Category Archives: Politics

Glossary of Bristol City Council terms: the great and good

Posted on June 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The great and good: Those invited to the first night of the Banksy exhibtion – if you weren’t invited you weren’t great and thus you can’t be any good. To be good you must have money or a degree in … Continue reading →

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Glossary of Bristol City Council terms: Councillors

Posted on June 17, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Councillors: A form of decorative finishing unique to Bristol’s Council House. See also Politicians.

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The Blogger’s Dictionary of Bristol Political Terms

Posted on June 16, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

by A Reader “Bradshawing” Basic, simplistic and ineffective political spin in which you attempt to blame the opposition for the consequences of your own policies through endless repetition. As in: “the Labour leadership are Bradshawing the Tories over public sector … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week: BANKSY BALLS special

Posted on June 15, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Cancer editor Mike Norton says in today’s paper: I was dragged around [Bristol] museum more times than I care to remember. The building and its artifacts are now part of my psyche. My dad loved the place. This explains a … Continue reading →

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BANKSY BALLS: Banksy vs SWP

Posted on June 15, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Photo from www.bristol-street-art.co.uk Popped into the Banksy exhibition in the lunch hour. Not time to see much. There was a huge queue to get in to see the paintings so just saw the animatronics and the ice cream van and … Continue reading →

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The Blogger's Dictionary of Bristol Political Terms

Posted on June 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

by A Reader “The Popham Method” A cunning encoding system designed to convert plain text into undecipherable gobbledegook. Sir Winston Churchill is quoted as saying "Bletchley Park did OK, but Enigma was child-plays really. If the Nazi's had used The … Continue reading →

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It's Red Trousers wot won it!

Posted on June 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Confirmation – as if we really needed it – that Red Trousered architect, George Ferguson, is an utterly deluded egomaniac and public school twit of the very highest order. Wondering who was the – ahem – architect of the Lib … Continue reading →

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Alderman Robin Moss: cunt stain?

Posted on June 12, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Slight delay on the Labour Alderman Robin Moss front I’m afraid. An insider who knew Moss from  Easton Community Centre will be posting “as soon as I’ve managed to dream up some decent insults.” “It’s quite hard to come up … Continue reading →

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Alderman Robin Moss: stalker?

Posted on June 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Blogger’s newswires and phone lines have been alive today after the unwelcome internet reappearance of certifiable nutjob former Labour councillor for Easton, Robin Moss. The Blogger just needs to return a couple of phone calls from some deeply pissed … Continue reading →

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The strange death of Labour Bristol

Posted on June 9, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Here are the Euro election results for Bristol’s local authority area: Conservatives: 20,675 (19.4%) Lib Dems: 19,834 (18.6%) Labour: 17,321 (16.2%) Greens 16,735 (15.7%) UKIP: 14,647 (13.7%) BNP: 6,132 (5.7%) Pensioner Party: 2,796 English Democrats: 2,029 Christian Party: 1,363 Socialist … Continue reading →

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