Category Archives: Local government

Housing: stealth stock transfer?

Posted on December 1, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s allegations over on Bristol Indymedia that Bristol City Council may be attempting to transfer its council housing stock by stealth to the private sector. The allegations centre around the role of the council’s new Housing Management Board, which supposedly … Continue reading →

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Questions, questions 3: Bunter Eddy the gormless plonker

Posted on November 29, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

What the Tory Party in Bristol calls a leader . . . What with the impending disaster that will be the Museum of Bristol; the introduction of a Residents’ Parking Zones tax; increased parking costs; a £100k spent on a … 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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Questions, questions 1: The bearded weirdoes investigate . . .

Posted on November 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Some more excellent news regarding Bristol’s Labour administration’s use of our council tax. Their latest money wasting wheeze has, apparently, been to launch an investigation into how The Bristol Blogger came to get a copy of their aimless and pointless … Continue reading →

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The 2008 culture weekender #2

Posted on November 25, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Here’s some more of what we were promised for 2008: We have more festivals planned. Our capital programme includes a new circus centre, eight new swimming pools, an arena, an animation centre and an international music centre, among many other … Continue reading →

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The 2008 culture weekender #1

Posted on November 24, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

With the news that the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum is to leave Bristol for the more lucrative environs of London, now seems like an appropriate time to reflect on that bid, five years ago, for Bristol to become the … Continue reading →

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Education and the LEA: reform or revolution?

Posted on November 23, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Over on the the ‘Half our pupils are missing’ education thread, there’s a clear divide opening up. It’s between those who would abolish the LEA immediately and hand more autonomy to schools locally and those who believe that there’s nothing … Continue reading →

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Bristol Labour watch

Posted on November 22, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Green councillor Charlie Bolton points out in the depths of his blog that Labour’s new proposals for the home care service will break their election promise not to privatise any more of the service. Labour’s social services boss, Peter Hammond … Continue reading →

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Half our pupils are missing

Posted on November 19, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Can it only be last week that Labour’s deranged multiculturalist guru Peter Hammond announced: he believed school was a place we went for the opportunity to meet other cultures that lived around us. But oh dear. What a shock. How … Continue reading →

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Hammond does it again!

Posted on November 18, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

As expected Labour’s Deputy Leader, the bearded fool, Peter Hammond is destroying yet more of Bristol’s Social Services because the hopeless incompetent can’t understand – let alone control – expenditure in his department (again). Back in 2005, as leader of … Continue reading →

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