Thanks to everyone who voted for me in the poll for the Liberal Democrat section of Guide to Political Blogging in the UK 2008-9. The top five this year are: Lib Dem VoicePeople's Republic of MortimerNorfolk BloggerQuaequam BlogLiberal EnglandCongratulations to Lib Dem Voice and everyone else. Iain Dale has the top 50. In 2006 the Lib Dem list was chosen by Iain himself. I came fourth. In 200...

In Iain Dale’s blogging book, I appear on page 41 as no. 25 in the top 40 Scottish blogs (pause for a bit of a swagger). I’m listed there as a Lib Dem blogger. On page 42 I’m mentioned as a ‘useful insight into Lib Dem thinking and how that affects things in Edinburgh.’ It’s very flattering to be claimed by a party, but I’m not Lib Dem. Never have...

This is the fortnight of lists and awards in the political blogopshere. Not only has Iain Dale produced his annual little list, but the Lib Dem Blog of the Year awards are once again upon us. All of which may seem a little self-indulgent. And it probably is. But there’s a serious point to blogging,

Vince Cable agreed to be interviewed by a group of Lib Dem bloggers last night at Parliament. My camcorder and I were there for Lib Dem Voice - and joined by Alix Mortimer, Andy Hinton, Jennie Rigg, Jo Christie-Smith, Mark Valladares, Mary Reid and Millennium Dome, Elephant. Look out for their write-ups too. I asked Vince

‘Like a yeti in a barber shop?’ This was the playful headline with which the big ‘n’ bearded Lib Dem MP David Heath chose to announce his arrival in the party’s blogosphere, capturing something of the tongue-in-cheek essence of Lib Dem blogging. David’s blog – – has, rather sadly, fallen silent since the general

Well done to those excellent bloggers who won the Lib Dem blog awards this year. I have my reservations about the rather insular nature of the Lib Dem blogosphere, but I personally think the winners are very worthy and are a great example of what good Lib Dem blogs should be like. In the coming 12 months the Lib Dem blogosphere needs to now become less navel gazing, less about talking to the conve...

Article by Stephen Tall from Lib Dem Voice: This is a slightly interesting article, because it confirms that the Lib Dem campaign in Oldham and Saddleworth has seen the sort of all out mobilisation for a by-election that the Lib Dems are famous for. There is clearly no reluctance from Lib Dem activists to defend the record

Welcome to the third edition of Lib Dig Pig, being a roundup of non-Lib Dem oriented gems on the internet, as voted by Lib Dem members using Lib Dig (if you aren’t one, and are a Lib Dem member, sign up here: The rules for inclusion here are simple: they must have been “dug” for

Welcome to the second edition of Lib Dig Pig, being a roundup of non-Lib Dem oriented gems on the internet, as voted by Lib Dem members using Lib Dig (if you aren’t one, and are a Lib Dem member, sign up here: The rules for inclusion here are simple: they must have been “dug” for ...

Welcome to the tenth edition of Lib Dig Pig, being a roundup of non-Lib Dem oriented gems on the internet, as voted by Lib Dem members using Lib Dig (if you aren’t one, and are a Lib Dem member, sign up here: You can now get twitter updates of stories which appear on libdig –