Whatâs going on at Clifton Library? It appears to have been taken over by a group of local worthies, the Friends of Clifton Library (FoCL), an âunincorporated associationâ, who have installed a bar and started charging the public for free events. Listed among their committee members is Tory masquerading as Green councillor, Paula âTaking the…
Another bad day for the Merchant Venturers. How much longer must the city put up with a slave trade clown show running our public services?
We recently ran a story on our website about the relationship between L&G, who the Reverend Rees is gifting Arena island to, and the Tory government under Theresa May. Now we learn that the global pension player turned property developer continues to maintain strong links to the Tories under Johnson. A Freedom of Information request to the Ministry…
The fight at St Monica Trust against fire and rehire and cuts to pay and conditions continues. Management have refused to meet for negotiations and so the workers have been left with no other option but to stand up for themselves and strike. Five days of strike action have been announced starting tomorrow, Wednesday 29th June. *  Wednesday 29th June…
Claire Babe Wasnât it lovely to see the former youthful Labour Parliamentary candidate for Skipton and Repton and former employee of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Claire âBabeâ Hazelgrove, out âon the doorstepâ campaigning hard to keep the mayoral system in Bristol? On April 30 Claire even announced on Twitter, âFinal few days…
Some tittle-tattle about the Labour Party and the mayoral referendum: a little birdy tells us Bristol Labour never passed a motion through their internal processes about any of it. Therefore the membership never confirmed that they supported having mayor in Bristol. Instead, it seems,Labour councillors and members were instructed by the Reverend…
St Monica: patron saint of picket lines Attention comrades! Care workers at the St Monica Trust, the notorious Merchant Venturer-run care home operation, have announced the dates of their first wave of strikes: They will be on strike for 24 hours on June 29, July 2 and July 5 They will be on strike for 48 hours 10 â 11 July The workers are going on…
The barely concealed joy of council bigwigs at the first Ukrainian refugee family through the door at Bristol City Council last month was quickly silenced when the family told the assembled reception committee that they âdidnât want to live next door to any coloured peopleâ! The constant media and political frenzy around the arrival of white…
Bufton-Tufton: posh bloke who hates uppity workers? There was a bit of a fuss recently after the Reverend instructed one of his idiot sidemen, Craig âCrapitaâ Cheney to veto a multimillion WECA grant to the Creative Youth Network, the former protectorate of failed Green mayoral candidate, Sandy âBufton-Tuftonâ Hore-Ruthven. Unfortunately the…
Councillor Gary Hopkins now leader of an imaginary political party (watercolour & crayon, 2013, Guriben) Another big shout out to âLâilâ Tim OâGara, the half-trained lawyer and full time posh twit the Rees administration has made their Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer. At the Annual Full Council meeting on 24 May, Lâil Tim presented a…
The Reverend âModest Marvinâ Rees took the opportunity on Brunelâs birthday to compare his âambitionâ to that of the famous right wing 19th Century engineer with the mixed record. The following Tweet appeared on 9 April: Just a few issues with this. Not least that Isambard Kingdom Brunel didnât build the Thames Tunnel â âthe 1st tunnel…
Bamford: coining it With the ink freshly dried on Bristol City Councilâs pay policy, weâre pleased to reveal the first City Council worker weâve discovered breaking it. Please step up, er. Stepping Up Director, Christine âWonky* Bamford. Sheâs the lucky recipient on the receiving end of a trail of payments of over ÂŁ22k a month to run the…
An announcement in March that the councilâs ÂŁ7.3m City Leap procurement process had finally come to an end and US firm Ameresco had got the contract to âdecarboniseâ the city by 2030 was accompanied by a lovely Thatcherite kick in the teeth from Labour. As it was also revealed that the cityâs heat network assets would be handed to Amerescoâs…
âHorrendous racist snobâ Can we be among the first to welcome horrifying racist snob Evelyn âRockerfellerâ Welch MBE to Bristol as the new Vice-Chancellor of the cityâs wealthiest education corporate, the University of Bristol? Harvard educated US citizen, Evelynâs down home credentials include being âa scholar of the Renaissance and…
The power of the Bristolian? After our sensational interview on Bristol Unpacked with Neil âMaitlisâ Maggs a strange thing happened. When asked about the Reverendâs ridiculous personal assistant âSloâ Kev Slocombe we pointed out that he came across as a bit of weirdo, always lurking behind the Reverend like a Marvin mini-me with a hand stuck…
Generous donations on the door please â no one turned away for lack of funds With Rita Lynch (absolute legend) along with Qeld (black block anarcho rap) and Molly Samson (Eastonâs finest poet and song writer).
Photos taken by Maciej Mastalerz of Doomridermedia Out street partyâs better than yours
This weekend!!! BRISTOL SKUM COLLECTIVE, SF PRESENTS, WRONG WAY PROMO, THE LION, THE CHELSEA INN AND THE PLOUGH INN jointly presentsâŠ. âFuck The Jubileeâ 3 day bank holiday punk festival! THURSDAY 2 JUNE SF PRESENTS & EAT SHIT PROMO * CIRCLE NONE * LUVDUMP * SOCIAL EXPERIMENT * DRUNKEN MARKSMAN * MUTILATED STATE At the Lion (formally Red Lion)…
An old FoI request about the dodgy Bristol City Council/L&G Arena island deal catches the eye. It reveals L&G execs operating inside Number 10 [Downing Street] in 2015 and meeting Bristol City council property bosses who were supposed to be building an arena on the controversial site: The bizarre deal The Reverend has now struck with L&G execs is that…
Wye Oh Why? Bristol City Council rolls out its annual Pay Policy Statement. Where they announce the ratio of their lowest paid worker to an alleged highest paid worker. Written by one the councilâs leading retards, HR Director, Mark âBasharâ Williams, itâs an eyewatering tissue of lies and bullshit thatâs dutifully signed off every year by…
The Reverendâ Reesâs not just an idiot. Heâs an innumerate idiot. His amazing plan to spend over ÂŁ100m on an upmarket concert venue for the cityâs snooty culture set to hang around air kissing each other and talking pretentious bollocks in might not be going to plan. In the councilâs Statement of Accounts for last year that are just about…
 A crap win, by just 52 votes over the Greens, by Labourâs self-styled working class hero Kye âTheâ Dudd at the Southmead by-election had The Duddâs team reaching for their copies of The Labour Party Book of Crap Excuses. Divide and misrule was the excuse of choice. âGentrificationâ was to blame, announced local Labour mastermind âSloâ…
To the The Guild of Guardians website, which tells us that this obscure invitation-only organisation for the wealthy âis a registered charity that aims to improve the quality of the Civic life of the City of Bristol. In partnership with the City, the Guild continues to support and enhance the Mansion House and Office of Lord Mayor.â So far so exclusive…
Slo Kev, remaining tight-lipped as usual. A heroic reader has suffered Guardian columnist, Owen âLuvvieâ Jonesâs latest book, âThis Land: The Story of a Movementâ so we donât have to. The book is âa compelling, page-turning journey through a tumultuous decade in British politicsâ according to the, er, Guardian, and describes the rise…
Bristol City Councilâs house building company, Goram Homes, have binned plans for housing on the council-owned section of Western Slopes. However, corporate developer Lovells still have a planning application outstanding on the privately-owned section of the land. This application includes an ecological report prepared by Bathâs Ethos Environmental…