Category Archives: Lib Dems

Labour resign!

Posted on February 24, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Yep, the city council’s vile and incompetent Labour regime has quit after their budget was laughed out of the Counts Louse. That’s the good news. And the bad news? That ridiculous home counties snob Babs Janke has just been voted … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Budget, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics | Tagged | There are 38 comments

MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE – Full Council Meeting, 10th Feb 2009

Posted on February 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

By Martin Whitelock The inevitable happened: – LibDems will wait until the June election in the likelihood of being voted in by the electorate as they are now the majority party in Bristol. – Conservatives got severely reprimanded by LibDem … Continue reading →

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ZIONIST! watch

Posted on January 15, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

An occasional series highlighting the ludicrous uses of the term ZIONIST! locally. <spooky music>The tentacles of the global Jewish Zionist conspiracy stretch further than you ever thought comrades. The Jewish Zionist menace is not only serving low fat lattes behind … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Bristol, Bristol Indymedia, Conspiracy theories, Lib Dems, Local government, Middle East, Politics, The British Left | Tagged , | There are 10 comments

Content is king?

Posted on November 23, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Lib Dem leader Barbara Janke’s got a lot to say on her new website.

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Car crash blog post of the week

Posted on November 16, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Take a bow Bristol’s only Green Councillor, Charlie Bolton. In an extraordinarily misjudged outburst on his blog, Charlie managed to put not only a large dent in his credibility and raise huge questions about his personal integrity, he’s also effortlessly … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Developments, Environment, Green Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Politics | Tagged , , , , , | There are 26 comments

RED TROUSER GATE: Fox goes hunting

Posted on November 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Over on Charlie Bolton’s blog you can currently find Lib Dem and Green councillors mincing around, mutually patting each other on the back and assuring the public what thoroughly decent chaps of the highest possible integrity they and their wealthy … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, Conservatives, Developments, Easton, Environment, Green Party, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , | There are 10 comments

Liberal arts?

Posted on August 19, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

I’ve been reading a bit about Paul McCarthy, the artist responsible for the dog shit inflatable that went AWOL in Switzerland last week and provided the ideal platform for a cheap gag at the expense of Bristol’s Tories. I’m especially … Continue reading →

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Report from last night’s Council Meeting

Posted on April 2, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

By Chris Hutt from the Comments It all started so well, with Charlie Bolton’s original motion getting beefed up by a Lib-Dem amendment which he accepted. Railway Path supporters cheered and clapped. It looked for a few moments like we … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Developments, Environment, Green Party, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, WESP | Tagged , , | There are 106 comments

From the comments …

Posted on March 30, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Get out writes … I hear that the most serious concern within the leadership of Bristol Labour and Tory Parties right now is not the cycle path at all. By the sound of rumblings in the Council House the uppermost … Continue reading →

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What the hell is this meant to mean?

Posted on March 24, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

From Lib Dem, Councillor Emma Bagley’s blog – translations welcome: What became apparent towards the end of this topic was that was going to be no stretch target (aka a performance indicator) under the new local area agreement. No stretch … Continue reading →

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