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Provide the facts, and save us from Bristol’s big ‘conversation’

Provide the facts, and save us from Bristol’s big ‘conversation’

Bristol City Council “invites you to submit ideas” to cut its budget by £35m. Even if it was possible to do this, where are the figures to base our ‘conversation’?

‘Fans’ turned up to Bristol World Cup fan park… whatever next?

‘Fans’ turned up to Bristol World Cup fan park… whatever next?

The Bristol Blogger can’t quite figure out how 11,000 people were supposed to get into the World Cup fan park in Queen Square in the first place… no wonder tempers were frayed!

Bristol: The first international city of David Brent?

Bristol: The first international city of David Brent?

Wafting around Bristol Harbourside in an unorthodox manner innovating and creating for an international audience is not noticeably high on most people’s agenda, darlings

And we’re off… for the UK’s first post-modern election

And we’re off… for the UK’s first post-modern election

The general election is on May 6 and indications are the combination of the mainstream parties’ spin and the internet might produce the country’s first post-modern election.

Chris Hutt… A remarkable man who knew how to get things done

Chris Hutt… A remarkable man who knew how to get things done

Chris Hutt was never a man concerned with firsts. Or, at least, he wasn’t much interested in boasting about his own considerable achievements in Bristol.

Turning the pages on Bristol’s library ‘cuts’

Turning the pages on Bristol’s library ‘cuts’

The Bristol libraries budget underspend last year was no such thing, writes The Bristol Blogger. It was an unpublicised, undisclosed cut to the service carried forward into perpetuity.

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.

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?

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

Why freedom of information means we can all be journalists

Why freedom of information means we can all be journalists

What do they know that you need to know? What aren’t they telling you? And why? Just register and ask. Then why not set up a blog and tell us what you’ve found out?

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