The Liberal Democrat blog of the year awards nomination deadline closed a mere nineteen hours ago, and already the anticipation is killing me. Will I actually bother to give a shit this year, or will it be like every year: a single post acknowledging how badly I’ve done, and then move on?
Regardless, here are the nominations I whizzed off to the judges over the weekend:
Best new Liberal Democrat blog (started since 1st August 2007)
No contest: Alix Mortimer.
Best blog from a Liberal Democrat holding public office
Mary Reid is consistently quite good.
Best posting on a Liberal Democrat blog (since 1st September 2007)
Alix Mortimer again, with this recent gem (damn her).
Best non-Liberal Democrat politics blog
Liberal Democrat Blog of the Year
Alix Mortimer (damn her).
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5 responses so far ↓
1 Tristan // Sep 1, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Hmmm… I think I know Sadie Smith…
Friend of my boss if I’m correct. She always made my blood boil when the inevitable politics discussion came up…
Of course, it could be a different Sadie who worked for a Labour MP who looks a bit like that.
2 asquith // Sep 2, 2008 at 9:17 am
You are (obviously, as if this needs to be said) correct in nominating A. Mortimer, but to be honest you should get around the blogosphere a bit more if you think Sadie Smith is the best non-LD blog. I can think of some across the parties from the top of my head: Ministry Of Truth, Letters From A Tory, Bob Piper… etc.
3 Gavin Whenman // Sep 2, 2008 at 9:25 am
Ministry of Truth: WAY too long-winded. I want to read blogs, not essays.
Letters from a Tory: I’ve sampled every now and then, and can never get in to.
Bob Piper: Tribal and boring. At least Sadie is (a bit) tribal and funny.
4 asquith // Sep 2, 2008 at 2:52 pm
It seems you & I differ
Yes, MoT is very long, but it’s worth it, & gets readers by the consistently high quality of research, thought & analysis on display. I don’t read posts that long for a laugh! I do it because I find them informative.
& I think Bob Piper is very funny, but YMMV. I myself don’t blog at all, I just sod round bitchin’ about everyone else
5 Charlotte Gore // Sep 8, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Bad luck on missing out, come join the merry loser club and wear your ‘deferred success’ button with pride
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