Category Archives: Politics

BANKSY BALLS: the anxiety of influence an' all that

Posted on April 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

“It’s mindless vandalism,” thunders the Evening Cancer. A view apparently supported by an odd coalition of Bristol Indymedia readers, the BBC, the local PR industry, the Lib Dems and the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft. Appropriate Media daubing Banksy’s ‘Mild, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Banksy, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Culture, Graffiti, Journalism, Lib Dems, Media, Politics, Stokes Croft | Tagged , , | There are 36 comments

Sprawl news

Posted on April 5, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

News drifts in about the land assembly process for the new Bristol City FC stadium at Ashton Vale. Predictably it features a lot of familiar faces on that small but influential local developer scene. At the beginning of December 2007, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol South, Conservatives, Developments, Elections, Environment, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | There are 21 comments

Joined-up government

Posted on April 4, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Anyone see this in today’s Cancer? Plans to start modernising Bristol’s primary school provision are under threat. Projects in the first phase of the council’s citywide Primary Review are facing pressures because of rising costs and falling income. Kate Campion, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, Bristol Evening Post, Conservatives, Developments, Easton, Education, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Planning, Politics | Tagged , , , | There are 9 comments

RED TROUSERGATE: favours for the rich

Posted on April 2, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

And so it comes to pass. Our Through the Looking Glass council does it again. Now they’ve managed to grant planning permission to build a tower block on their own protected park land. Public land that’s not for sale; never … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, Developments, Easton, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics | Tagged , , , , | There are 37 comments

RED TROUSERGATE: Bishop proposing multi-million public money favour to ol' Red Trousers!

Posted on March 29, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Despite Bristol City Council officers still quite deliberately failing to take a decision regarding the sale of our protected public park land to developers Square Peg (Blogger passim), the controversial Chocolate Factory development planned on the land at Greenbank is … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, CONsultants, Developments, Easton, Environment, Housing, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics, Transport | Tagged , , , , | There are 40 comments

Audit update

Posted on March 27, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Here’s an interesting one. There’s a meeting of the council’s Audit Committee on 3 April 2009. And here’s item 14: 14. INTERNAL AUDIT – REPORT OF INTERNAL AUDIT ACTIVITY FOR THE PERIOD 1st DECEMBER 2008 – 28th FEBRUARY 2009 A … Continue reading →

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A capital idea

Posted on March 26, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Chris Hutt at the Green Bristol Blog has been casting a critical eye over proposed Cycling City expenditure this week. Meanwhile Tory Councillor Geoff Gollop is asking difficult questions (pdf) about the city’s latest money-pit, the Museum of Bristol, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Conservatives, Culture, Cycling Demonstration City, Local government, Politics | Tagged , , , , | There are 55 comments

Educashon update

Posted on March 24, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s looking like headless chicken time down at the Counts Louse as Bristol City Council attempts to be seen to be doing something about the primary admissions crisis. On the surface there seems to be a lot going on. But … Continue reading →

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A strong case of bullshit

Posted on March 23, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol Labour Party’s education policy has become a bit clearer this week. Having already created a national laughing stock out of the city’s secondary education provision some time ago, they’ve followed this up by failing to provide enough primary school … Continue reading →

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Helen Holland reckons this is defamatory. So I'll publish it …

Posted on March 19, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Yep. Helen reckons the email below is defamatory and – wait for it – she’s “referred the correspondence to the Head of Legal Services in the City Council”. Ooh er missus! McNamara’s on the case. Please see this article for … Continue reading →

Posted in Bishopston, Bristol, Bristol West, Education, Labour Party, Local government, Politics, Whitchurch Park Ward | Tagged , , , , , | There are 8 comments