Tag Archives: Richard Eddy

Wind 'em up … And off they go

Posted on August 27, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Been really enjoying the predictable uproar over the last couple of days caused by the Cancer’s ‘”Outrageous” lottery grant to Bristol gay teens’ group’ story. In a fairly simple – but highly effective move – the paper wheeled out rent-a-quote … Continue reading →

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Bunter's by-election belly flop as best buddy Bretherton bungles it!

Posted on October 10, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

St George West local election 3 May 2007: Tory vote share 36.83% (2nd place, 1.5% behind 1st place) St George West local by election 9 October 2008: Tory vote share 18.75% (3rd place, 15% behind 1st place) As the Tory … Continue reading →

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Headline of the week

Posted on August 12, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Giant turd wreaks museum havoc The Guardian No, Richard Eddy hasn’t made his annual visit to the City Museum and Art Gallery. Instead an inflatable dog shit art work has blown from moorings and brought down a power line in … Continue reading →

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From the comments …

Posted on March 30, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Get out writes … I hear that the most serious concern within the leadership of Bristol Labour and Tory Parties right now is not the cycle path at all. By the sound of rumblings in the Council House the uppermost … Continue reading →

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Ignoble Savage better for you than Greens?

Posted on March 16, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

No sign yet of a formal press release announcing the arrival of “Junket” Jan Ormondroyd to run Bristol City Council. So we’ll just have to make do with the one that the council’s PR girl Simon Caplan did back in … Continue reading →

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Bunter's bargain sale

Posted on February 27, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The promise of a few crappy bits of children’s play equipment for their wards was enough for the Labour Party to buy unequivocal Tory support for another year at last night’s budget meeting writes Jon Rogers. Once again Bristol Labour … Continue reading →

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Gimmick Watch

Posted on January 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Other means of creating hot air … Bristol City Council is planning another gimmick to help define the council’s top priorities for the future – even though they’ve done this all before and miserably failed to deliver the priorities. The … Continue reading →

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Questions, questions 3: Bunter Eddy the gormless plonker

Posted on November 29, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

What the Tory Party in Bristol calls a leader . . . What with the impending disaster that will be the Museum of Bristol; the introduction of a Residents’ Parking Zones tax; increased parking costs; a £100k spent on a … Continue reading →

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Tory toenail worshippers refuse to publically back their slave trading boy

Posted on September 27, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

They can’t get down to All Saints on Corn Street quick enough on a wet and windy October morning to worship the remnants of the great man’s toenails. But it seems Bristol’s Edward Colston loving Tories aren’t quite so keen … Continue reading →

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