Category Archives: The Trots

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 →

Posted in Bristol, Middle East, Politics, The British Left, The Trots | Tagged , , , , , | There are 22 comments

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 →

Posted in Bristol, Respect Party, The British Left, The Trots | Tagged , | There is 1 comment

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 →

Posted in Bristol, The British Left, The Trots | | There are 2 comments

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 →

Posted in Bristol, Lockleaze, Respect Party, The British Left, The Trots, Trade Unionism | Tagged , , | There are 2 comments

Nutter of the week

Posted on July 8, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

No competition this week. Congratulations former Express journalist, now Respect candidate, Yvonne Ridley. You are The Blogger’s nutter of the week. The Islamic convert has, The Blogger learns, now taken a job – Lord Haw Haw style – with Press … Continue reading →

Posted in Conspiracy theories, Media, Middle East, The British Left, The Trots | | There are no comments yet

The Bristol Blogger is unwell

Posted on May 4, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The Bristol Blogger is away until Tuesday. I’ll leave you with an old leftie joke courtesy of Red Left Review mainly because I like the cut of his strapline: An old revolutionary walks across the Brooklyn Bridge one day, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, The British Left, The Trots | | There are no comments yet

Hypocrite Watch #1

Posted on March 25, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The strange affair of the Lib Dem Trot Meet Steve Comer (second from left above). He’s a Liberal Democrat and a Bristol City Councillor. He’s quite influential in Bristol because he’s an Executive Member and sits on the Cabinet that … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypocrite Watch, Lib Dems, The British Left, The Trots, Trade Unionism | | There are 2 comments