Category Archives: World Cup 2018

Official Lib Dem policy: arena on the greenbelt

Posted on January 2, 2010 by The Bristol Blogger

New year gifts don’t get much more entertaining than this … A copy of the local Lib Dems’ demented effort at producing a fake newspaper – The Bristol Reporter – landed on the doormat yesterday. Containing no less than nine … Continue reading →

Posted in Arena, Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol South, Cabot, Developments, Elections, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Oxbridge, Planning, Politics, Whitchurch Park Ward, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , , | There are 40 comments

A Christmas Gift For You

Posted on December 31, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

More news buried in the depths of Christmas . .. It looks like Bristol City FC have submitted their revised planning application for their new stadium to meet the requirements of the planning committee meeting back in November: Covering Letter … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Environment, Local government, Planning, Politics, Southville, Transport, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , , , | There are 6 comments

Ashton Vale, Ashton Gate, new stadium, World Cup, Sainsburys: the battlelines for 2010

Posted on December 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

With the city’s World Cup bid accepted earlier this week, now might be a useful time to look at what will be happening at the grassroots as we enter 2010. First thing, the phoney war over Sainsburys at the Gate … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Ashton Vale, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Environment, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Local government, Planning, Politics, Southville, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , , , , , | There are 10 comments

More favours to local business from our planning department

Posted on December 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Looks like “Dodgy” David Bishop‘s “objective” and “independent” planning department have been using that famous disinterested “quasi-judicial function” of theirs to benefit local business interests on the sly again. One of the more enduring mysteries of the sudden withdrawal of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Environment, Local government, Planning, Politics, Southville, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , , | There are 20 comments

REVEALED: £2m cuts for the city's most vulnerable

Posted on November 30, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

While our idiot councillors and idiot senior council officers write out a blank cheque to an international Swiss gangster operation for something between £17m and £40m – depending on who you want to believe – to host four football matches … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Budget, Economy, Health, Home Care, Local government, Politics, Privatisation, Social Care, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , | There are 27 comments

World Cup: the state of our democracy watch

Posted on November 22, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

How cities bidding to host the 2018 World Cup have used the local democratic process: Newcastle Report to Cabinet on 15 July along with publication of 139-page Outline Bid SubmissionUpdate Report to Cabinet on 11 November Final Decision to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Budget, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , | There are 9 comments

FIFA World Cup™ balls

Posted on November 22, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

From the Fifa.com website earlier this week: “Fifa President Joseph S. Blatter is using the FIFA World Cup™ qualifying matches to urge footballers around the world to show ‘More fair play, please!’ Blatter said: ‘Fair play should come before anything … Continue reading →

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World Cup: today's smoking doc

Posted on November 20, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

While our poor little diddums council officer-wofficers struggly-wuggly to get their worksy-woo done in good time to allow proper democratic oversight of their work, there’s no such problems in Derby. Their gormless councillors agreed on Wednesday night to try and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Budget, Developments, Economy, Local government, Policing, Politics, Privatisation, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , | There are 8 comments

World Cup: and another one!

Posted on November 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Once again – you the public get access to the World Cup documents chief council officers are hiding away from us and our elected representatives. World Cup Host City Agreement by bristol_citizen on Scribd Tonight it’s a draft of the … Continue reading →

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Guaranteed bullshit

Posted on November 17, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Number 2 in a series in which the Bristol Blogger publishes information regarding the city’s World Cup bid for the Bristolian public at large that is vastly superior and far more accurate than the information highly paid ‘expert’ Bristol City … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Budget, Developments, Economy, Local government, Politics, World Cup 2018 | Tagged , , , | There are 8 comments