Documents released today by Bristol City Council under Freedom of Information legislation appear to expose corruption in senior officer ranks at the Council House. read full story / add a comment

Silence today from Bristol's Stop the War movement and far left, just days after entertaining and applauding Lebanese Islamist Ibrahim Mousawi from the Iranian funded Hezbollah movement, on the fate of Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi, two Iranian trade unionists imprisoned for their activities ... read full story / add a comment

Below is the text of an open letter sent by Cllr Mark Bradshaw, Executive Member for Access and Environment at Bristol City Council to John Grimshaw MBE, Founder and Chief Executive of Sustrans read full story / add a comment

While leafing through the Electoral Commission’s register of donations to political parties we find a most unusual couple of entries. read full story / add a comment

A couple of stories on the SWRDA's expenses... read full story / add a comment

The Blogger’s been receiving various communications, on a fairly regular basis now, about some environmental/global warming event called ‘Choose Day’ launching on the Centre this coming Tuesday. read full story / add a comment

Avon & Somerset’s story of the murder on carnival night in St Pauls isn’t adding up read full story / add a comment

Meet Peter Mooney.

Along with the majority of people in Bristol, including most of our elected councillors, you probably have no idea who the hell Peter Mooney is. But you deserve to know because Mooney has cost you an awful lot of money. read full story / add a comment

The second day of the festival is cancelled... read full story / add a comment

UWE boss leaving after "disquiet" over private contacts read full story / add a comment

Bristol airport expansion is a cert after new cabinet appointments... read full story / add a comment

Bristol North West Labour Constituency Party members have selected Sam Townend as their parliamentary candidate. He coyly tells the local press he’s “a lawyer from Hackney”.

Leaving aside the fact that according to the Labour Party nobody in Bristol is up to the job of representing the city in Westminster, for some reason Sam is not being entirely honest about his background here.

This ever so ‘umble lawyer from Hackney - perhaps earning a small crust from legal aid work for the downtrodden citizens of the UK’s poorest borough? - is no such fucking thing. He’s actually a - wait for it - Cambridge educated barrister, specialising in corporate law, living in the rather more charming and upmarket environs of Southwark! read full story / add a comment

Useless Bristol Education Department employs corrupt waste of space consultant! read full story / add a comment

It's the Holland and Hammond show!
http://thebristolblogger.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/its-the-holland-and-hammond-show/ read full story / add a comment

There's a power vacuum in the city and it's time for someone to seize the initiative... read full story / add a comment

http://thebristolblogger.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/lib-dems-lose-control-of-the-council/ read full story / add a comment

The BNP have 3 candidates at the local elections read full story / add a comment

"I've not changed my position"
Right Dawn and Bill didn't have sexual relations with that woman did he? read full story / add a comment

"He’s a modern party politician. He believes in nothing except his right to get elected to committees and run things in a way that keeps him there and he’ll say anything to continue doing this." read full story / add a comment

Bristol City Council's Regeneration Department has recently taken to describing itself as "cutting edge".
The message obviously hasn't reached the proof reading section yet! read full story / add a comment