Category Archives: The British Left

Welcome Barack

Posted on January 20, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Communist Party of Great Britain aren’t wasting any time. Hat tip: Harry’s Place

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ZIONIST! Watch

Posted on January 17, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

An interesting new tactic appears courtesy of the anti-ZIONIST! lunatic fringe here in Bristol … Witch hunting! The idea seems to be that you photograph random people disagreeing with you in the street; post the photo on Bristol Indymedia; label … Continue reading →

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Pressing matters

Posted on January 16, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

A Big shout out to ‘Sean’ who had a letter published in today’s Cancer asking: As far as Mr Siddique is concerned, is he a ‘Muslim in Bristol’ or an ‘Islamist in Bristol’? Such a good question that I’ve ripped … Continue reading →

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ZIONIST! watch

Posted on January 15, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

An occasional series highlighting the ludicrous uses of the term ZIONIST! locally. <spooky music>The tentacles of the global Jewish Zionist conspiracy stretch further than you ever thought comrades. The Jewish Zionist menace is not only serving low fat lattes behind … Continue reading →

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Palestwhine #2: "Israel's shops"?

Posted on January 12, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

I see George Galloway’s call to anti-Israel protestors to “shut down Israel’s shops”* on Saturday didn’t just result in the entirely British-owned Marks & Spencer being targeted by activists. In London, during the protest, it seems that that well-known Israeli … Continue reading →

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Palestwhine #1: not just protest, M&S protest

Posted on January 11, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Some activists in Bristol – appalled by Israeli actions in Gaza and possibly spurred on by oaf Galloway urging protesters to “shut down Israel’s shops” – yesterday took their protest to Jewish-owned retailer Marks & Spencer in Broadmead, writes Bristol … Continue reading →

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Local MP: People on benefits "lack social skills" and don't know "what is right or proper"

Posted on November 26, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Labour’s Bristol East MP, Kerry McCarthy, has been getting a bit of useful publicity from her slightly obscure attacks on the Jeremy Kyle Show made in Parliament yesterday. She has continued her old-fashioned Tory-style moral crusade on this less-than-urgent matter … Continue reading →

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Spot the difference

Posted on July 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

I see Bristol City Council’s middle management union, UNISON is on strike for the next two days. If anyone notices any change whatsoever because this little lot aren’t at work do let me know …

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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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Global day of action for Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi

Posted on March 6, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Today is a global day of action for Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi, two Iranian trade unionists being held in prison by the Iranian theocracy on charges of “endangering national security”. This pair are unlikely to get the publicity afforded … Continue reading →

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