Comments on: Iain Dale’s Guide to Political Blogging

By: Nosemonkey

Nosemonkey — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:56:59 +0000

I R number 77 in non-aligned, apparently - as if I needed any more proof that I really should pull my finger out - on the (seemingly never updated) Britblog top blogs I'm in the top 10 nationwide, one place above Dale himself. Ho-hum... It's quality, not quantity and all that...

By: ziz

ziz — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:19:47 +0000

Metropolitan muttering classes discover blogging – 400 sites listed. To what effect ?

Blair doesn’t take note of his party (or even ignores them and some of his Ministers .. la Beckett etc.,)so bloggers have no chance. Proof ? Write to your MP and demand he/she support an Enquiry (Public) into the 7/7 bombings and the toady will be happy to pass on your views without appending any of his/her own. Find me one MP who will publicly support withdrawal today from Iraq or Afghanistan.

The only direct political effect I can determine the blogging community has had is that John Reid when he arrived at the Home Office told the Met. Plod to correct the inaccuracy about the 7/7 “suicide bombers” train from Luton.

Details of any other items which contradict the view that political blogging in the UK is totally futile is walcum.

What does the blogging community mean to the main parties in terms of votes cast ? … note that Dale includes the Independent Party as “non-aligned” !

Activity works – Lenin and the Blair school visit for example… his video of the PM being conveyed in his Mafia style darkened Black Range Rover like a sealed incubus for a Photo ooops with chastened children while he self denies the real world is worth more than all the self impotent chat and chiselling.

By: rachel

rachel — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:49:14 +0000

Mat GB, you are number 50 on the UK’s non aligned blogs.

By: rachel

rachel — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:44:02 +0000

And yes, where was Mat GB?

Tsk. Bastards.

By: rachel

rachel — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:43:33 +0000

Oooh, look we are on Daily Kos.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/9/18/101053/376

Now the Americans political bloggers have discovered that the Conservatives have discovered UK political bloggers.

Anyways, les rants du jour…

Why is Harry’s Place suddently lefty? Where is Lenin’s Tomb? What about poor Recess Monkey? How come Iain was cheeky enough to put himself at number 3?

And so on.

By: Bloggerheads

Bloggerheads — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:13:42 +0000

They what now?…

It has just come to my attention that the Conservatives invented blogging… and quite possibly the helicopter. Rachel has more. UPDATE – Well said: “Harry’s Place – the blog meeting place for lefties all over Britian” WTF? I’m afraid your……

By: Larry Teabag

Larry Teabag — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:01:59 +0000

And this:

“Harry’s Place – the blog meeting place for lefties all over Britian”

WTF?

I’m afraid your very creditable 19th place is rather diminished by the fact that Dale doesn’t know what the hell he’s on about.

By: Larry Teabag

Larry Teabag — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:54:44 +0000

Ha!

2: Conservative Home
3: Iain Dale*

*Iain Dale’s blog was marked and ranked by Tim Montgomerie of Conservative Home

By: MatGB

MatGB — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:33:58 +0000

Bastards missed me out. I’ve been on his blogroll for ages, helped him with a template problem, and what thanks do I get?

Oh, wait, I’ve got a hyperlink on his frontpage. Who cares about some little leaflet…

It’s not bad though, and some good input, although some of the ‘pros’ still seem completely clueless. Guido’s spot on about Miliband.

Meh, any promotion of blogging is a good thing, and if it’s going around the activists then we’ll see an upswing of bloggers, which can only be a good thing.