Category Archives: Media

NUJ boycott Israeli goods

Posted on April 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

This’ll do wonders for their credibility… The National Union of Journalists has voted at its annual meeting for a boycott of Israeli goods as part of a protest against last year’s war in Lebanon. The Guardian Apparently this is in … Continue reading →

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The strange death of anarchist England

Posted on April 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Earlier today a reader attempted to post The Blogger’s story about the BNP’s Nominating Officer on UK Indymedia’s independent news site “offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues.” Seems reasonable to me. The rise of the … Continue reading →

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In the Post

Posted on April 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Local public sector PR consultant now mooonlighting for the Evening Post, Maurice Fells, semi-coherently rambles his way through a list of pubs due for demolition in today’s paper. He says: “… in Parson Street, the Enterprise Inn has been locked … Continue reading →

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Election Nominations

Posted on April 13, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Despite spending around £1m a year on a ‘state of the art’ communications team, Bristol City Council appears incapable of properly publicising the list of candidates for the forthcoming elections. A number of people have told the The Blogger they … Continue reading →

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"Child protection workers make it all up": The Stupidest MP in the West?

Posted on April 11, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Competition for the coveted title of ‘Stupidest MP in the West’ is hotting up. We all already know about South Bristol’s disaster-on-heels Dawn Primarolo, the former Bennite turned Blairite turned Brownite Treasury Minister who’s kept off our TV screens for … Continue reading →

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Election? What election?

Posted on April 10, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

What with it being election time, The Blogger thought he better find out a bit about the candidates standing, party manifestos and the like. Where better to look than the internet? Um, anywhere really, judging by the miserable efforts made … Continue reading →

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Hypocrite Watch: Oliver Kamm

Posted on April 9, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Times columnist and combative new-Labour neo-con Oliver Kamm has a crack at Bloggers in The Guardian today. He says: It is a democratic medium, allowing anyone to participate in political debate without an intermediary, at little or no cost. But … Continue reading →

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Bank holiday comedy special

Posted on April 6, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Chris Morris at BBC Radio Bristol Like Banksy, Chris Morris’s time in Bristol has become the stuff of legend that neatly airbrushes out the fact that both were largely ignored, marginalised and actively discouraged during their time here. Their consequent … Continue reading →

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