Tag Archives: Sam Townend

The strange death of Labour Bristol

Posted on June 9, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Here are the Euro election results for Bristol’s local authority area: Conservatives: 20,675 (19.4%) Lib Dems: 19,834 (18.6%) Labour: 17,321 (16.2%) Greens 16,735 (15.7%) UKIP: 14,647 (13.7%) BNP: 6,132 (5.7%) Pensioner Party: 2,796 English Democrats: 2,029 Christian Party: 1,363 Socialist … Continue reading →

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Pledge news

Posted on May 28, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Oh my aching sides … Whatever will that rump of sleazy lawyers who make up most of the Labour Party these days come up with next? Er, this? Yes, in a desperate bid to create an appearance of integrity in … Continue reading →

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Rotten borough latest

Posted on December 7, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A friend of The Blogger’s with a good head for figures has produced a very handy spreadsheet listing every donation handed to the Labour Party by a local ‘Labour Group’ since records started in 2001. ‘Labour Groups’ are the ones … Continue reading →

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Labour funding: an interesting proximity of cash to candidacy

Posted on December 6, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Another day, another ‘Bristol Labour Group’ donation mystery . . . But first a quick recap: What we have is cash donations amounting to exactly £10k, made in two large tranches, from an unincorporated association – ‘the Bristol Labour Group’, … Continue reading →

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