Category Archives: West Country

Fw: Bristolians Against Fluoridation: press/media launch

Posted on August 24, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Vowlsie forwards a picture of himself and his entry for the longest press release in recorded history. Here it is in its entirety: Press release: Bristolians Against Fluoridation (BAF) Announcing the launch of Bristolians Against Fluoridation (BAF). Following preliminary meetings … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Bath, Bristol, Environment, Green Party, Health, North Somerset, Politics, West Country | Tagged , | There are 37 comments

LEAKED DOCUMENT!!! GOSW instructs councils to to give the RSS "considerable weight" when considering planning applications

Posted on August 12, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Despite not being finalised and being the subject of a legal challenge, the Government Office of the South West (GOSW) has written to Council Chief Execs and Chief Planning Officers instructing them to give the controversial South West Regional Spacial … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Environment, GOSW, Housing, Local government, Planning, West Country | Tagged , , , | There are 8 comments

Blogga Shocka!

Posted on March 31, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

As one door closes another one opens … The Bristol Blogger is pleased to announce that the ink is now dry on a deal signed earlier today with Bristol United Press, owners of the Evening Post, Western Daily Press and … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Media, Politics, West Country | | There are 10 comments

ISiS/Southwest One

Posted on March 27, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

That Liddell-Grainger speech in full: Southwest One and IBM – Westminster Hall, 26th March 2008 11 am Mr. Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater) (Con): It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr. Jones. I am very grateful for the … Continue reading →

Posted in MPs, Privatisation, West Country | Tagged , | There are 4 comments

Fair cop?

Posted on March 23, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The local press has confined itself to some typically soft reporting of Avon & Somerset Constabulary’s recent announcement that it is formally joining the Southwest One outsourcing initiative. Southwest One is a huge public-private partnership deal involving Somerset County Council … Continue reading →

Posted in CONsultants, Local government, Policing, Privatisation, West Country | Tagged , , , , , , | There are 2 comments

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 →

Posted in Activism, Bristol, Middle East, Politics, Respect Party, The British Left, The Trots, West Country | Tagged , , , , | There are 6 comments

Fancy that! Business West news

Posted on January 5, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

As The Blogger reported here well before Christmas, a Business West press release published verbatim in yesterday’s Evening Cancer confirms that Business West will be merging with Swindon based GWE to form an organisation, GWE Business West, “to represent the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Merchant Venturers, SWRDA, West Country | Tagged , , | There is 1 comment

Dan Norris calendar horror

Posted on January 3, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The Blogger’s sympathy goes out to the group of carefully selected unfortunates in the new constituency of North East Somerset, formerly Wansdyke. For it seems their go-getting public schoolboy Labour MP, Dan Norris, has devised a new way to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Labour Party, MPs, West Country | Tagged , | There are 5 comments

MP Dan's vanity publishing shocker!!!

Posted on October 26, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol Labour Party’s overpromoted public schoolboy twit-in-chief, Wansdyke MP Dan Norris has been exposed as one of the four biggest spenders in parliament after claiming expenses of £172,733 for the year March 2006 – March 2007. This compares to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Labour Party, MPs, Politics, West Country | Tagged , | There are 4 comments

Dumbwatch from the conference

Posted on September 30, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Still battle is joined for the title ‘Dumbest MP in the West’. Bristol South’s Labour MP Dawn Primarolo, now a government health minister, was at last week’s Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth again showing off the impeccable left wing principles … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Labour Party, MPs, Politics, West Country | | There are 9 comments