Category Archives: Merchant Venturers

Meet "the new one that you must call the master"

Posted on November 15, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Well, well, well. Who’s this slithering back up the greasy pole into the higher echelons of Bristol’s public life? Those fine and honourable fellows of our local creepy millionaires’ misogynist sect, the Society of Merchant Venturers, have only gone and … Continue reading →

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Our trough: their snouts

Posted on November 6, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Hurrah! As part of the national Crimestoppers Conference taking place in Bristol last week on the theme of ‘Engaging Hard-To-Reach Communities’, West Country Crimestoppers held a sumptuous black tie reception on board the SS Great Britain “to thank local and … Continue reading →

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Choose the ineffective, low-cost PR option day

Posted on October 30, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Fancy that! The latest supporter of the mindless and ineffective ‘Choose Day’ Christian eco-scam is none other than Mark Bradshaw, Labour’s Transport exec. He tells The Cancer: “Choose Day will help to make Bristol a leading city in addressing th[e] … Continue reading →

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Who the hell are Choose Day?

Posted on October 27, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The Blogger’s been receiving various communications, on a fairly regular basis now, about some environmental/global warming event called ‘Choose Day’ launching on the Centre this coming Tuesday. Full details about the event, if not the organisation behind it, are available … Continue reading →

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CONgestion charge latest

Posted on October 13, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Isn’t it about time we made more room for people who can afford these? By Bluebaldee Bristol City Council in conjunction with the other three local authorities have produced yet another glossy document about how terrible congestion is in the … Continue reading →

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Tory toenail worshippers refuse to publically back their slave trading boy

Posted on September 27, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

They can’t get down to All Saints on Corn Street quick enough on a wet and windy October morning to worship the remnants of the great man’s toenails. But it seems Bristol’s Edward Colston loving Tories aren’t quite so keen … Continue reading →

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Toffs open day

Posted on September 8, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Doors Open Day today and we’ve just got back from a guided tour of Merchant’s House, the Merchant Venturer HQ, conducted by “the one they call the master” or Tim Pearce to his friends (if he’s got any). What a … Continue reading →

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Lambies set to save south Bristol schools

Posted on July 23, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Top news reaches The Blogger from his friends with their fingers on the fading pulse of South Bristol’s schools. It seems the next business sponsor to be announced for Withywood’s brand new Merchants Academy, run by our old friends The … Continue reading →

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Guarded

Posted on July 11, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A rather reticent article by Stephen Bates concerning our friend Howard Newby in yesterday’s People column of The Guardian: Sir Howard Newby is continuing his progress through the groves of academe like a ballbearing in a pinball machine, with the … Continue reading →

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"Not some madman on his own"

Posted on May 20, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

[googlevideo=http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2393402568525944108&hl=en-GB] A reader has sent a link to a film of Ligali’s Toyin Agbetu attending a bail hearing at Charing Cross police station on 25 April following his arrest in Westminster Abbey in March. The pan-Africanist was arrested after confronting … Continue reading →

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