What gravitas does a UK blogger have?

What gravitas does a UK blogger have?

As a journalist, I can pick up the phone and speak to virtually anyone I want, or at the very least get a comment from their spokesperson for a story. It gives you instant access. I wanted to test if I had the same gravitas as a blogger – and found out, yes,...

My son’s Prom

David, Laura and Jodie The environmentally friendly way of arriving Shortly after we married, my husband was told by his consultant that he may have a medical problem which would make it impossible for us to conceive. But hey presto, our son David came along and was...

ConservativeHome v LabourHome

Ros Taylor has enjoyed some “naval gazing”, comparing the innards of ConservativeHome versus the new Labour version; she is the Grauniad feature writer who called me yesterday. She concludes: “The first two waves of British political blogging –...

G2 and women political bloggers

“Just for the boys?” – what a great headline. And here is the G2 report in today’s Guardian about the dearth of women political bloggers. I’m amazed that no female Tory politicans have embraced this, that I seem to be their authoritive...
Ellee is Iain’s Blog of the Week

Ellee is Iain’s Blog of the Week

Alan Rusbridger and I were both on strike together They say good things happen the threes, and at 5.30pm, I’ve only just caught up with the amazing events of the day. Iain hadn’t updated his blog by the time I went out today. Around lunchtime I had a phone...