Category Archives: Politics

Wobblies news

Posted on November 21, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Some heavyweight anti-authoritarian politics comes to Bristol and the south west as a trade union dedicated to the overthrow and destruction of the boss class opens up shop. The Bristol and South west branch of the Wobblies – or the … Continue reading →

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World Cup: today's smoking doc

Posted on November 20, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

While our poor little diddums council officer-wofficers struggly-wuggly to get their worksy-woo done in good time to allow proper democratic oversight of their work, there’s no such problems in Derby. Their gormless councillors agreed on Wednesday night to try and … Continue reading →

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World Cup: and another one!

Posted on November 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Once again – you the public get access to the World Cup documents chief council officers are hiding away from us and our elected representatives. World Cup Host City Agreement by bristol_citizen on Scribd Tonight it’s a draft of the … Continue reading →

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Guaranteed bullshit

Posted on November 17, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Number 2 in a series in which the Bristol Blogger publishes information regarding the city’s World Cup bid for the Bristolian public at large that is vastly superior and far more accurate than the information highly paid ‘expert’ Bristol City … Continue reading →

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World Cup bid manager can’t add up!

Posted on November 15, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bid Overview for Host Cities by bristol_citizen on Scribd Serial money wasting buffoon, Stephen Wray, the unemployable idiot the Lib Dems put in charge of our World Cup bid can’t add up. His bizarre press release sent out at the … Continue reading →

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Democracy suspended by council officers so they can write blank cheque for World Cup

Posted on November 15, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Yes you read that correctly. It’s totally unprecedented but normal democratic procedures at the council have been suspended on the personal orders of unelected Chief Exec Jan Ormondroyd and unelected Wig-Wearer-in-Chief Stephen McNamara in order to force through the city’s … Continue reading →

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What a difference a day makes! World Cup costs hit £28m

Posted on November 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

If we are sucsessful and Bristol is a world cup venue there would be some extra costs as there is for any other event like the Harbour festival etc but the costs are comparatively small especially as it would advertise … Continue reading →

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Lizard watchers conference joy

Posted on November 13, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Hey, don’t miss the ‘Alternative View 3‘ event this weekend at the Bristol Thistle Grand Hotel in Broad Street. It says here that it’s delivering nothing less than “The truth rarely spoken by politicians, “big pharma” or the mass media” … Continue reading →

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£10m World Cup cost shocker!

Posted on November 12, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Let’s briefly cast our minds back to those heady bright days of summer. Especially those July days when local journalists sipped Champagne, at our expense, in the suitably genteel surroundings of the Bristol Marriott while Jan and Simon and Stephen … Continue reading →

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Castle Park: free for all

Posted on November 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

I’m no lawyer so can’t verify how legally watertight this really is. But why let technicalities get in the way of us having a damn good laugh? Anyway, it turns out that one of the consequences of Bristol City Council’s … Continue reading →

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