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How Affordable Is Unaffordable Bristol?
Bristol has the worst housing affordability ratio of any English core city. Here's what the numbers actually say in 2026. Bloomberg should know, if…
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BRISTOL UNIVERSITY. HOW NOT TO CURRY FAVOUR WITH THOSE OF A LOWER IQ THAN YOURSELF.
Bristol University. Senate House. Wednesday 29 April 2026. A tub of curry, a free speech failure, and the intellectual position of a sea sponge.
May 7
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If You Vote Green, There's a Good Chance You Will.
Bristol has been a City of Sanctuary for over a decade. Now someone's asked what that means.
May 6
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Filton to the Ballot Box: The Line the Greens Won't Draw.
A policewoman's fractured spine, a party leader's tweet, and what the Green surge means for every council they now control.
May 6
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John Langley
Bristol City Council's New Urine Extraction Unit. Parks. Fees. You're Already Paying For It.
Bristol parks licence fees, postnatal services, community groups, small businesses — and a council that calls it public safety.
May 5
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The Cost Of Killing — A Few Miles Up The Road From Bristol, In BaNES.
The 20mph zones that raised Bath's killed or seriously injured rate — and why it's staying that way. It's cheaper.
May 4
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Bristol's Clean Air Zone: The Air Didn't Get The Memo. Apparently.
Croydon's LTNs were ruled unlawful. Bristol's Clean Air Zone raises questions it hasn't answered. The air doesn't know that. It never did. Never will.
May 3
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God's Got Planning Permission, And Crewe Has Shiited Itself.
Actually, Planning permission was the least of it.
May 3
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Same Island. Different Stranger.
Windrush. The Irish. British Muslims. Jews. Migrants. Britain keeps finding someone to blame. The question nobody's asking is why.
May 2
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Bristol's Road Tax It Forgot To Mention.
Croydon's LTNs were ruled unlawful. Bristol's EBLN is next. Bet ya!
May 1
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April 2026
Bristol: Civil Rights or Uncivil Lefts?
The city wants to be the UK's Civil Rights Capital. Let's talk about its record. Shall we?
Apr 30
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John Langley
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The Green Party: A Not For Prophet Organisation?
Zionism, Women, Islam, Drugs, The Supreme Court, And The Pavement In Ipswich. Except, 404. Definition Not Found.
Apr 28
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John Langley
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