Category Archives: Privatisation

"The Angel of Death"

Posted on April 22, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Lib Dem Clifton Thicky duo of Babs “Call me ma’m” Janke and her even more ridiculous Cabinet Member for Care and Neighbourhoods, Bev Knott, have truly excelled themselves with this one. Can it only be a month ago that … Continue reading →

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Mimosa: "expect arrests imminently"?

Posted on February 25, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Oh dear, what a bad day for the Mimosa Healthcare Group in Bristol. You can be forgiven if you took your eye off the ball today – what with all that underwhelming Babs taking over from Helen bollocks at the … Continue reading →

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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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"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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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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New for the New Year … Meet The Spongers!

Posted on January 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Spongers will be a new and irregular feature on The Bristol Blogger for 2009. (Cartoon by Evelyn Post. Evelyn Post is The Bristol Blogger’s resident cartoonist. He has a woman’s name)

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Plug.

Posted on April 11, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Stop the Gentrification of Central Bristol By Roger BRHG Saturday 12th April: Protest Against Gentrification of Central Bristol 11.00am Albany Green, St. Pauls and 2.00pm Broadmead (Centre) Bristol is undergoing massive attacks on our free spaces and culture by property … Continue reading →

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ISiS/Southwest One

Posted on March 27, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

That Liddell-Grainger speech in full: Southwest One and IBM – Westminster Hall, 26th March 2008 11 am Mr. Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater) (Con): It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr. Jones. I am very grateful for the … Continue reading →

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Fair cop?

Posted on March 23, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The local press has confined itself to some typically soft reporting of Avon & Somerset Constabulary’s recent announcement that it is formally joining the Southwest One outsourcing initiative. Southwest One is a huge public-private partnership deal involving Somerset County Council … Continue reading →

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