Tag Archives: George Ferguson

RED TROUSER GATE: whose land is it anyway?

Posted on November 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Among the many treasures to be found in the council’s FoI release on the Railway Path land sell-off are some emails that reveal the huge influence of Square Peg’s large corporate agents – such as solicitors Davies and Partners and … Continue reading →

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RED TROUSER GATE: PR news

Posted on November 6, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The Evening Cancer might not be prepared to report on their columnist, George Ferguson’s role in dodgy public park land deals but they’re more than happy to give his poncey Tobacco Factory bar some free publicity. “George flies the flag … Continue reading →

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RED TROUSER GATE: They don't know what they're doing pt. 1,356

Posted on November 5, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

You can’t, of course, have a full-blown political scandal without a ‘gate’ suffix and logo. Bristol Indymedia have gone for ‘Bishopgate’ but at the Blogger we’ve settled for ‘Red Trouser Gate’ and a rather fetching logo. Now on to the … Continue reading →

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All the news that's fit to print?

Posted on November 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

No sign yet of the Evening Cancer publishing anything about the David Bishop Greenbank land sale scandal. No doubt the fact that their Saturday columnist, Bristol’s most pompous man, George Ferguson is intimately involved in the scandal is entirely coincidental … Continue reading →

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The magical effect of multi-millionaire Merchant Venturers on Bristol City Council

Posted on November 1, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

If you want to see in close-up how Bristol City Council operates one rule for normal people and another for its multi-millionaire property developer clients, take a look a look at the documents they’ve published about their sell-off of our … Continue reading →

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David Bishop: the game's afoot

Posted on October 30, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

He’s quoting bloody Shakespeare!!! Something’s going down … Possibly David Bishop after documents were released today by Bristol City Council under Freedom of Information legislation that pile increasing pressure on the beleaguered city council planning boss. These documents clearly demonstrate … Continue reading →

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They don't know what they're doing! Pt. 2

Posted on October 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

“Asked by Mrs Janke if he could explain how the sale of the park affected the Area Green Space plan, Mr Bees’ answer was: “The area is well served by green space.” Bristol Evening Post, October 15 2008 Bristol’s new … Continue reading →

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Another bloody CONsultation

Posted on September 20, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

More good work from the Green Bristol Blog who’ve spotted that Railway Path wreckers, Square Peg Developments (Blogger passim), have consulted with and got the go-ahead – according to their optimistically titled Planning Performance Agreement (pdf) with Bristol City Council … Continue reading →

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Insignificance

Posted on September 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Back in February, in their Parks and Green Spaces Strategy (pdf), the city council had this to say about the Bristol and Bath Railway Path: Bristol has a number of strategically important green links, providing important traffic free cycling and … Continue reading →

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Bristol first!

Posted on September 9, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

“It’s a world first,” thunders Merchant Venturer George Ferguson on the subject of the ‘cycle houses’ he’s planning to build on the Bristol and Bath Railway Path. Er, no it isn’t George. Even leaving aside the fact that the ‘bridge’ … Continue reading →

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