Politics
Since 2007, the two Bristol City councillors for Filwood ward have been Labour Party members. The MP for the Bristol South constituency, since 1987, is Dawn Primarolo, of the Labour Party. Filwood is represented in the European Parliament by the six MEPs of the South West England constituency.
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium.”
—J.B.S. (John Burdon Sanderson)
“The trouble with Nixon is that he’s a serious politics junkie. He’s totally hooked ... and like any other junkie, he’s a bummer to have around: especially as President.”
—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)
“The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)