Category Archives: The British Left

Meet big brave Rees, hero of "the resistance"

Posted on March 2, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Herr Kommandant John Rees Speaking alongside the right wing Islamist fanatic Ibrahim Mousawi at Friday’s Reichsmeeting of Bristol’s Stop the War Coalition was none other than John Rees. This nasty little goatee-bearded mini-Fuhrer is actually a west country boy from … Continue reading →

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Fellow travelling with Stop the War

Posted on February 23, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Some Hezbollah paramilitaries making that internationally recognised sign of peace and goodwill. The town in the background is Metula, in the north of Israel. Another sign – as if it were really needed – of the collective madness of the … Continue reading →

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Breaking news: Bristol Respect Party collapses

Posted on November 29, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

News coming in that the Bristol Respect Party is in a state of advanced collapse after a Socialist Workers Party coup at a branch meeting on Wednesday. Respect in Bristol have gained some good election results over the last couple … Continue reading →

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Stop the War Coalition tells gay campaigners to fuck off

Posted on October 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Shiraz Socialist supplies an interesting account of yesterday’s Stop the War Coalition Annual Conference where Iranian leftists – Hands off the people of Iran (HOPI) – and any other critics of the Iranian regime were forced out of the organisation … Continue reading →

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Hicks quits SWP

Posted on October 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Life long socialist Jerry Hicks, the former AEU/Amicus convenor at Rolls Royce in Bristol, who was dismissed in dubious circumstances in 2005, has quit the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), describing the Respect Party in which they are key coalition partners … Continue reading →

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Quiz night answers

Posted on October 20, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Not in her name, eh? The person in the photo is none other than Michele Renouf, a notorious neo-Nazi, anti-semite and supporter of David Irving. Now, it might be hard for the Stop the War Coalition to prevent anybody who … Continue reading →

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Friday night is quiz night: Not in her name either, apparently

Posted on October 19, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Spotted: at the anti-war rally last week just a few days before the protest’s organisers – the Stop the War Coalition – refused affiliation to Hands Off the People of Iran for the crime of openly opposing Iran’s holocaust denying … Continue reading →

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Is fire chief Pearson telling porkies to politicians?

Posted on October 18, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

As far as I know they have been sent on no LGBT course. THey were never sent to the conference – which was a pretty stupid idea IMHO. Councillor Tim Kent, Avon Fire & Rescue Authority member October 18 2007 … Continue reading →

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If you won't tolerate this . . .

Posted on October 17, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

With a crisis meeting of the Avon Fire & Rescue Authority, called by maverick Avonmouth Tory Spud Murphy, due to take place on Friday about the notorious “gay fire fighter incident” on The Downs, the silence on the liberal-left of … Continue reading →

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Notting Hill's radical history

Posted on October 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s been light posting this weekend as The Blogger has been laying out Tom Vague’s excellent Bash the Rich Radical History Tour of Notting Hill pamphlet. It’s a kind of riotous, left wing, pop cultural, psychogeographic ramble through the streets … Continue reading →

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