Category Archives: Politics

It tolls for thee Kathy

Posted on February 19, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Strong rumours have been reverberating around the Blogger’s newswires today that the coroner will be opening an inquest tomorrow into the death of a former resident at Kingsmead Lodge Nursing Home last autumn (Blogger passim). The news might come as … Continue reading →

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Achtung Palestina!

Posted on February 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

I see Bristol’s contribution to George Galloway’s glorious Viva Palestina! convoy has set forth on their mercy mission to the holy land. And is it really a surprise that indefatigable George is bravely leading from the front in a brand … Continue reading →

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Hopeless Hammond's merry-go-round

Posted on February 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

I see that Labour’s education boss, the congenital idiot Peter Hammond – a Labour Party bearded equal opportunities bore who can’t get out of bed in the morning without first procuring an equalities impact assessment and consulting extensively with a … Continue reading →

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Carboot Circus: "an absurd bubble"

Posted on February 17, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

While the council and the Cancer continue to talk up the new Carboot Circus shopping centre with endless waffle about best shopping centre in the world ever awards to the accompaniment of some highly speculative footfall figures, the economic reality … Continue reading →

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RED TROUSER GATE: Committee time

Posted on February 16, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

It looks like the council’s planning department is pushing ahead hard with their controversial Chocolate Factory/Bristol and Bath Railway Path cycle house development (Blogger passim). In fact the relevant planning committee will meet on Wednesday about it. This comes despite … Continue reading →

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"Why don't you fucking go home Kathy?"

Posted on February 13, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

As an incendiary file usefully cataloguing over nine years of abuse allegations under three different owners at Kingsmead Lodge Nursing Home slowly makes its way to Blogger HQ, the spotlight may soon be falling upon the city council’s former Head … Continue reading →

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Partnership news

Posted on February 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

We know only too well that Bristol City Council’s pair of jargon obsessed New Labour leadership dronebots, Bum Disease Ormondroyd and Helen Holland, are very keen on this whole ‘partnership working’ malarkey. Martin Whitelock even reports on this blog that … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Conspiracy theories, Local government, Middle East, Politics, Race, The British Left, The Trots | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | There are 39 comments

MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE – Full Council Meeting, 10th Feb 2009

Posted on February 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

By Martin Whitelock The inevitable happened: – LibDems will wait until the June election in the likelihood of being voted in by the electorate as they are now the majority party in Bristol. – Conservatives got severely reprimanded by LibDem … Continue reading →

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Mimosa meltdown?

Posted on February 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Mimosa Healthcare Group who run Kingsmead Lodge Nursing Home have now twice been invited by the Evening Cancer to comment on the major allegations of abuse going on in their home. Here’s the organisation’s formal responses so far: Mimosa … Continue reading →

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Kingsmead Lodge: the allegations begin …

Posted on February 4, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bit of a hoo-ha down at the Counts Louse this afternoon, I’m told, over this public forum statement to the Health Scrutiny Commission about the Kingsmead Lodge Nursing Home abuse scandal (Blogger passim). It seems that our dearest of dear … Continue reading →

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