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Low, paid, taxes better than high taxes that aren’t

Low, paid, taxes better than high taxes that aren’t

We need to invest in this country, and close tax loopholes that cost us billions, writes Tony Dyer. After all, we are all in this together… aren’t we?

Communing with the laconic master of language

Communing with the laconic master of language

He absorbs knowledge like a sponge, lets it ferment, then pours a concentrated brew of venomous, raw intelligence. In his own time, of course.

The problem with Bristol’s Park Street? Cabot Circus…

The problem with Bristol’s Park Street? Cabot Circus…

To find out what’s wrong with Park Street all you need to do is walk down it. It’s full of empty shops and a lack of punters.

First rule of Art Club is… you don’t talk about Art Club

First rule of Art Club is… you don’t talk about Art Club

Heather McKay discovers a clash of brawn, not brains, at the live, international art battle between Bristolian and Polish artists – battled out on a huge canvas

Bristol… A city too rich to help and too weak to influence

Bristol… A city too rich to help and too weak to influence

Bristol is seen as too rich a city to be deserving of substantial public investment, but not powerful enough to have the national economy geared to meeting its needs.

Budget bickering really doesn’t add up to much

Budget bickering really doesn’t add up to much

It’s budget week at Bristol City Council, writes the Bristol Blogger. The politicians and officers like to sell this to the public as some sort big set-piece political event for the city. But is it really?

Bristol should avoid trying to be Britain’s ‘Title Tart’

Bristol should avoid trying to be Britain’s ‘Title Tart’

If we’re not careful, Bristol could end up being labelled a Title Tart. By that, I mean a city that bids for every accolade that’s up for grabs, rather than achieving anything of any lasting value.

Blitz-era bonanza to fight for brave Sian

Blitz-era bonanza to fight for brave Sian

Heather McKay finds that when bad things happen to good people, a positive state of mind is the best way to take on horrendous challenges

How can Amnesty share platform with terrorist sympathisers?

How can Amnesty share platform with terrorist sympathisers?

With the best will in the world, it’s hard to characterise Abu Hamza or Abu Qatada as ‘prisoners of conscience’ or as champions of universal human rights

Multi-million-pound stadium questions Bristol must face

Multi-million-pound stadium questions Bristol must face

Bristol City Council will have to make critical, and uncertain, decisions in the coming months over the new Bristol City FC stadium involving millions of pounds of public money

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