so here’s a clue. The key phrase in the convoluted spin is: waste chargeable (The Blogger is expecting to take delivery this evening of a draft copy of the citizen’s jury report. Any … Continue reading →

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Competition time!

Posted on September 26, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Big prizes to be won: This is a small section of the council’s recent press release about the recommendations of the recent citizen’s jury on recycling. All you have to do is tell us what you think it it means. … Continue reading →

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Toffs at the top

Posted on September 26, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Former Bristol South East MP, aristo-socialist Tony Benn’s been hitting the headlines again. Firstly because his niece, Emily, has been selected as the Labour parliamentary candidate for the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency on the south coast despite not yet … Continue reading →

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The not so young Adonis makes an appearance

Posted on September 23, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Entirely coincidentally – at the same time as The Blogger was publishing ‘The Masterplanners’, querying Bristol Education Department’s long term plans for secondary education in the city – who should roll into town on Friday? Only Lord Adonis himself, the … Continue reading →

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Socialism: Bristol Labour style

Posted on September 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

John Bees, Labour’s executive member for Central Services, who basically deals with the council’s finances, is supposed to have a background in trade unionism at Avonmouth docks. You’d never know judging by his comments on the £6m – over 20% … Continue reading →

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CONsultation: how it works (continued)

Posted on September 9, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Nice example this week of some more analysis-free pant wetting from the so-called journalists of the local press. As part of his visit on Thursday, much play was made in The Cancer and on the local BBC of the so-called … Continue reading →

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Kerry: Madchester for it

Posted on August 30, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Does Bristol East MP Kerry “Rave On” McCarthy hate her constituency and this city? The Labour MP, parachuted in to the safe seat from Luton at the last minute for the general election in 2005, certainly doesn’t spend much time … Continue reading →

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