Category Archives: Politics

From the comments …

Posted on March 30, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Get out writes … I hear that the most serious concern within the leadership of Bristol Labour and Tory Parties right now is not the cycle path at all. By the sound of rumblings in the Council House the uppermost … Continue reading →

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Now we are seven

Posted on March 20, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

And another Labour councillor jumps ship and rejects their own transport boss’s BRT plan for the Railway path … This time, after only 40-odd years in the Labour Party, Labour’s Lawrence Hill councillor, Brenda Hugill finally manages an entirely sane, … Continue reading →

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Bradshaw lies bleeding …

Posted on March 19, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

St George West councilor, Ron Stone has now put his opposition to the Railway Path in writing: My feelings on the issue tend to remain one of severe concern, and at present if asked to support this suggestion I would … Continue reading →

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McCarthy shockers!!

Posted on March 18, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Couple of interesting items on Bristol East Labour MP Kerry McCarthy’s blog. Firstly, to give you a further idea of the chaotic, leaderless, anti-democratic shambles which is the BRT plan for the Railway Path we get this from Kerry: I … Continue reading →

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STOP PRESS: It's game over for Bradshaw as Lib Dems come off the fence

Posted on March 17, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Stabbed in the back by his own party, now Bristol’s Lib Dems have kicked Bradshaw right in the bollocks! The Lib Dems have tonight announced their opposition to a BRT route on the cyclepath. Eastville Lib Dem councillor Muriel writes: … Continue reading →

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Multiculturalism news

Posted on March 16, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Interesting article from Stephen Howe, Professor in the History and Cultures of Colonialism at the University of Bristol, in this month’s New Humanist magazine on what he calls the “general, dreadful intellectual poverty of today’s political Islamism.” He seems to … Continue reading →

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Saturday night at the movies

Posted on March 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Two new films about the Railway Path here. Both, in their own way, are far more representative of the traditional left than unwashed hippy “Green Protestors” the Cancer would have you believe. One features Labour’s prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Bristol … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol West, Developments, Easton, Eastville, Environment, Hillfields, Labour Party, Lawrence Hill, Local government, Politics, Respect Party, The Downs, Transport, WESP | Tagged , | There are 31 comments

Fwd: what does our city look like?

Posted on March 12, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

From BBC Bristol … The BBC is collecting pictures of Bristol that capture the soul of the city. Why? Because Bristol is getting a new Chief Executive, and she’s new to the city. Jan Ormondroyd will be given the “official … Continue reading →

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The power of "the Kelly Effect"

Posted on March 9, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The recently discovered “Kelly Effect” is a very close cousin of the “Bristol Effect”. And we all know what the Bristol Effect is. It’s the graveyard of ambition where good ideas come to die while talent takes the road to … Continue reading →

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Swivel-eyed liberal loonwatch

Posted on March 8, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Fruitcake A grudging hat-tip to James Barlow for this story, although I don’t see why we should when it’s obvious he’s just signed up to the same ‘They Work for You’ alert as we are. Anyway, very strange outburst from … Continue reading →

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