Category Archives: Politics

Customer service pants

Posted on November 9, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

News is drifting in about how Bristol City Council has gone about CONsulting on their planned closure of most of their customer service points or area housing offices as we used to call them before the loonies took over. Apparently … Continue reading →

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Overheard: slap for a clap

Posted on November 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Intellectually-challenged primary school teacher and only person dumb enough to lead that pointless rump of out-of-touch middle class idiots who now make up the remains of Bristol Labour Party, Helen Holland, did what she does best on Wednesday night … … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Environment, Labour Party, Local government, Planning, Politics, Southville, Whitchurch Park Ward, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , | There are 11 comments

"Six in bits"? Greenbelt grab nodded through with barely a wimper

Posted on November 5, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol City Football Club are to get a new stadium on the city’s greenbelt at Ashton Vale after councillors voted 7-2 in favour of the controversial development last night. At a very long meeting featuring a very short debate – … Continue reading →

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"Say yes", "say no", say what you like …

Posted on November 2, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol City FC are ratcheting up their pretty blatant efforts to lobby members of Development Control (South and East) Committee in advance of the crucial stadium planning meeting on Wednesday. They’ve even gone and put together a little ad campaign … Continue reading →

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Local media talks otter load-a-bollocks to help wealthy mates

Posted on November 1, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

This was a comment posted on Saturday’s ‘Mixed reaction to council backing for new Bristol City stadium bid’ story in the Cancer. It maybe deserves a wider audience as a nice illustration of the kind of tripe they’re printing in … Continue reading →

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"Magic money"

Posted on October 30, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Some more from this stadium planning report (pdf): Let’s have a look at page 64 then, which is proving to be a bit of a bone of contention: The Southlands housing and hotel and food and drink uses are proposed … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics, Southville, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , , , | There are 8 comments

Stadium planning report: 'minded to approve' joy

Posted on October 28, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

I think there is enough in this report to keep a small army of bloggers happy Tony D Indeed. So let’s get the ball rolling with this from page 59 then: In summary, the council’s advisors disagree significantly with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Environment, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics, Southville, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , , | There are 29 comments

No food store = no stadium?

Posted on October 27, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Looks like Stevie Lansdown and his football club Chief Exec, Colin Sexstone might just have gone and hoisted themselves with their own petard or, at least, from their 30 foot high billboard. Today’s revelation from Jones the News that Tesco … Continue reading →

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Supermarkets everywhere but can you find a source?

Posted on October 26, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

This weekend’s Cancer ‘EXCLUSIVE‘ by Ian “The Tumour” Onions claiming Stevie Lansdown has ditched his Tesco on Ashton Gate plan in favour of a Sainsburys on Ashton Gate plan asks more questions than it answers. Like where the hell did … Continue reading →

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Tesco Ashton Gate Planning Meeting: CANCELLED!!!

Posted on October 23, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The dedicated planning meeting to decide the Tesco Ashton Gate planning application has been cancelled today without explanation. This follows another Lib Dem/council officer fiasco today after Deputy Chief Exec Jon House and his sidekick Alun Owen appeared to take … Continue reading →

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