Ellee Seymour

Well UKIP did fail to make it into Iain’s guide to political blogging; not sure if he plans to head off to their party conference and offer them advice on the social media.

So it seems UKIP’s way of breaking into this latest viral form of communication is to present a spoof of David Cameron’s weblog. Well, they do say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…

I feel rather sorry for the Australian poet whose domain is similar to Cameron’s and has had to publish a notice alerting people to the fact that it isn’t the official site of the UK Conservative leader.

I’m sure it won’t be long before a clever Tory tekkie has devised his own plan to reciprocate, can’t wait to see it …

UPDATE: 4th October, the latest inThe Times

We are back at Great Ormond Street Hospital today, David has just had one week of pain since our last appointment, let’s see what the tests come up with today, though his progress certainly looks promising, just very slow as he has been taking very strong antibiotics for a year now which are turning his bones yellow.

There is so much I would have like to have said today had I had time. I was very impressed with David Willett’s plan suggesting teachers should have anonymity when they are accused of abusing pupils, facing the ordeal of court cases in the full glare of the media, mostly unfounded. Only 69 out of almost 1,800 such complaints over a ten year period led to a conviction, yet these allegations can have a devastating impact on the teacher’s future life.

We need to do all we can to support our teachers, many of them have a tough enough time dealing with disruptive pupils and, of course, meeting targets and worrying about league tables.