Marvellous though it is to come fourth on Iain Dale’s big list of Lib Dem bloggers, I have to admit to being a little dubious about the list as a whole. The lower ranking places seem to be essentially random. Nor does Iain Dales’ reassurance on Lib Dem Voice put my mind at rest:
Just to clarify, that last year a panel of half a dozen LibDem bloggers ranked the blogs. This year they were all voted for by blog readers - 1,142 of them.
That may be true, but since each one of them only had ten votes and they will inevitably be skewed in a rightwards direction, it seems highly unlikely that even a significant proportion of them voted for a single Lib Dem blog. It would also be nice to see how the scores were generated.
Anyway, I thought I’d have a little experiment to see...
You can see the full list over at Iain Dale’s blog, but here’s the top 10:
1. Liberal Democrat Voice
2. People’s Republic of Mortimer (Alix Mortimer)
3. Norfolk Blogger (Nich Starling)
4. Quaequam Blog! (James Graham)
5. Liberal England (Jonathan Calder)
6. Lynne Featherstone MP
7. Millennium Dome, Elephant
8. Peter Black AM
9. Love & Liberty (Alex Wilcock)
10. Liberal Burblings (Paul Walter)
Thanks...
Iain Dale has published his latest list of the top 100 Liberal Democrat blogs, and this year I come in at number 45. I’m not sure what I have done to deserve it, but it is DOWN a whole 24 places on last year! Mind you, I was not only stunned to appear in last year’s list, but I was even more surprised to be at number 21, so perhaps it is now a more accurate reflection of my standing.
What was worse though was being told my position in the list by Joe Taylor (On Liberty Online) who has moved UP 61 places in the last year from 91 to 30. Although as he said to me at the time, his position is a surprise given that he hasn’t posted anything for two months. I don’t bear a grudge really. Maybe it’s a case of less is more, quality and not quantity etc etc....
A reminder that Iain Dale is seeking nomination for your 20 favourite political blogs. You have until 15 August to vote.A number of lists inspired by this poll have recently appeared. And Iain has also asked some people to help produce the new edition of his Guide to Political Blogging in the UK by ranking the Lib Dem blogs.All these may help you in compiling your own list. And they give me a chance to show off.Paul Linford has listed his top 20 political blogs. Liberal England is at no. 3.Stephen Tall has listed his top 100 Lib Dem blogs - he too puts Liberal England at no. 3.Norfolk Blogger has named his top 50 Lib Dem blogs here (and then his next 50 favourites). He has this blog at, you guessed it, no. 3.Nick has also given his top 10 blogs from across the political spectrum. Liberal...
