Category Archives: Local government

Lost and found? Or buried?

Posted on March 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Update on Friday’s blog about this mysterious missing public consultation into this unusual sale of protected public park land at Greenbank, engineered for Merchant Venturer George Ferguson’s personal benefit by council planning boss David Bishop. Now new Lib Dem transport … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, CONsultants, Developments, Easton, Environment, Knowle, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Politics, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , | There are 18 comments

The great recycling debate (pt. 7654)

Posted on March 7, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol Dave from the effervescing Bristol Dave Rants is asking questions in the comments about recycling: Can somebody (not necessarily Gary or Jon) please explain to me what on earth the food recycling bins are actually for? Is it just … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Environment, Global warming, Local government, Politics, Recycling | Tagged | There are 36 comments

Lost and found

Posted on March 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Now, where is that public consultation that city council planning boss, “Dodgy” David Bishop spent £12k of public money on? You know, the one that he instigated in to the sale of land on the Railway Path just eight months … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, CONsultants, Developments, Easton, Environment, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Politics | Tagged , , , | There are 6 comments

Terry's cooked

Posted on March 5, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The fact that local Labour frontbencher Terry Cook has announced his resignation seems to be passing without comment. He says, “[I’m] retiring to spend more time with my business”. Hmmm.

Posted in Avonmouth, Blogging, Bristol, Bristol North west, Elections, Labour Party, Lawrence Weston, Local government, Politics, Shirehampton | Tagged | There are 58 comments

Eh?

Posted on March 4, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Lots of Lib Dem budget amendments. A fair few went through. Including one that I spoke to: a 150k proposal for domestic violence work (perpetrators work etc). I felt proud to be able to promote this particular proposal. I welcomed … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Budget, Lib Dems, Local government, Lockleaze, Politics | Tagged , | There are 16 comments

Shirley not?

Posted on March 3, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

I hope local members of the teaching profession are making use of some of the excellent teaching materials designed by Bristol City Council’s Ethnic Minority Achievement Service (Emas4success) that make sure our kids are right up-to-speed and all tickety-boo with … Continue reading →

Posted in Abolition 200, Bristol, Education, Equalities, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, Race | Tagged , | There are 6 comments

Let them eat cake!

Posted on March 3, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger
Posted in Abolition 200, Bristol, Equalities, Local government, Politics, Race | Tagged , , | There are 8 comments

Shirley and the coconuts

Posted on February 28, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Shirley and the Coconuts … Sounds a bit like a band that had a couple of top ten hits with some sharp calypso inflected disco tunes in the early eighties – courtesy of Hopkins, Rogers and Wright, the legendary production … Continue reading →

Posted in Abolition 200, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Conservatives, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, Race | Tagged , , , , , | There are 31 comments

Mimosa: "expect arrests imminently"?

Posted on February 25, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Oh dear, what a bad day for the Mimosa Healthcare Group in Bristol. You can be forgiven if you took your eye off the ball today – what with all that underwhelming Babs taking over from Helen bollocks at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Health, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, Privatisation | Tagged , , , , | There are 3 comments

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