Pointless and stupid misdirection. I'm calling out your prejudice against people on benefits and you know it
Any evidence they're on benefits or just prejudice OP?
Same cause as a lot of problems: the UK has an incredibly right-wing press (mostly owned by a few billionaires) that pumps out propaganda all the time
Save the Bristol Improv Theatre
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If you’ve thought about donating to us before but haven't got round to it; if you've never been to the Bristol Improv Theatre before and always wanted to; or if you’re on the fence about taking a class or coming to a show, now is the time. Make the most of this hidden gem in Bristol.
Carnival of Self-Harm
It would be a mistake to think that what has happened to Britain since 2010 is an accident, an unforeseen side-effect...
Short-term thinking has been the fatal tendency of the Conservative governments to which Britain has been subjected since 2010.
The green party have over 300
True, but the green party also have over 800 councillors
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68956733
Great meme dude!
I think the truth is women do like muscly men, but men tend to overestimate how muscly. Like swimmer physique is attractive, hollywood batman physique is male power fantasy; or something
There's really no good reason to believe that the devourer is Chronos/Saturn, that the devouree is even a child, or that either body is male.
There is a good reason to think it's a child - it looks like one. Just not necessarily the child of the devourer
Cause of death: (guts) ripped apart by (catastrophic diarrhea caused by eating too many gummy) bears
Big brain leftist: I am going to repost one of Paul Joseph Watson posts
I meant cheese made/available in the US, rather than any specific type called "American cheese". But thanks for your answer
Is American cheese any good? TV shows seem to imply it isn't but it seems weird you wouldn't have good cheese by now
Edit: I meant cheese made/available in the US, rather than the type called "American cheese". But thanks for the answers
I'm not really involved in US politics, but how do you change the voting system away from FPTP while still voting for Biden, who (as far as I'm aware) supports FPTP?
Sausage roll abuse is beyond the pale
Worth remembering that it wasn't always a free-for-all before minimum wage was introduced. I think there was a mechanism to set minimum wages by industry, which got dismantled by thatcher (not sure on specifics but pretty sure there was some mechanism to set minimum wages).
Councillors vote down Rees’ final budget after bad-tempered debate
The Greens came under fire for voting against Labour’s plans without providing alternative council budget solutions.
The Greens came under fire for voting against Labour’s plans without providing alternative solutions. With councils are going bankrupt elsewhere in the country, the stakes are high as Bristol prepares to ditch its mayoral system.
Council says it’s now safe for residents to return to Barton House
The tower block was evacuated in November
Residents of Barton House are able to return to their homes from Tuesday following the publication of a number of reports confirming that the building is safe.
Halls Well
An article on the funding of the refurbishment of the Bristol Beacon
Missing child
Copied from the Bristol subreddit https://old.reddit.com/r/bristol/comments/194r3n8/missing_child_please_help_find_trinity/
Man in charge of Bristol's housing 'wasn't told' of 2017 tower block warning letter
The very same day the government sent a letter warning Bristol to check their tower blocks, the chief executive at City Hall resigned
The man in charge of Bristol’s housing in 2017 said he was not passed a letter from the government warning of safety concerns with tower blocks like Barton House - which was sent on the same day the city council’s chief executive suddenly resigned.
Barton Hill tower block emergency evacuation
Kicked out of their homes under chaotic and confusing orders, Barton House tenants face an uncertain future as their homes are deemed unsafe.
A report from November 15th on the Barton Hill tower block evacuation.
Labour MPs must vote tomorrow to support a Gaza ceasefire
In just over a month, 11,200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israeli forces. This cannot go on. Labour MPs must put themselves on the right side of history and vote for a ceasefire, writes former Scottish Labour Party leader Richard Leonard.
In just over a month, 11,200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israeli forces. This cannot go on. Labour MPs must put themselves on the right side of history and vote for a ceasefire, writes former Scottish Labour Party leader Richard Leonard.
There Is Zero Evidence of a Shoplifting ‘Epidemic’
Shoplifting rates are down from 2017, writes Ell Folan, while the media is acting as if all hell has broken loose.
Exclusive: Think Family Education app gives safeguarding leads easy access to pupils’ and relatives’ contacts with police and child protection
Criminal justice and antiracist campaigners have raised concerns over an app being used by schools in Bristol to “monitor and profile” pupils and their families.
Xahra Saleem took money from a fundraising page set up after Edward Colston's statue was pulled down.
An organiser of a Black Lives Matter protest has admitted taking money from a fundraising page set up before the toppling of Edward Colston's statue.
Report into Bristol underground says it is needed and can be done - if it's mostly above ground
Metro Mayor Dan Norris has said Bristol 'won't get an underground', but the latest report from his team recommends going further with a plan for a hybrid underground-overground project
A plan for a new mass rapid transit system that involves some underground tunnels under Bristol is needed, is achievable and work towards creating it should continue - that’s the conclusion of a report written by senior transport chiefs at the West of England Combined Authority. The report - a draft of which has been seen by Bristol Live - is to be submitted to a key meeting of WECA on October 6, and makes it clear that while it will be expensive and cause a lot of upheaval, Bristol, Bath and the wider West of England needs it and it ‘can be delivered’.
Ofcom just let GB News off the hook over Tory MPs moonlighting as journalists
The Ofcom GB News ruling shows the regulator is as mighty as a drain fly when it comes to doing anything about Tory MPs posing as journalists
Ofcom has found that a GB News show presented by two Tory MPs breached its impartiality rules. However, the regulator only scalded the far-right media outlet over it not airing differing views. Ofcom failed to rule against the fact that two sitting Conservative MPs were posing as journalists interviewing a sitting Conservative minister.
The problem here isn’t the fact GB News is a screeching, far-right foghorn amplifier. At the Canary we’ve never claimed to be impartial. They and we are private entities, and that’s our right in the UK. However, while GB News can present its programming with whatever ideological stand point it wishes, it should not be allowing sitting politicians to do it.
The UK’s democracy is already a shambolic farce, which has become increasingly worse in recent years. Allowing sitting MPs to present news programmes is the thin end of the wedge. Ofcom, with all the might of a drain fly, is failing to act quickly enough to stop this practice before even more damage is done.
Hallen Marsh will be turned into a wetland habitat as part of flood defence works
A newly created wetland habitat north of Bristol is due to open to the public and birdwatchers next month.
The large wetlands includes four kilometres of new public footpaths and has already proved popular with different species of birds.
Hallen Marsh, north of Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston, has been turned into a wetland habitat as part of flood defence works led by the Avonmouth and Severnside Enterprise Area.
The NHS Doesn’t Need Reform – It Needs Funding
New research shows the NHS was the world's leading healthcare system before austerity put it in crisis — exposing calls for 'reform' as justification for more privatisation and underfunding.
New research shows the NHS was the world's leading healthcare system before austerity put it in crisis — exposing calls for 'reform' as justification for more privatisation and underfunding.
Following a historic motion backing non-compliance with anti-strikes law being passed at Trade Union Congress, the general secretaries of the RMT and FBU sit down with Tribune to discuss why a mass campaign of defiance matters for the future of the trade union movement.
Following a historic motion backing non-compliance with anti-strikes law being passed at Trade Union Congress, the general secretaries of the RMT and FBU sit down with Tribune to discuss why a mass campaign of defiance matters for the future of the trade union movement.
Fury as South Bristol school scraps all its A-levels hours before start of term
"It's not good enough. They are failing the children here, they have let them down again" said one local councillor
Parents, teenagers and local councillors have been left furious after a South Bristol school scrapped its entire academic A-level provision less than 24 hours before the courses were due to start.
Work to begin to complete the Old Market ‘gap’
The £1.2m scheme on the Castle Street and Tower Hill junction is funded by WECA through the Department for Transport’s Active Travel Fund
Work to complete the so-called Old Market ‘gap’ between the Old Market roundabout and Castle Park is starting on Monday.
The scheme is due to be completed by April 2024.
The aim of the fines is to reduce air pollution
Councils in England have been given new legal powers to issue fines between £175 and £300 to households who emit more than 3g of smoke per hour from chimneys.