Category Archives: The Trots

BANKSY BALLS: Banksy vs SWP

Posted on June 15, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Photo from www.bristol-street-art.co.uk Popped into the Banksy exhibition in the lunch hour. Not time to see much. There was a huge queue to get in to see the paintings so just saw the animatronics and the ice cream van and … Continue reading →

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Achtung Palestina!

Posted on February 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

I see Bristol’s contribution to George Galloway’s glorious Viva Palestina! convoy has set forth on their mercy mission to the holy land. And is it really a surprise that indefatigable George is bravely leading from the front in a brand … 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 →

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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 →

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Extremely moderate or moderately extreme?

Posted on January 20, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

A few people have commented on this blog have that I’m obsessed with – and grant far too much significance to – “irrelevant far left groupuscules” with no wider influence during my ruminations on the Israel/Palestine conflict. I may well … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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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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