Category Archives: Twitter

#gritforbristol

Posted on January 9, 2010 by The Bristol Blogger

GRIT! It’s the topic of the moment. Chris Hutt’s been at it as has KRS. So The Bristol Blogger thought he’d join the party and do some gritty blogging too. Mainly as today’s Cancer featured a letter on the subject … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol East, Bristol Evening Post, Global warming, Local government, Politics, Twitter | Tagged , , , , | There are 24 comments

Election 2010: Tory wonderweb joy!

Posted on January 4, 2010 by The Bristol Blogger

Just been reading Eugene Byrne‘s political predictions for 2010 in Venue. A stonking good read mainly because the The Bristol Blogger is in it. Although another highlight is Helen Holland cracking a decentish joke while KRS will be on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol East, Conservatives, Elections, Labour Party, MPs, North Somerset, Politics, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , | There are 39 comments

Turning the tables on the surveillance society: can we find out what they've been looking at on the internet?

Posted on December 20, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Chris Hutt draws our attention to an “interesting” Freedom of Information request. So can it be done? Can we find out what the great, the good, the powerful – the people that run our lives – are doing on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, FOI, IT, Local government, Politics, Twitter | Tagged , | There are 37 comments

Jonnie, Jonnie, Jonnie come out, come out from wherever you are …

Posted on December 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

They say a week’s a long time in politics but it’s a very short time indeed for the Lib Dems’ Planning and Transport supremo, Jon Rogers, to make a complete nob of himself and demonstrate he’s a disempowered old fool … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Broadmead, Developments, Lib Dems, Local government, Planning, Politics, Twitter | Tagged , , , | There are 6 comments

The Copenhagen mystery

Posted on December 11, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

That pitifully thick Clifton Tory-in-disguise that calls herself the leader of this city, Barbara Janke, gave a pitifully thick explanation for flying to Copenhagen to save the planet by doing her Christmas shopping – along with two colleagues, between them … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol West, Environment, Global warming, Green Capital, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, Transport, Twitter | Tagged , , , | There are 7 comments

The art of blogging: just keep banging your head against that brick wall …

Posted on December 4, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

… Until the right people start listening: Job done!

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Local government, Media, Politics, Social Care, Twitter | Tagged , , , , | There are 4 comments

Give us a C! Give us an O! Give us an N! Give us a dodgy ginger minger planning boss!

Posted on August 21, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Put it all together and what’ve we got? CONsultation … Oh look it’s Friday, must be time for another CONsultation about the stupid ‘Cycle Houses’ on the Bristol and Bath Railway Path nobody wants. The new Lib Dem administration – … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, CONsultants, Developments, Easton, Environment, Housing, Lib Dems, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics, Twitter | Tagged , , , | There are 23 comments

The corruption of the Froom

Posted on June 7, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The corruption of the Froom. The Man in the Moon, (a radical pamphletist) illuminates a web of corruption holding official documents. A kicking ass frees a bundle marked ‘Dock Company’ and the deity of the Froom holds his nose at … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Bristol, Culture, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Politics, Twitter | Tagged | There is 1 comment

Joined up government: that "One Council" approach

Posted on April 16, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

An unwittingly useful insight into the council’s old-fashioned attitudes to management, IT and communications – despite the council’s endless PR initiatives about the internet and a supposed new policy of “openness” – comes courtesy of Jon Rogers on Charlie’s blog. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, IT, Lib Dems, Local government, Media, Politics, Twitter | Tagged | There are 19 comments

Lost and found? Or buried?

Posted on March 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Update on Friday’s blog about this mysterious missing public consultation into this unusual sale of protected public park land at Greenbank, engineered for Merchant Venturer George Ferguson’s personal benefit by council planning boss David Bishop. Now new Lib Dem transport … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, CONsultants, Developments, Easton, Environment, Knowle, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Politics, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , | There are 18 comments