By Helen Duffett
| Sat 22nd September 2012 - 7:33 pm
Nominations for the Liberal Democrats’ Blog of the Year Awards 2012 closed on 14 September. Since then, the judges, Kirsty Williams (Assembly Member for Brecon and Radnorshire and Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats), Nick Thornsby (Lib Dem Blogger of the Year 2011), Tim Gatt (ITV News Digital Output Editor), Stephen Tall (Co-Editor, Lib Dem Voice), Alan Muhammed (Lib Dem Voice’s social media manager), & Helen Duffett (that’s me – Co-Editor (Associate) Lib Dem Voice) have been poring over the entries for the five categories.
It’s been a big task, and a fun one, to distil so many excellent examples of Lib Dem blogging and e-campaigning into lists of the best.
Congratulations if you’ve been shortlisted, but if you haven’t: remember that the shortlists are based on the judges’ subjective opinions. The awards are intended to be a fun way to celebrate the talent in the Lib Dem blogosphere, whilst introducing you to some blogs you might not have read before.
Next, a plug for the awards ceremony itself. If you’re at party conference in Brighton, do come along to the Pavilion Room, Grand Hotel, Brighton, from 9.45pm tonight, Saturday 22nd September.
Now, without further ado, here are the shortlists: (Drumroll, please)
The Liberal Democrat Blog of the Year Awards, run by Lib Dem Voice, are back for their seventh year. As usual, they’ll be awarded in a budget lavish ceremony at the party’s autumn conference in Brighton.
Click on the following links to see last year’s Shortlist and the Winners.
Craig Levene Poverty should never be a barrier to academic achievement. All to often the progressive left has failed to acknowledge that family breakdown as one of the bigge...
David Evans Brenda's point is well made. The welfare system is thoroughly broken by trying to put a monetary value that will "put right" every perceived or even perceivabl...
Simon R @Peter; My experience at school was somewhat similar to yours in terms of not being able to afford things that were normal to many other kids - and that also le...
Jenny Barnes "Labour’s problem, as a {Tory-lite} party is perhaps existential since history seems to be showing the the {neo-liberal}project is doomed to failure."
Fixed ...
Tristan Ward "We have Labour, Tories and Reform all fighting for the various shades of right wingery. I can see no “centre-right” gap in the political market."
The re...