Comments on: Iain Dale’s reluctant readership http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/iain-dales-reluctant-readership/ The former home of Simon's blog on news, politics and e-government. Now at puffbox.com. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:28:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Another big-backing Tory blog imminent « I’m Simon Dickson. http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/iain-dales-reluctant-readership/#comment-18025 Another big-backing Tory blog imminent « I’m Simon Dickson. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:14:50 +0000 http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/iain-dales-reluctant-readership/#comment-18025 [...] big-backing Tory blog imminent Published July 13th, 2007 uk politics Picking up a thread from earlier in the week… there’s talk of another new Conservative blog on the horizon. The site, bearing the [...] [...] big-backing Tory blog imminent Published July 13th, 2007 uk politics Picking up a thread from earlier in the week… there’s talk of another new Conservative blog on the horizon. The site, bearing the [...]

]]> By: Guido Fawkes http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/iain-dales-reluctant-readership/#comment-17823 Guido Fawkes Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:46:52 +0000 http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/iain-dales-reluctant-readership/#comment-17823 In discussions with Iain last year we were convinced that we could not maintain our ascendency. Alex Hilton was the only left-wing blogger who I found entertaining. I think the left needs a blogger who has good news values, can write and has the time. Perhaps a now unemployed Blairite could emerge as a critical left-of-centre blogger? The emergence of Brown could bring out a blogger in the same way that Cameron beating Davis brought out Dale. The other factor hindering left-of-centre blogging is economics - Iain and myself had the means to afford to devote time to blogging. In discussions with Iain last year we were convinced that we could not maintain our ascendency. Alex Hilton was the only left-wing blogger who I found entertaining. I think the left needs a blogger who has good news values, can write and has the time.

Perhaps a now unemployed Blairite could emerge as a critical left-of-centre blogger? The emergence of Brown could bring out a blogger in the same way that Cameron beating Davis brought out Dale.

The other factor hindering left-of-centre blogging is economics – Iain and myself had the means to afford to devote time to blogging.

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