Category Archives: Politics

Dim Prawn seals Gordon's fate

Posted on June 7, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

“Gordon Brown will be Prime Minister next week,” the monotoned moron MP for Bristol South intoned today on The Politics Show West. That’s game over for Gordon then. He’ll be gone by Wednesday. And for old time’s sake, let’s just … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol South, Labour Party, Media, Politics, The British Left | Tagged , , , | There are 13 comments

The corruption of the Froom

Posted on June 7, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The corruption of the Froom. The Man in the Moon, (a radical pamphletist) illuminates a web of corruption holding official documents. A kicking ass frees a bundle marked ‘Dock Company’ and the deity of the Froom holds his nose at … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Bristol, Culture, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Politics, Twitter | Tagged | There is 1 comment

VOTE 2009: Results GOSSIP

Posted on June 4, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Results are above (and keep an eye on the Twitterfeed too) What to look out for: Greens: A good night if they take Ashley; an extraordinary night if they take Easton too. Keep an eye on their results in Bishopston … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Conservatives, Green Party, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local Elections 2009, Local government, Politics | | There are 33 comments

ELECTION 2009: ball gazing Blogger time

Posted on June 3, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

“As we know, there are known knowns; there are the things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Conservatives, Elections, Green Party, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local Elections 2009, Local government, Politics | | There are 28 comments

City council: filling their boots but not emptying the bins

Posted on June 2, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Fancy that! Bristol City Council is predictably sitting on its hands doing nowt to support their own bin men asking for less than twenty quid a week extra in their pay packets to help feed their families during a recession. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, CONsultants, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, Transport | Tagged , , , | There are 7 comments

VOTE 2009: Spot the difference – Lib Dem "shocked and angered" special

Posted on June 1, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Compare and contrast: ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Jon Rogers <jon.rogers@bristol.gov.uk> Date: Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:26 PM Subject: .Ashley eFOCUS – May/June 2009 To: … Like many people I have spoken to, I am shocked and angered by … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashley, Bristol, Bristol West, Cabot, Elections, Lib Dems, Local Elections 2009, Local government, Politics | Tagged , , | There are 45 comments

Bin men speak!

Posted on May 30, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

See also: Striking binmen take protest to council

Posted in Bristol, Economy, Environment, Local government, Politics, Privatisation, Recycling, Trade Unionism | Tagged , | There are 17 comments

Pledge news

Posted on May 28, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Oh my aching sides … Whatever will that rump of sleazy lawyers who make up most of the Labour Party these days come up with next? Er, this? Yes, in a desperate bid to create an appearance of integrity in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol North west, Elections, Labour Party, MPs, Politics | Tagged , , , | There are 8 comments

Counting the cost of Brown's Britain (reprise)

Posted on May 27, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

40% – pay rise awarded to Bristol City Council’s new Chief Exec, Jan Ormondroyd, for the year 2008-09 – before she had even done any work for Bristol. Ormondroyd’s pay packet is in the region of £180k a year or … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Economy, Local government, Politics, Trade Unionism | Tagged , , | There are 7 comments

City council: crap legal threat of the week

Posted on May 26, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The saga of the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft’s artwork destroyed by Bristol City Council “by mistake” takes a new laughable legal turn. Having now made a very public and PR-friendly apology for the news media‘s benefit, the council has … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashley, Bristol, Bristol West, Environment, Graffiti, Local government, Planning, Politics, Stokes Croft | Tagged , , | There are 18 comments