Category Archives: Transport

Now we are seven

Posted on March 20, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

And another Labour councillor jumps ship and rejects their own transport boss’s BRT plan for the Railway path … This time, after only 40-odd years in the Labour Party, Labour’s Lawrence Hill councillor, Brenda Hugill finally manages an entirely sane, … Continue reading →

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Bradshaw lies bleeding …

Posted on March 19, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

St George West councilor, Ron Stone has now put his opposition to the Railway Path in writing: My feelings on the issue tend to remain one of severe concern, and at present if asked to support this suggestion I would … Continue reading →

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McCarthy shockers!!

Posted on March 18, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Couple of interesting items on Bristol East Labour MP Kerry McCarthy’s blog. Firstly, to give you a further idea of the chaotic, leaderless, anti-democratic shambles which is the BRT plan for the Railway Path we get this from Kerry: I … Continue reading →

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STOP PRESS: It's game over for Bradshaw as Lib Dems come off the fence

Posted on March 17, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Stabbed in the back by his own party, now Bristol’s Lib Dems have kicked Bradshaw right in the bollocks! The Lib Dems have tonight announced their opposition to a BRT route on the cyclepath. Eastville Lib Dem councillor Muriel writes: … Continue reading →

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More Labour councillors give their own policy the finger

Posted on March 17, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

BRISTOL LABOUR PARTY ARE REVOLTING!!! BRADSHAW ON THE PRECIPICE!!! IT’S A BIG LABOUR NO TO BRT!!! Dear oh dear. Another week begins with another THREE Labour councillors publicly rejecting their own transport boss, Mark Bradshaw’s BRT plan for the Bristol … Continue reading →

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Saturday night at the movies

Posted on March 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Two new films about the Railway Path here. Both, in their own way, are far more representative of the traditional left than unwashed hippy “Green Protestors” the Cancer would have you believe. One features Labour’s prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Bristol … Continue reading →

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Friday night is bad gags night

Posted on March 14, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The back of a bus and the council’s new chief exec. A reader writes … (Made me laugh anyway) Sir, Have you noticed the resemblance between our new Bristol City Council Chief Executive, Jan Ormondroyd and the back end of … Continue reading →

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Contact-a-CONsultant

Posted on March 11, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

We now have the full address and contacts for Sharon Daly, the CONsultant from Steer Davies Gleave who may – or may not – be responsible for trying to put a BRT route on the Railway Path … Sharon will … Continue reading →

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They shoot horses don't they?

Posted on March 10, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

More bad news for Mark Bradshaw and Bristol’s beleaguered Labour Party administration as another one of their councillors publicly speaks out against the BRT scheme. This time it’s St George East councillor Fabian Breckels who’s not only spoken out against … Continue reading →

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Brass necks of the week

Posted on March 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Following Saturday’s Guardian magazine ‘Big journeys around a small island’ feature, which listed the current incarnation of the Bristol and Bath Railway Path as one of the UK’s great journeys, comes a story in today’s Evening Cancer announcing that the … Continue reading →

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