Articles tagged Blogging:
Ten Bloglines You Won't See in 2009?
- 27 Dec 2008
WOULD THE PM MIND MOST AWFUL IF I SOLICITED HIS RESIGNATION? Devil's Kitchen CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA ON HIS INAUGURATION Donal Blaney WHY WE ARE BACKING LIVERPOOL FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP Dizzy & Norfolk Blogger IAIN DALE CAN STUFF HIS LINKS Tom Harris ...
Can British Bloggers Make Money Out of Blogging?
- 29 Nov 2008
The latest issue of the British Journalism Review has a fairly lengthy article by me on whether UK bloggers can make money from their blogging activities. Although it has only just been published, the article was written three months ago. Links to all the blogs mentioned can b...
MPs Bury Heads in Sand Over e-Democracy
- 12 Nov 2008
Yesterday afternoon I was part of a panel at the e-Democray conference. Pete Bazalgette (who created Big Brother), Labour MP Margaret Moran and LibDem MP Willie Rennie were the other participants. Normally, this sort of panel is quite tepid because there is a certain amount of...
How do I Explain Fisking in Russian?
- 16 Feb 2008
This morning I delivered a 45 minute talk to 100 or so Russian journalists and politicians about the role of blogging in politics and the media. It all seemed to go off OK, although I don't mind admitting that it was a bit odd having simultaneous translation. Anyone who has se...
Telegraph Column: How Politicians Use the Internet
- 18 Sep 2007
Politicians of all colours ought to be embracing the internet with gusto, but British political parties appear to be falling behind other countries when it comes to using the web to market themselves and their policies. Visit any of the three main party websites and you’ll com...
Should Tory Bloggers Be More Robust?
- 21 May 2007
Watlington, who write for the Social Affairs Unit blog, has written a piece suggesting that Tory blogs like mine and ConservativeHome need to do more to defend ourselves from increasingly vocal attacks. He cites the recent attacks from Melissa Kite as a case in point. This is ...
Let the Blogwars Cease
- 12 Feb 2007
Over the last few weeks a huge amount of damage has been done to the British blogosphere. Blogwars have broken out between various parties which have made us all appear like obsessive schoolschildren who have nothing better to do with our time than flame each other. It's devel...
Is Yasmin Right? Does Blogging Impoverish Democracy?
- 2 Feb 2007
I don't mind admitting I enjoyed myself yesterday on Sunday AM. The only other time I have been on the programme I did a paper review with Polly Toynbee and was extremely nervous. I remember locking swords with her on the Iraq war and her looking shocked that I should dare to ...
Dogging in the Wilds of North Kent
- 28 Jan 2007
Tonight I went to speak to Chatham & Aylesford Conservatives Annual Dinner. Before the dinner I gave a talk to their councillors and council candidates on blogging. It's great that each of their wards now has its own blog which they're using to communicate with their local...
Observer: Why MPs Need to Stop Spinning & Start Blogging
- 24 Sep 2006
Blogs are a spin doctor's worst nightmare come true - and then some. It would be understandable if political parties regarded them as uncontrolled, uncontrollable and sometimes downright troublesome. But if they did, they would be missing a huge opportunity to market their mes...