Political Blogging Guide 2007 - Other Sections

In these Blogpower members are a bit thinner on the ground, which is a statement of sorts but here's what I could find - Blogpowerers or ex-BPers are coloured maroon and in bold, as usual:

Guide to Blogging 2007 Top 100 Left of Centre Blogs

Big formatting problems on Iain's site with these:

4-2BobPiper12--ChickenYoghurt [ex-BP and I hope future]17-9MarsHill19Ministry of Truth 24-14Tygerland29-19General Theory of Rubbish[whose testimonial I carry in my "About"]30 Stumbling&Mumbling48-12Normblog98SomeDayIWillTreatYouGood

Guide to Blogging 2007 Top 100 Liberal Democrat Blogs

12 NEW Norfolk Blogger

Guide to Blogging Top 30 Media Blogs

4 Paul Linford 7 Melanie Phillips 8 18 Doughty Street 10 Oliver Kamm 12 Stephen Pollard 17 Bryan Appleyard 22 Clive Davis

Guide to Blogging 2007: Top Twenty Scottish Blogs

7. Freedom and Whisky (CON) 8. 1820: Rise Like Lions (SNP) 9. J Arthur MacNumpty (NON) 12. Havering On (NON)

Guide to Blogging 2007: Top Twenty Welsh Blogs

Today we have the TOP TEN WELSH BLOGS, chosen by Sandeff Rhyferys, who writes the Ordovicius Blog. So Ordo selected it but where is he himself?

Guide to Blogging 2007: Top Ten Newcomers

3. Matt Wardman (Tech) 5. Grendel (Con)

Guide to Blogging 2007: Top Ten Underrated Blogs

4. Waendel Journal (Conservative) [I count him as one] 5. Little Man in a Toque (Right wing) 8. Tygerland (Labour)

Blogging Guide 2007: Top 10 Medical Blogs

1. NHS Blog Doctor 2. The Psychiatrist Blog 3) Dr Grumble

Guide to Blogging 2007: Top Ten Religious Blogs

1. Archbishop Cranmer

Well done to all those who made these lists and to the BPers who graced them as well. Have I left any out?

Political Blogging Guide 2007 - Non-Aligned

Here is the Blogpower representation in the Non-Aligned list. Remember the other lists are still to come:

1 Political Betting 2 NHS Blog Doctor 3 Slugger O'Toole 4 Pickled Politics 5 Craig Murray 6 Rachel From North London 7 Our Kingdom 8 Spyblog 9 As a Dodo 10 Westminster Wisdom 11 Blair Watch 12 Little Man in a Toque 13 Policeman's Blog 14 Rolled Up Trousers 15 Bishop Hill 16 Campaign for an English Parliament
17 UK Polling Report 18 The Green Ribbon 19 Chase me Ladies 20 The Sharpener 21 Barry Beelzebub 22 Pub Philosopher 23 Not Saussure 24 England Project 25 Nosemonkey Europhobia 26 Miserable Old Fart 27 Dr Rant 28 Waking Hereward 29 S J Howard 30 Open Europe

Congratulations to all of these and to Iain Dale for the hard work. Thanks to Matt for the tip off.

Political Blogging Guide 2007 - Centre Right

Here is the Blogpower representation [and I hope Tony Sharp forgives us for this] in the Centre-Right list. Remember the other lists are still to come:

1 2 Iain Dale’s Diary 2 5 Dizzy Thinks 3 NEW Guido Fawkes 4 1 ConservativeHome 5 14 Croydonian 6 8 Archbishop Cranmer 7 3 Burning our Money 8 NEW Devil's Kitchen 9 NEW Tim Worstall 10 7 James Cleverly 11 23 Mr Eugenides 12 NEW Waendel Journal [the one we lost and hope to get back] 13 NEW Nadine Dorries MP 14 NEW Adam Smith Institute 15 NEW Donal Blaney 16 64 Prague Tory 17 11 Tory Radio 18 4 Boris Johnson 19 9 Ellee Seymour 20 56 Caroline Hunt 21 NEW Daily Referendum 22 NEW EU Referendum 23 NEW Sinclair's Musings 24 NEW An Englishman's Castle 25 52 Theo Spark 26 NEW John Redwood MP 27 NEW Daniel Hannan MEP 28 36 UK Daily Pundit 29 58 Freedom & Whiskey 30 NEW Mike Rouse 31 NEW Roger Helmer MEP 32 NEW Islington Newmania 33 NEW City Unslicker 34 NEW Matt Wardman 35 48 Man in a Shed 36 18 Dodgeblogium 37 NEW Nourishing Obscurity 38 NEW Samizdata 39 NEW Taxpayers' Alliance 40 50 Martine Martin's Lebwog 41 NEW Daily Propaganda 42 NEW Musings of a Reactionary Snob 43 22 Bel is Thinking 44 NEW Prodicus 45 65 A Very British Dude 46 NEW WebCameron 47 NEW Priti Patel 48 NEW Richard Spring MP 49 28 A Tangled Web 50 NEW Edland 51 NEW Nation of Shopkeepers 52 NEW Not Proud of Britain 53 NEW The Bristow Blog 54 79 Thunder Dragon 55 NEW Glyn Davies 56 NEW Little Man in a Toque 57 NEW Globalisation Institute 58 NEW Britain & America 59 NEW Last Ditch 60 31 Gavin Ayling 61 NEW Vicky Ford 62 NEW Birmingham University CF 63 27 Ed Vaizey MP 64 NEW Is there more to life than shoes? 65 72 Conservative Party Reptile 66 41 A Conservative's Blog 67 57 Last Boy Scout 68 NEW Tory Reform Group 69 NEW Ghost of the Hitch 70 NEW John Moorcraft 71 NEW Blognor Regis 72 NEW England Expects 73 NEW Rachel Joyce 74 NEW PJC Journal 75 NEW David Gold 76 37 Tim Roll Pickering 77 46 Remittance Man 78 NEW Tapestry Talks 79 NEW Platform 10 80 89 Curly's Corner Shop 81 24 Road to EU Serfdom 82 13 West Brom Blog 83 NEW David Jones MP 84 NEW Istanbul Tory 85 NEW Neue Arbeit Macht Frei 86 NEW Pub Philosopher 87 17 Trevor Ivory 88 NEW Brussels Journal 89 NEW The Crossed Pond 90 NEW Not a Sheep Maybe a Goat 91 NEW YBF Activists 92 38 Contra Tory 93 NEW Scottish Tory Boy 94 NEW Hunter & Shooter 95 49 Civitas 96 NEW Cross of St George 97 NEW Nicolas Webb 98 NEW Martin Kelly 99 NEW Cornerstone 100 71 Laban Tall

Congratulations to all of these and to Iain Dale for the hard work.

Iain Dale and the Top 100 UK Blogs 2007

The Scenario

Iain Dale has been kind enough to include Blogpower in his notification that that time of year is here again.

To U.S. and other non-UK bloggers and readers, I think there's a place for you here too. At least read this through. Even though you have to be UK or blogging about UK matters to actually be on the list, that doesn't stop you submitting your vote.

To all UK bloggers and readers, you'll most likely already know this but here's a recap:

Last year, Iain brought out a 32 page guide to the Top 100 UK Political Blogs [you'll see banners displayed on the sidebars of all the top bloggers] and very quickly it spread like wildfire across the UK.

Make no mistake, indulge in no sour grapes as this blogger did. These lists are hugely influential with the wider public, as well as with the blogosphere itself, 18 Doughty Street only confirms their importance and it avails us to get into this and get in quickly.

The Rules

In September Harriman House will publish the 2007 Guide to Political Blogging in the UK. It will contain articles on blogging by some of Britain's leading bloggers, together with a directory of UK political blogs, and a series of Top 20s and Top 10s.

Instead of me picking my Top 100 UK political blogs (as I did last year) I'd like fellow bloggers and blog readers to send me their Top 20 UK Political Blogs by email. I'll then compile the Top 100 from those that you send in. Just order them from 1 to 20. Your top blog gets 20 points and your twentieth gets 1 point.

The deadline for submitting your Top 20 to me is August 15th. Please email me your list to iain AT iaindale DOT com and type Top 20 in the subject line. You don't have to send 20, but try to do 10 as a minimum.

Personal Note

Let's make no mistake here - to be included in this list with the heavyweights of the sphere like Devil's Kitchen, Mr Eugenides, The Englishman, Dizzy Thinks, Croydonian and so on would be a great honour. If you feel you're not really all that political, no matter - there is the non-aligned section, which I have my eye on.

Nominate twenty UK blogs which take your fancy and you've done your job! This is important to Blogpower!

Remember

This is NOT Iain's personal list, as it was last year but nominated from all over the UK:

2007 Guide to Political Blogging in the UK

How Do I Assess a Blog

Here are Iain's criteria [embedded in the second paragraph].

And here is my reply and my 10 modified criteria.

Last Year's Lists

Conservative

Labour

Lib Dem

Non-Aligned

Green