Category Archives: Labour Party

Spot the commitment: Labour home care policy unveiled (part two)

So where’s Labour’s commitment to “in-house” home care gone then? Bristol Labour Party’s cheerleaders at The Evening Cancer and the T&G might want to celebrate a popular victory for the people but Peter Hammond’s recent outbursts in The Cancer on … Continue reading

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Labour home care policy unveiled (part one)

The first signs of the chaos about to be unleashed by new social services boss Peter Hammond emerged this week after his plan to reconstitute the ‘Adult Social Care Select Committee’ was hastily cancelled via the pages of The Evening … Continue reading

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Bristol Labour: A lesson in hypocrisy

As Bristol’s education system staggers from one crisis to the next, it’s nice to know that the council’s education department are making an effort. Would you believe they’ve even employed for us – at a salary not unadjacent to £40k … Continue reading

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Two jags to two homes?

I see “real Labour” candidate for the Labour Deputy leadership, John Crud Arse was in Bristol on Saturday campaigning for more council housing. Doubt he mentioned the council house he owns in Dagenham – where there is an acute shortage … Continue reading

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Kim Il Beynon Speaks!

It’s the final communiqué from General Kim Il Bey-Non, Eternal Shop Steward of the Numpty Republic of Transport House. And it’s time to celebrate the glorious victory of his son the people. “We have kept the inhouse service,” pronounces the … Continue reading

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Bristol's worst Cabinet ever?

Some of the faces on this new Labour cabinet are horrifyingly familiar from just two years back. The unholy alliance of Holland, Hammond and Bees are exactly the team that plunged the city into a financial crisis in the autumn … Continue reading

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The Labour promises thread

The Labour Party made a lot of promises at these elections. Here’s a few: – to keep home care in-house – to return £10m of council tax overpayments to council tax payers – to return to weekly rubbish collections in … Continue reading

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Labour's secret location to meet the people revealed

A politician covered in shit… Gordon Brown’s non-election roadshow hits Bristol on Saturday. He will be appearing alongside the six contenders for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party that I really can’t be fucked to list. Due to the … Continue reading

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It's the Holland and Hammond show!

Bristol Labour Party this evening took minority control of Bristol City Council with the support of the Conservative Party. The Tories and Labour both rejected a last minute climbdown from Steve Comer’s Liberal Democrats – who promised to reconsider the … Continue reading

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Labour take control!

With no commitment to an in-house home care service… More Later!

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