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Wed, 07/06/2006 - 06:19 — Baht At

Oh dear the Poodle is reporting that eleven venues in Bradford have been given awards suggesting they are good locations for a night out. I particularly like the comments in the story about all the trouble associated with Livingstones is actually people from other locations using the taxi rank outside - the cub reporter in question is obviously new to Bradford because otherwise he'd realise that all the other pubs in the area with a suspiciously prepubescent clientele have also been given awards.

This scheme illustrates the problem with the management consultant obsession of the Blind Smileys and our spineless local plod - if a pub can tick their boxes they have no choice but to give it the award regardless of whether it is actually any good. Take for example the Goose - given an award and a pub which claims to have a policy of social responsibility that won't let it serve excessive amounts of alcohol to people, it implements this policy by refusing to sell drinks that consist of four measures of spirit - instead it gives you two doubles for you to mix yourself! Strangely absent from the list is Lloyds bar - possibly the nicest pub in the City Centre. I guess they weren't invited to join the scheme since all their drinkers appear to be adults and they refuse point blank to serve drunks. Another case of the poodle pushing the council/police line that all is hunky-dory in Bradford, perhaps they have ambitions to be fifth supporting fiddle to Nero Hopkins our three-peaks conquering leader in his "fire music".

When I refer to the three peaks these are the three great and failed projects of Bradford council (I wouldn't of course refer to his abject failure to complete the three hillocks walk):

1. The Education "partnership" which results in the partner regularly raping the council for additional funding.

2. The IT-outsourcing that has gone awfully quiet as council websites mushroom out of control

3. The Asset Management Partnership - a valiant attempt to screw a few bungs out of fat-cat bidders, sorry that should read "achieve value for money from responsible social partners".

Comments

Tue, 12/12/2006 - 02:40 — Pink Blob

Lloyds?!?!

Quite frankly I find your suggestion that lloyds bar is the pinacle of responsible drinking in Bradford laughable. Where do you think the scrotes and chavs go BEFORE they end up fighting outside linvingstones? The clientele of lloyds varies between hopeless drunken tramps drinking pint bottles of cider from 9 in the morning (great idea to promote responsible retailing) to football hooligans. There are much better and safer bars in the west end.

Thu, 14/12/2006 - 09:14 — Baht At

Hmmm

Well I only ever drink in the upstairs bar, and all the riff-raff are too drunk to climb the stairs.

As to nine in the morning - whenever I've been in for breakfast I've been the only one not drinking coffee, personally I don't think you can't beat a good fry-up with a pint of cold guiness.

Thu, 08/06/2006 - 17:21 — Mrs Overall

As far as failed projects go,

As far as failed projects go, what about the much-heralded, oh-yes-it-will-get-built-honestly Superdome? It's been on the cards for what? only about 14 years... This is one reason why I can see Bratfud town centre still being rubble in 10 years time with half-finished building work because the backers have eventually come to the conclusion that the place isn't worth financing.

Fri, 09/06/2006 - 09:34 — Baht At

the Bulls

have taken the Murdoch shilling and can pay for it themselves instead they prefer to come up with schemes to allow some grasping supermarket to build an eyesore on the site so they can syphon off the profit. For once I think the planner have been right to refuse permission.

Sat, 10/06/2006 - 02:34 — Mrs Overall

Aye, and that area doesn't ne

Aye, and that area doesn't need another Tesco as the one on Buttershaw Lane is perfectly functional.