Category Archives: Local elections 2007

Oh no … It looks like it's time for the infamous south Bristol ring road gambit!

Posted on January 28, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

With the plan to turn the Bristol and Bath Cycle Path into a bus route formally announced, it looks likely local politicians will be readying themselves to play the infamous south Bristol ring road gambit. This is an extraordinary technique … Continue reading →

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Rotten Borough: welcome to the Labour launderette

Posted on December 10, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Did ya hear the one about the local political party that returns three MPs to Westminster and has run the city council for most of the last 30 years but doesn’t present any public accounts? You have now. It’s Bristol’s … Continue reading →

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Hammond's homecare plans unravel

Posted on November 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Peter Hammond and the Labour Party’s promise at the last local election was to keep the city’s home care service “in-house”. We might have understood from this there would be no more privatisation of Bristol city council’s home care service … Continue reading →

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Who'd have ever guessed it?

Posted on November 2, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol City Council is looking for urgent savings in this year’s budget of up to £2 million. It is overspending on waste services (£1.5m), care for the elderly (£1.5m), taxi services for special needs youngsters (£400,000) and concessionary bus fares … Continue reading →

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Home care watch

Posted on October 22, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Having less-than-adroitly reneged on one set of ridiculous and uncosted election promises – around waste collection – through the use of a so-called citizen’s jury, a process handily managed by a Labour-friendly organisation in exchange for a fat fee, Helen … Continue reading →

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Competition time! Update

Posted on September 29, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Thank you to BristleKRS and Shawn for having a crack at the recycling press release competition. Although I’m sorry to have to inform you that unfortunately it wasn’t a real competition at all. It was in fact a rhetorical device … Continue reading →

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The Blogger is away…

Posted on August 2, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

… Until Sunday. Here’s something to ruminate on: Vote for home care get well-paid Public Arts Officers! I Write regarding the article on home care campaigners. Well over 150,000 additional hours of extra home care are desperately required in Bristol. … 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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Spot the commitment: Labour home care policy unveiled (part two)

Posted on June 4, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

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)

Posted on June 2, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

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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