Tag Archives: Jan Ormondroyd

City council: crap legal threat of the week

Posted on May 26, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The saga of the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft’s artwork destroyed by Bristol City Council “by mistake” takes a new laughable legal turn. Having now made a very public and PR-friendly apology for the news media‘s benefit, the council has … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashley, Bristol, Bristol West, Environment, Graffiti, Local government, Planning, Politics, Stokes Croft | Tagged , , | There are 18 comments

Regal news: presidential edition

Posted on May 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

News is emerging that to accompany her rather grand regal move into the expensive purple carpeted environs of her “strategic leadership” suite on the third floor of the Counts Louse, Bristol City Council Chief Exec Jan Ormondroyd originally had something … Continue reading →

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Court circular #4

Posted on May 12, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Thanks to reader Overayard, we have some more news on the latest ludicrous private sector CONsultant to board the Counts Louse gravy train, Mark Fletcher. Fletcher is a senior partner at the fashionable (ie. expensive) PR and communications agency ‘Reputation’. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, CONsultants, FOI, IT, Local government, Media, Politics | Tagged , , , , | There are 8 comments

Court circular #1

Posted on May 8, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

By Shitstirrer Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear! Less than a year into city council Chief Exec Jan Ormondroyd’s “strategic leadership” dream, with the purple regal carpet barely fitted and the bullet-proof glass not … Continue reading →

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Ormondroyd: the interview

Posted on May 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Shambolically useless interview with Chief Exec Bum Disease Ormondroyd in this week’s issue of Venue. Unfortunately I’ve left my copy at work so can’t post it in full until tomorrow but mainly the interview’s a study in what happens if … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Congestion charge, Education, Journalism, Local government, Media, Politics, Transport | Tagged , , , | There are 27 comments

Regal news

Posted on April 26, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Up there in her high security, “No Plebs Allowed” Eagle’s Nest on the top floor of the Counts Louse, we learn that City Council Chief Exec, Bum Disease Ormondroyd, has been doing a bit of shopping with our money in … Continue reading →

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Biggles and the IT cost conundrum

Posted on March 17, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Oh dear, oh dear. Are our friendly city council senior officer class telling porkies to our politicians again? Or are our politicians just telling us porkies? An intriguing document arrives in the Blogger’s inbox. Published by Bristol City Council, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, CONsultants, IT, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics | Tagged , , , , | There are 8 comments

EXCLUSIVE: Caplan ousted in night of the long knives at Council House

Posted on January 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Ding dong the witch is dead! But will he be unable to confirm or deny it? It seems Simon Caplan has been fired as head of Bristol City Council’s PR department in a mass clear out of officers that also … Continue reading →

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It's The Spongers! (New vertical edition)

Posted on January 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

(Cartoon by Evelyn Post. Evelyn Post is The Bristol Blogger’s resident cartoonist. He has a woman’s name)

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New for the New Year … Meet The Spongers!

Posted on January 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

The Spongers will be a new and irregular feature on The Bristol Blogger for 2009. (Cartoon by Evelyn Post. Evelyn Post is The Bristol Blogger’s resident cartoonist. He has a woman’s name)

Posted in Bristol, Evelyn Post, Local government, Middle class wankers, Politics, Privatisation | Tagged , , | There are 2 comments