Category Archives: Politics

Public money: private abuse

Posted on February 3, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

You may have read in the Evening Cancer on Friday that police are investigating allegations of abuse at Kingsmead Lodge Nursing Home in Shire. This private residential care home, specialising in dementia, is run by a Nottingham-based company, Mimosa Healthcare … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Health, Local government, Policing, Politics, Social Care | Tagged , | There are 8 comments

"Rachmanists with an equalities policy"

Posted on January 31, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Tenants across Bristol of so-called “social” landlord Places for People are no doubt delighted to be receiving news of their increased service charges this week. With the RPI standing at 0.9% and falling and the headline inflation rate at 3.1% … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Housing, Politics | Tagged , | There are 96 comments

Jew watch

Posted on January 30, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

It was only a matter of time … Forget ZIONISTS! That’s so last week. The first story has now appeared on Bristol Indymedia the sole point of which seems to be to identify that someone is up to no good … Continue reading →

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What rough beast?

Posted on January 25, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Our dear old friend, Bristol’s high-profile Muslim spokesman and ‘community leader’ Farooq Siddique, has popped up in the comments to explain why the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto have nothing to do with The Holocaust. It’s semantics: The term holocaust … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Conspiracy theories, Middle East, Politics, Race, The British Left, The Trots | Tagged , , , , , | There are 138 comments

Is the council about to dump our recycling abroad?

Posted on January 24, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Fascinating comment in the minutes of the city council’s Resources Scrutiny Commission of 15 January. Councillors querying officers about what would happen to household recycling waste that could not be sold, as seems increasingly likely, were told: recycled material that … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Environment, Green Capital, Local government, Politics, Recycling | Tagged , | There are 29 comments

20 MPH zones don't work!

Posted on January 21, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Green end of the Bristol blogosphere’s been getting rather excited about 20mph zones for the majority of residential streets in Bristol. Not everyone’s convinced … A guest post by 2nd Anonymous 20 MPH zones haven’t made any difference for … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol East, Cycling Demonstration City, Environment, Green Party, Local government, Politics, Southville | Tagged , | There are 28 comments

Extremely moderate or moderately extreme?

Posted on January 20, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

A few people have commented on this blog have that I’m obsessed with – and grant far too much significance to – “irrelevant far left groupuscules” with no wider influence during my ruminations on the Israel/Palestine conflict. I may well … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Politics, Respect Party, The British Left, The Trots | Tagged , , , , , , | There are 50 comments

Welcome Barack

Posted on January 20, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Communist Party of Great Britain aren’t wasting any time. Hat tip: Harry’s Place

Posted in Politics, The British Left, The Trots | Tagged , , | There are 8 comments

She were useless

Posted on January 20, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Have a look at the press release eventually published by Bristol City Council announcing the departure of Education boss, Heather Tomlinson. She says: “Special thanks is (sic) also due to all the parents, grandparents, carers and families in Bristol, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Education, Local government, Politics | Tagged | There are 2 comments

EXCLUSIVE: Caplan ousted in night of the long knives at Council House

Posted on January 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Ding dong the witch is dead! But will he be unable to confirm or deny it? It seems Simon Caplan has been fired as head of Bristol City Council’s PR department in a mass clear out of officers that also … Continue reading →

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