Category Archives: Labour Party

The Lambeth wank

Posted on July 3, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Casually leafing through – like you do – the agenda for tomorrow night’s meeting of the Council for the London Borough of Lambeth, The Blogger’s eye is caught by Agenda item number 10 – Cabinet Portfolios. It says: “The administration … Continue reading →

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Gordo makes it plane obvious

Posted on July 2, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Opponents of Bristol Airport expansion should take very careful note of at least one of Gordo’s appointments to his all-singing, all-dancing, all-inclusive new cabinet “of all the talents”. The appointment of former CBI Director Digby Jones as minister for trade … Continue reading →

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"I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to be ill…"

Posted on June 30, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Gordo has made the Dim Prawn Minister of State for Health and second in command to Postman Posh, Alan Johnston. She’ll be working directly alongside that insufferably vile, perma-tanned grinning idiot Ben Bradshaw who should be shot. The Prawn has … 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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Clunking fist opts for cultured prawn

Posted on June 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Our man with the Blackberry in The Strangers Bar suggests Gordo will solve the Prawn Dimarolo conundrum by giving her a place in the cabinet at Culture, Media and Sport with the Olympics removed elsewhere, as, let’s face it, she … Continue reading →

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Bristol Labour: Oxbridging the divide

Posted on June 26, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

In a quite magical display of English usage, The Evening Cancer announced yesterday: “A former Bristol city councillor, who was paralysed from the waist down after a motorbike accident, has failed in his bid to stand for election as an … 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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Class in the classroom

Posted on June 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Labour’s new education boss, Derek Pickup, has broken cover and given a keynote interview to The Evening Cancer’s so-called Education Correspondent Linda Tanner. Tanner is happy to play pat ball with Pickup, lobbing him daft brown-nosing questions to provide him … Continue reading →

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Blogasmic Bristol Labour

Posted on June 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Hold the front page. The Bristol Labour Party has entered the blogosphere. The Blogger has discovered that Avonmouth councillor Terry Cook has got himself a blog. Here’s what he says: “This is my blog about me and my experiences – … 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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