Blog nuts out there will be aware that the rules for the Political Blog Awards 2009 expressly forbid bloggers to set out their top ten blogs on their blogs, on pain of votes cast by people doing ‘duplicate lists’ being disqualified.
Having worked out all by myself both how ridiculous and unenforcable that rule is, I present The Bickerstaffe Record top 10, but not in any particular order just yet, and just sort of the top of my head. They may change later.
The things they have in common:
a) A willingness to do detail and write long if writing long is what it takes; b) socialist AND with GSOH; c) All, or at least most of them are willing to engage properly with commenters, and also comment ‘unselfishly’ on other blogs; d) linked to above, not up their own arse; e) linked to above, live in real world in addition to blogosphere; f) I just like them.
Filling most or all of these criteria are:
Though Cowards Flinch; Duncan’s Economic Blog; Socialist Economic Bulletin; Harpymarx; Yorkshire Ranter; Stumbling and Mumbling; Iansredblog; Don Paskini; Stilettoed Socialist; The Third Estate; Vino S; Matthew Cain
Oh, that’s 12, and I’ve still got some to add. Bugger. I’ll tidy it up another day. Advice welcome.
Yeah, and I know there’s only two female blogs there. Do I feel bad about that? Yes I do, but I’m not going to equal it up with female blogs I don’t actually like just for the sake of it.
“f) I just like them.”
Right back at you comrade!
“Socialist and a GSOH….”
Yes, how to survive the blogosphere…humour is a vital ingredient…..
Thanks for the mention Paul, very touched. Not sure how my fellow Third Estaters voted, but you had mine
many thanks! Will be back ‘proper blogging’ soon!
Stilettoed Socialist
Does voting in this thing still involve giving Iain Dale your e-mail address, now it’s run by TotalPolitics rather than his personal blog?
here are mine, haven’t e-mailed them in though:
1. Don Paskini
2. Bickerstaffe Record
3. Harpymarx
4. Duncan’s Economic Blog
5. Hopi Sen
6. A Very Public Sociologist
7. Ministry of Truth
8. Snowflake5
9. Stroppyblog
10. Penny Red
others didn’t make it because of infrequent posting or not being primarily political blogs
good list tim, though i think you’ve got the numbering wrong, with the bickerstaffe record at no 2 rather than no 1. typo, i’d have thought