Comments on: Is LabourList a new form of daytime TV? http://www.libdemvoice.org/is-labourlist-a-new-form-of-daytime-tv-10418.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:38:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Paul http://www.libdemvoice.org/is-labourlist-a-new-form-of-daytime-tv-10418.html#comment-76934 Chris Paul Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:34:24 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=10418#comment-76934 It's in Beta folks. Conservative Home and indeed Labour Home and even Liberal Conspiracy - which are the nearest comparators - don't go much for linking to opposition blogs. Unlike say LDV, myself, Dale, GuF and so on and so forth. So, if we accept that CH is a strong model and the other two ain't bad, then not engaging in a chummy way (or at all) with the opposition blogs is hardly unprecedented. Inevitably Derek is doing a fair impression of a shouty curmudgeon, behaving more like a new personality blogger than the humble host/impressario of a new group blog, and engaging a lot in a hostile way with anyone who challenges him. Danger of coming over all MPFC Black Knight. I can forgive that if things settle down and if the substantive content continues to improve. Derek should stop being the story on LL and consider doing a personality/attack blog somewhere else. Sunder Katwala was good on Gaza I thought. And Dougie Alexander and Ben Wegg-Prosser today are also offering (ahem) Progress. All three less yahboo. It’s in Beta folks. Conservative Home and indeed Labour Home and even Liberal Conspiracy – which are the nearest comparators – don’t go much for linking to opposition blogs. Unlike say LDV, myself, Dale, GuF and so on and so forth. So, if we accept that CH is a strong model and the other two ain’t bad, then not engaging in a chummy way (or at all) with the opposition blogs is hardly unprecedented.

Inevitably Derek is doing a fair impression of a shouty curmudgeon, behaving more like a new personality blogger than the humble host/impressario of a new group blog, and engaging a lot in a hostile way with anyone who challenges him. Danger of coming over all MPFC Black Knight.

I can forgive that if things settle down and if the substantive content continues to improve. Derek should stop being the story on LL and consider doing a personality/attack blog somewhere else.

Sunder Katwala was good on Gaza I thought. And Dougie Alexander and Ben Wegg-Prosser today are also offering (ahem) Progress. All three less yahboo.

]]> By: James Graham http://www.libdemvoice.org/is-labourlist-a-new-form-of-daytime-tv-10418.html#comment-76873 James Graham Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:49:13 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=10418#comment-76873 This is all par for the course for Draper. He graduated in Manchester a couple of years before me and I remember him coming back to address the Labour Club at the height of his glory (i.e. before Drapergate). His favourite topic of conversation was how much he enjoyed Trot-baiting and how he had once outraged a bunch to such an extent that they attempted him to throw him out of the window - he was left dangling out of a second story being held on by his feet. Perhaps he should have "don't feed the troll" stapled to his forehead... This is all par for the course for Draper. He graduated in Manchester a couple of years before me and I remember him coming back to address the Labour Club at the height of his glory (i.e. before Drapergate).

His favourite topic of conversation was how much he enjoyed Trot-baiting and how he had once outraged a bunch to such an extent that they attempted him to throw him out of the window – he was left dangling out of a second story being held on by his feet.

Perhaps he should have “don’t feed the troll” stapled to his forehead…

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