cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/57720333

The Greens became the largest party on Bristol Council last year, promising change after years of service cuts under Labour. What has this bright new future meant for Bristol? £50 million more cuts!

Greens were beaming ear to ear, two of their leading councillors spoke of their “pride” in their council budget. That’s pride in slashing funding for services for domestic abuse, mental health, and children in care, and reducing bin collections to once every four weeks.

The change in council has meant very little for the people of Bristol. Yet again we have a party aligned with austerity, maintaining a political system which puts private profit first.

Labour’s attempt to pose as opposition was extremely hypocritical. They spent the last eight years running the city, making cuts, and blaming the Tory government.

Now Labour sits in Westminster, and the Greens in Bristol. But austerity still continues. Labou

Some gusts of 45mph in Horfield and Fulton according to https://martynhicks.uk/weather/data.php so I think we escaped the worst in the city. A few things blew around but no damage near us.

Absolute scum, take away their benefits the lot of them.

We have seen right wing populist protest violently through many cities and towns. Bristol stood strong today outnumbering the few protestors.

We witnessed division.

That division is made worse. Many of these protestors on the right have been mislead by modern media. Its so much easier to blame our national issues on migrants and look no further, in this way: calling them "fascists" or blindly proclaiming to want fully open borders may seem to be a gotcha but all we achieve is to alienate the confused working class people who we must bring over to our side.

Our NHS is fucked from political mishandling, deals with private capitalist. Our homes are in short supply due to private development that build for profit. Our education, utilities and other things aren't businesses and shouldn't profit like them. These are the programme's we must push across.

Solidarity Bristol I am proud to stand with you.

That's £1.8 million of your money they've lost.

Due to rising costs alongside a reduction in audience spend amidst the cost of living crisis, the Bristol Improv Theatre is under threat of closure. We need your help now, more than ever to save our theatre and secure its long term future.

We're promoting three key ways that you can support us. These are:

• Donate to the campaign
• Buy Tickets
• Tell a friend

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.

Ita a measure of priorities that the council can't pay it's staff properly to organise the streets to be swept or rubbish to be collected but can hoard millions of pounds worth of art.

Another well deserved honour for our recently departed "mayor".

He'll be lecturing in How to get money out of big industry whilst in a position of power starting next year.

LSTD: We will not tolerate drug use.

Bristol: Hold my pills....

Ms Vittori said she was "unaware" about about the potential conflict of interest, adding it is a "great shame that this did not come to light earlier in the process".

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Cries in Mayor Marvin �*

Bristol Council have decided not to build Bristol arena in Bristol but in the neighbouring county. Instead they're guaranteed rent for forty years to some landlords. Makes sense 😅.

there are respects in which (Bristol City Council) are not adequately performing their function of determining applications for planning permission