Category Archives: Race

Muslim balls

Posted on July 21, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Time to take a day off from the thrill ‘n’ spills of World Cup footBALLS and turn instead to another of this blog’s obsessions … Yes it’s Tuesday, which means our old friend Farooq Siddique has his ‘A Muslim in … Continue reading →

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Shirley and the coconuts (legal mix)

Posted on June 27, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s been a fairly understandable level of uproar across the city since the city council published then unpublished and then republished its report (pdf) into Lib Dem councillor Shirley Marshall and her notorious ‘coconut’ slur (Blogger passim). The crux of … Continue reading →

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Cry Freedom, Cry Seven Stars!

Posted on May 1, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

At last! A proper plaque, courtesy of Bristol Radical History Group, to commemorate anti-slavery campaigner Thomas Clarkson, the mystery landlord “Thompson” and many ordinary Bristolian sailors – prepared to lift the lid on Merchant Venturer slaving scum – was unveiled … Continue reading →

Posted in Abolition 200, Bristol, Culture, Education, Merchant Venturers, Politics, Race, Redcliffe | Tagged , | There are 3 comments

Shirley not?

Posted on March 3, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

I hope local members of the teaching profession are making use of some of the excellent teaching materials designed by Bristol City Council’s Ethnic Minority Achievement Service (Emas4success) that make sure our kids are right up-to-speed and all tickety-boo with … Continue reading →

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Let them eat cake!

Posted on March 3, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger
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Shirley and the coconuts

Posted on February 28, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Shirley and the Coconuts … Sounds a bit like a band that had a couple of top ten hits with some sharp calypso inflected disco tunes in the early eighties – courtesy of Hopkins, Rogers and Wright, the legendary production … Continue reading →

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Partnership news

Posted on February 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

We know only too well that Bristol City Council’s pair of jargon obsessed New Labour leadership dronebots, Bum Disease Ormondroyd and Helen Holland, are very keen on this whole ‘partnership working’ malarkey. Martin Whitelock even reports on this blog that … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Conspiracy theories, Local government, Middle East, Politics, Race, The British Left, The Trots | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | There are 39 comments

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

Palestwhine #3: Muslim Balls

Posted on January 13, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Yes he’s here at last. Our man from the Cancer on the grand topic of the day and what a treat it is. If anyone has any idea what on earth he’s talking about, feel free to explain because he’s … Continue reading →

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Muslim balls: Mumbai special

Posted on December 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Our dear old friend, Farooq Siddique, Cancer editor Mike Norton’s loopy ‘A Muslim in Bristol’ columnist is at it again. Tuesday’s column found the entirely sane and rational exponent of the religion of peace doing his bit for inter-faith dialogue … Continue reading →

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