Category Archives: Local government

Muslim balls

Posted on January 12, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Yet another hugely unpopular public spending announcement – likely to have the exact opposite effect to the one they intend – finds the city council proposing to fork out £80,000 of our money on a survey to help Muslims “integrate … Continue reading →

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In praise of Peter Goodwin

Posted on January 8, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Well done to the Green Party’s Peter Goodwin who’s proving himself to be a fully paid up member of Bristol’s depressingly small political awkward squad. Goodwin made good use of Freedom of Information legislation last autumn to obtain information from … Continue reading →

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Local media assisted departure from reality of the week

Posted on January 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Paul Barnett, the city council’s unpopular and unwanted head of Cultural Services appears to be back at his desk and spouting his usual brand of complete and utter nonsense to the Evening Cancer. Trailing the fact that the city council’s … 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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PFImary schooling

Posted on January 3, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Just two months after unveiling a controversial and flawed ‘Primary School Review’, our Labour administration seems intent on implementing the plan without even bothering to respond to the criticisms levelled against it. This week has seen announcements of a large … Continue reading →

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Helen Holland's Christmas message by Simon Caplan

Posted on December 24, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:20:58 +0100 > From: simon.caplan@bristol.gov.uk > To: helen.holland@bristol.gov.uk > Subject: Re: Xmas Message to the People >Helen > Didn’t have time to finish the Xmas message as we’ve all gone to the pub instead … Continue reading →

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Helen Holland Christmas message joy

Posted on December 21, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

After months of tortuous negotiations, The Blogger is pleased to announce that we have secured EXCLUSIVE rights to council leader Helen Holland’s Personal Christmas Message by Simon Caplan. Look out for Helen’s exciting seasonal message to the people of Bristol … Continue reading →

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Rotten Borough: the legal stuff

Posted on December 20, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Bit technical this one I’m afraid but it’s probably worth hearing. To recap: A £10k cash donation to the Bristol North West Constituency Labour Party has been recorded by the Electoral Commission as coming from an unincorporated association using the … Continue reading →

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Counting the cost of Brown's Britain

Posted on December 20, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

£180,000 – the amount of money Bristol City Council will pay their new Chief Executive, career bureaucrat Jan Ormondroyd – who’s never had to take a risk in her life – EVERY YEAR until she chooses to pack it in … Continue reading →

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Building (empty) schools for the future

Posted on December 19, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s official. A recent Commons answer reveals that empty school places in Bristol have spiraled alarmingly upwards since Bristol’s much touted £270m ‘Building Schools for the Future’ (BSF) programme has started delivering new schools in the area. In 2001 Bristol … Continue reading →

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