Tag Archives: Kerry McCarthy

The McCarthy touch

Posted on December 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Another local politician shows the kind of sure touch we’ve come to expect from the city’s leadership … Wednesday found “award winning” blogger Kerry McCarthy breathlessly explaining to us “Why I haven’t been blogging.” Apparently the Bristol East MP had … Continue reading →

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You decide: should Kerry McCarthy MP kick the Director of First Bristol in the bollocks?

Posted on November 27, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol East MP, Kerry McCarthy has just announced on her blog that she’s “seeing Mr First Bus tomorrow, with Dawn Primarolo”. I assume she means this week’s Managing Director of First Bristol – our excremental bus provider – Justin Davies. … Continue reading →

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Local MP: People on benefits "lack social skills" and don't know "what is right or proper"

Posted on November 26, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Labour’s Bristol East MP, Kerry McCarthy, has been getting a bit of useful publicity from her slightly obscure attacks on the Jeremy Kyle Show made in Parliament yesterday. She has continued her old-fashioned Tory-style moral crusade on this less-than-urgent matter … Continue reading →

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Local MP receives minor award for blogging that's barely worth mentioning really

Posted on November 21, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Frankly unbearable levels of smugness over on Bristol East MP Kerry McCarthy’s blog today after she was given some Mickey Mouse award only open to MPs for her blog. Since the news yesterday she seems to have given up any … 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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Lost and found

Posted on September 10, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

I think Kerry McCarthy might’ve borrowed it Alistair.

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Alan Partridge moment?

Posted on July 3, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Looks like Kerry McCarthy is having something of an Alan Partridge moment over on her blog … A few offhand comments on Dutch coffee houses, cannabis and the smoking ban seem to have attracted the attention of those sane and … Continue reading →

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McCarthy shockers!!

Posted on March 18, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Couple of interesting items on Bristol East Labour MP Kerry McCarthy’s blog. Firstly, to give you a further idea of the chaotic, leaderless, anti-democratic shambles which is the BRT plan for the Railway Path we get this from Kerry: I … Continue reading →

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Friday night is bad gags night

Posted on March 14, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The back of a bus and the council’s new chief exec. A reader writes … (Made me laugh anyway) Sir, Have you noticed the resemblance between our new Bristol City Council Chief Executive, Jan Ormondroyd and the back end of … Continue reading →

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Robotics news

Posted on February 21, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Looks like New Labour’s TOP SECRET Robotics Division have been working overtime in their TOP SECRET lab deep in the bowels of the Houses of Parliament. And we can report that the K3RR4 model that’s been so badly malfunctioning over … Continue reading →

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