Category Archives: Lib Dems

Back to the future …

Posted on January 16, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Hat tip to _saturnine for pointing us to Surfactant’s excellent collection of radiographs on Flickr. The one above is of someone who unaccountably got a dildo stuck up their backside (an explanation – of sorts – is provided here). Here … Continue reading →

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Gimmick Watch

Posted on January 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Other means of creating hot air … Bristol City Council is planning another gimmick to help define the council’s top priorities for the future – even though they’ve done this all before and miserably failed to deliver the priorities. The … Continue reading →

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Questions, questions 2: Residents' Parking Zones

Posted on November 29, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Lib Dem Mark Wright has picked up on some points raised by The Blogger over on Charlie Bolton’s blog regarding the finances of the proposed Residents’ Parking Zones for wealthier inner city areas. Council officers have been selling the scheme … Continue reading →

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Hello mum!

Posted on October 19, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The Blogger’s inexorable rise continues with our first mention in the council chamber… We will, of course, not rest until we have been condemned in the house! They were actually quite an interesting set of questions from Hopkins, who managed … Continue reading →

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Is fire chief Pearson telling porkies to politicians?

Posted on October 18, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

As far as I know they have been sent on no LGBT course. THey were never sent to the conference – which was a pretty stupid idea IMHO. Councillor Tim Kent, Avon Fire & Rescue Authority member October 18 2007 … Continue reading →

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Zzzzzzzzz watch

Posted on October 17, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Lib Dem leadership frontrunner Chris Huhne has declared and gone and got himself a promotional website – chris2win – already! These web designers don’t half work quick these days don’t they? No word as yet on whether Bristol West’s Stephen … Continue reading →

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Zzzzzzzzz watch

Posted on October 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

As a special service to readers The Blogger will be following the Lib Dem leadership election race. Mainly because it promises to be one great long fucking hilarious parade of no-hopers, buffoons, congenital idiots and the plain desperate chasing the … Continue reading →

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Bristol City Council: employee of the month

Posted on August 21, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

This toy that reveals where anonymous Wikipedia edits originate from is proving very handy indeed. Blogger reader Mapreader draws our attention to the city council employee who’s used their time exceptionally well to improve on the entries of a couple … Continue reading →

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Greener than thou

Posted on August 11, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

An ungreen corn starch bag? A green newspaper? We all know what bloody environmentalists are like once they get going, so it might be asking for trouble bringing this up, but I notice that both of our green blogger friends … Continue reading →

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Lib Dems' pretend friends

Posted on August 10, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Super-geek Northavon MP Steve Webb has come up with a hilarious little jape to entertain the press for August. The man charged with writing the next Lib Dem election manifesto – a document that combines the realism of an In … Continue reading →

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