Labour blogs - 7 comments
A lot of people would say that the Labour Party has been particularly slow in coming to terms with the world of blogs, how they can be used, and used constructively.
I could have told you that there was an awareness of blogs within the Party, but would have had to agree - until very recently - that this had not manifested itself in any obvious support for those bloggers who (currently) brave opprobrium by publicly backing the party, programme, and record since 1997. They could have done this by linking to bloggers, or providing advice for, say, Councillors to set themselves up, get their news and views across, build links within online communities, and generally play a full part in the positive aspects of the blogosphere.
It looks like things might be changing, however. A new blogs page has appeared on the Labour Party site, with links to some of the blogging MPs, a couple of blogs that were new to me and appear to use some kind of standardised software/layout, plus a link to us (thank you!). Thanks to Newer Labour for spotting this.
Meanwhile, we're still collecting more bloggers - the total should reach 160 in the next day or so - hope the software holds up.
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I spotted that earlier and have thus far resisted the urge to point out how overly-complicated their blogs are. Just look at the URLs for individual posts.
Oh dear, my inner geek is trying to get out. :/
I suppose it stops the people doing anything complicated themselves, repeatedly changing their theme, or switching blog providers. I bet they can't participate in superhero memes either, and as we know, that's what it's all about :-)
How come Claire Hamilton isn't linked on Bloggers4Labour but is on of the main blogs on the Labour site?
Sort it out Andrew.
I may try and recruit her if you want? ;-) [I knew my North West connections would come in useful one day. :-)]
She certainly is there - hope you don't have to operate any heavy machinery today...
Nice phrase: "brave opprobrium by publicly backing the party, programme, and record since 1997"! Given that Labour is still at around the same level of support in the polls as at the election we needn't be too shy of shouting about its successes. Lots of people clearly share our view. It's mainly political theorists and people who hanker for the certainties of opposition who dump the opprobrium. Remember, less than 1% of the population reads the Independent!
Hope the software'll take it cap'ain.....
Re: appropriateness of 'opprobrium'
OK, we admit it... all this time we were just being fashionable.
Hi Brian,
You may be right - call it "blogger's blindness"! Perhaps if I spent my time canvassing rather than blogging I'd have a better idea of public opinion, but as far as the blogosphere goes, outside the realm of B4L, a lot of 'stick' is handed out.
Backing Blair,
Still not sure what you mean. Could you help my poor brain by peeling away any layers of irony to reveal your real point?
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