Iain’s list of top Conservative blogs

Posted by on Sep 25, 2007 in Social Media, updates | 14 comments This is Iain’s list of top Conservative blogs compiled by a panel of 12 right wing bloggers. He wonders whether my “softer, more personal approach” was not to their liking, which is why they placed me at 19. And I am thrilled to be included in the top ten on the main list, which I have not yet seen, thanks to the votes of other bloggers and my readers. My approach to blogging...
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Let’s campaign for the Red Arrows

Posted by on Sep 25, 2007 in updates | 9 comments Were you shocked, like me, to learn that the Red Arrows have been banned from performing at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics – because they are too British! If so, then please sign the following 10 Downing Street protest petition to try and get this ludicrous decision overturned. The Arrows, officially named the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, have flown at 4,000 festivals...
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Blogging and women

Posted by on Sep 25, 2007 in updates | 9 comments This is my article about women and blogging which I contributed for Iain Dale’s 2007 Guide to Political Blogging, which will be published this week. I’ve been writing my blog for 18 months and I have never had so much fun. I have also discovered that it is not for the faint hearted. Women bloggers still make headline news in a way that their male counterparts don’t. Women bloggers...
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