First hour: news review: with leader of the LibDem group on Bristol City Council Gary Hopkins and Conservative councillor for Westbury on Trym and Henleaze Geoff Gollop - Bristol Councillors and MPs â Gold Star, Red Mark and Black Mark; Kye Dudd said Gary Hopkins and Richard Eddy breached confidentiality; problem with Bristol Chief Exec., Anna Klonowskii, leaving â she was given £70,000 bung by Mayor Marvin Rees â going over the head of the HR Committee; senior Bristol Council staff leaving in past year; change in constitution to Bristol City Council; Mayor Marvin Reess State of the City address; Private Eye - first time some Councillors heard of Anna Klonowski pay off; whats happened to Slave Trade Memorial â as Marvin promised â and also Bristol Arena â Bridge to Nowhere; Buns, sermons and slave songs - how slave trader Edward Colston was awkwardly commemorated on Anti-Slavery Day â Colston Societys annual service where Merchant Venturer schools attend â Counter Colston Group were protesting outside; Universal credit - My five-year-old searched bins for food; slavery â Blacks seen as subhuman; academisation vs state running schools or a mixed model; poem by Miles Chambers, King Marvins bard â echoes of a medieval court? local press asked Bristol Council if someone could translate transatlantic corporate Marvin Speak; some of Marvins State of the City speech [official BBC YouTube doesnt but this version allows comments] â with examples of Marvin Speak; libraries being closed; too autocratic;  Mayor Rees cant take constructive criticism from Councillors; Marvin says shake up of top Council staff has saved £0.75m; Marvin using £6,000 Vitec QTV autocue for his speech, which makes it look like hes speaking from the heart when in fact hes just reading a script.
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