In some parts of the world, blogging is still very much a revolutionary activity: Pakistani blogger Aasim Saeed who went missing earlier this month has been found but has quickly left the country fearing for his life, his family said…
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A collection of 13 posts
UKiP, Community Care and Blog Comments
Ah, the social media world is full of chit-chat after the felling of a Labour parliamentary candidate by his own brazen stupidity and contempt for the electorate Twitter. But, here in sunny Sutton, we’ve been having a bit of…
How Guido Fawkes Felled Damian McBride
Worth a read: [Guido Fawkes: His Role in Damian McBride’s Downfall](http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/3540431/a-bloggers-notebook.thtml)The whole McBride saga has been a fascinating study of the dance between bloggers, mainstream media and the…
Flightblogger Breaks Obama Running Mate Story
One of our bloggers [broke the Obama running mate story](http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2008/08/vice-presidential-picks-and-pl.html). Here’s how:He knew that the candidate’s planes go into shop for re-painting around the time of the…
The Knee-Jerk Journalistic View of Bloggers
Oh, don’t you love it when you open up your RSS reader, and find something that encapsulates an aspect of your life? Ladies & gentlemen, Mr Howard Owens: Most of the bad bloggers tend to gravitate toward current affairs…
When Silence Falls
Apologies for the protracted silence. A family member has gone straight from a hospital stay into a bout of chemotherapy, and I’ve been designated…
Blogging and Politics Event Upcoming
The Telegraph‘s holding a Blogging & Politics event the week after next. I’ll be there.…
Harriet Harman: Former Blogger?
“Did Harriet Harman blog her way to victory?” asks Ellee, as part of a nice round-up of the Labour Deputy Leadership blogs. Maybe. But it’s a shame she hasn’t blogged since her victory.…