Category Archives: Lawrence Hill

The Blogger's Dictionary of Bristol Political Terms

Posted on June 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

by A Reader “The Popham Method” A cunning encoding system designed to convert plain text into undecipherable gobbledegook. Sir Winston Churchill is quoted as saying "Bletchley Park did OK, but Enigma was child-plays really. If the Nazi's had used The … Continue reading →

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Election gossip latest

Posted on April 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

A couple of snippets just in … Bristol’s Respect Party are likely to be running four candidates in the local elections on June 4. Energetic troublemaker Jerry Hicks will be running again in Lockleaze while the excellently named Prince-Abdulaziz has … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashley, Bristol, Easton, Green Party, Lawrence Hill, Lib Dems, Local Elections 2009, Local government, Lockleaze, Politics, Respect Party | Tagged , , | There are 65 comments

Now we are seven

Posted on March 20, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

And another Labour councillor jumps ship and rejects their own transport boss’s BRT plan for the Railway path … This time, after only 40-odd years in the Labour Party, Labour’s Lawrence Hill councillor, Brenda Hugill finally manages an entirely sane, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Developments, Environment, Labour Party, Lawrence Hill, Local government, Politics, Transport, WESP | Tagged , | There are 4 comments

Saturday night at the movies

Posted on March 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Two new films about the Railway Path here. Both, in their own way, are far more representative of the traditional left than unwashed hippy “Green Protestors” the Cancer would have you believe. One features Labour’s prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Bristol … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol West, Developments, Easton, Eastville, Environment, Hillfields, Labour Party, Lawrence Hill, Local government, Politics, Respect Party, The Downs, Transport, WESP | Tagged , | There are 31 comments

Tonight Matthew we're going to be The Bristol Blogger . . .

Posted on December 13, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s good news for The Blogger tonight at least. The entirely predictable final cancellation of the ongoing arena fiasco gives us a night off. We’ll just leave the commentary to Bristolians who can do it far more eloquently and intelligently … Continue reading →

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***SECURITY ALERT*** Mad fanatics want to destroy us all!!!

Posted on July 20, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

There was a major security alert across the city today after two large containers of bullshit were discovered at the premises of the Easton Community Partnership on Stapleton Road. Police believe the find may be related to the activities of … Continue reading →

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Makes me wanna holler – inner city news

Posted on May 3, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A lot of high value election entertainment to be had over in the inner city at the moment. Labour’s Lawrence Hill candidate Bush Rat Ali, the Photoshop faker (Blogger passim) has already added considerably to the city’s mirth levels with … Continue reading →

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The Bristol Blogger: News updates

Posted on May 1, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A couple of brief updates on some stories: Bush Rat Ali, the Lawrence Hill Labour Photoshop faker Whispers reach The Blogger that The Evening Cancer is declining to run the Photoshop faker story because “it is too sensitive” for election … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Journalism, Labour Party, Lawrence Hill, Local elections 2007, Media, Southville, Trade Unionism | | There is 1 comment

The Blogger investigates… The mystery of the missing candidate

Posted on April 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A palpable sigh of relief here at Blogger HQ as Bristol East MP, Kerry McCarthy returns to her blog after a break of almost three weeks. Surprisingly her online absence on this occasion had nothing to do with the obsessive … Continue reading →

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Bush Rat the Movie: 'Working for Britin' (sic)

Posted on April 27, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Here it is. Meet Photoshop faker Bush Rat Ali the Lawrence Hill Labour Bhangra Boyo (he’s also head of the South Wales Muslim League). Laugh then cry as you realise the kind of imbecile the people who run the country … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Labour Party, Lawrence Hill, Local elections 2007, Local government | | There are 4 comments