Category Archives: Politics

Glossary of Bristol City Council terms: free lunch

Posted on July 8, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Free Lunch: There is such a thing at Bristol City Council. Paid for by you. Always organic and Fair Trade. See also conference, Lord Mayor, expenses.

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News release: BEDMINSTER RESIDENTS AGAINST TESCO’S EXPANSION INTO ASHTON GATE (BERATE)

Posted on July 5, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

NEWS 5th July 2009 Greater Bedminster Residents meet to form “No-Superstore” Campaign Group More than 70 people from Greater Bedminster packed into a meeting room at the Southville Centre on Friday night, to hear more about the proposed Tesco superstore … Continue reading →

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Phew!

Posted on July 5, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

What a relief for us all. Isn’t it lucky that Bristol City Council employed a new Chief Executive and gave them an inflation busting 30% pay rise just last year? It’s even luckier that this Chief Exec then spent the … Continue reading →

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Tesco: value range vagueness from the Dim Prawn

Posted on July 3, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Lucky recipients of South Bristol MP Dawn Primarolo’s ‘Hear From Your MP’ e-newsletter will have already read the Prawn’s fence-sitting on Tesco’s at Ashton Gate. But here it is for the rest of you: ASHTON GATE SITE Several residents have … Continue reading →

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World Cup footBALLS of confusion

Posted on July 2, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Are we in need of the Council House equivalent of a Kremlinologist to explain what the Lib Dem leadership’s view of the proposal to build a Tesco Extra on Ashton Gate might be? A couple of Lib Dem cabinet members … Continue reading →

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Glossary of Bristol City Council terms: new

Posted on July 1, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

New: Anything Bristol City Council does that features in a press release is new. See also innovative, exciting.

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Entertainment news

Posted on June 30, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Three weeks now and our old friend, Farooq Siddique, the Evening Cancer’s outspoken ‘A Muslim in Bristol‘ columnist is still keeping his counsel on what is surely the big Islamic issue of the day. Namely what’s going on Iran? Instead, … Continue reading →

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Shirley and the coconuts (legal mix)

Posted on June 27, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s been a fairly understandable level of uproar across the city since the city council published then unpublished and then republished its report (pdf) into Lib Dem councillor Shirley Marshall and her notorious ‘coconut’ slur (Blogger passim). The crux of … Continue reading →

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Glossary of Bristol City Council terms: investment

Posted on June 25, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Investment: The same thing as income, turnover, expenditure, profit or loss depending on circumstances and the PR message being delivered. After all, it’s only someone else’s money innit? See also business.

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RED TROUSERGATE: land still not sold, another bloody CONsultation in the offing …

Posted on June 25, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Red Trousergate saga continues … David Bishop’s dodgy deal with George Ferguson last year to sell off protected public park land on the Bristol and Bath Railway Path still rumbles on. These are some questions and answers from tonight’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, CONsultants, Developments, Easton, Environment, Lib Dems, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics | Tagged , , , | There are 4 comments