Category Archives: Middle East

The power of "the Kelly Effect"

Posted on March 9, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The recently discovered “Kelly Effect” is a very close cousin of the “Bristol Effect”. And we all know what the Bristol Effect is. It’s the graveyard of ambition where good ideas come to die while talent takes the road to … Continue reading →

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Swivel-eyed liberal loonwatch

Posted on March 8, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Fruitcake A grudging hat-tip to James Barlow for this story, although I don’t see why we should when it’s obvious he’s just signed up to the same ‘They Work for You’ alert as we are. Anyway, very strange outburst from … Continue reading →

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Global day of action for Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi

Posted on March 6, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Today is a global day of action for Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi, two Iranian trade unionists being held in prison by the Iranian theocracy on charges of “endangering national security”. This pair are unlikely to get the publicity afforded … Continue reading →

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"I'm in favour of free speech unless I disagree with it"

Posted on March 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s Tuesday. Must be time for Cancer editor News Bunny Norton to wheel out his Islamo-looney, Farooq Siddique to give us his highly personal take on Islam in his ‘A Muslim in Bristol’ column. Strangely enough Norton’s stopped posting Siddique’s … Continue reading →

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Meet big brave Rees, hero of "the resistance"

Posted on March 2, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Herr Kommandant John Rees Speaking alongside the right wing Islamist fanatic Ibrahim Mousawi at Friday’s Reichsmeeting of Bristol’s Stop the War Coalition was none other than John Rees. This nasty little goatee-bearded mini-Fuhrer is actually a west country boy from … Continue reading →

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Fellow travelling with Stop the War

Posted on February 23, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Some Hezbollah paramilitaries making that internationally recognised sign of peace and goodwill. The town in the background is Metula, in the north of Israel. Another sign – as if it were really needed – of the collective madness of the … Continue reading →

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The Holocaust, Israel and our Muslim spokesman

Posted on February 11, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

A couple of weeks ago the Blogger took issue with the Evening Cancer’s new Muslim columnist and self-styled “community leader”, Farooq Siddique, for hysterically comparing the State of Israel to Germany’s Nazi regime in a piece purporting to mark Holocaust … Continue reading →

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Diversity news

Posted on February 8, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

OK. How many buzz words can you get in one title? Beat this: SW Equality & Diversity Action Plan and SWRDA Draft Corporate Plan Consultation Event Start: 19 Feb 2008 – 10:00 End: 19 Feb 2008 – 16:21 Venue: Somerset … Continue reading →

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Muslim Balls

Posted on January 30, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It looks News Bunny Norton, the Evening Cancer editor, has decided to grab himself a slice of the diversity action by employing a Muslim columnist. Farooq Siddique of the the publicly funded Bristol Muslim Cultural Society – who no doubt … 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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