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Thursday, November 17, 2005

The UK Most Influential Bloggers
The Guardian carries a piece this morning on the most influential bloggers on the UK political scene. For those too lazy to follow the link and read the article, the bloggers interviewed are:

MICK FEALTY
Blog: Slugger O'Toole (www.sluggerotoole.com)
Politics: non-partisan Claim to fame: sets the Northern Ireland news agenda

DAVID T
Blog: Harry's Place (hurryupharry.bloghouse.net)
Politics: pro-war left Claim to fame: watering-hole of the liberal hawks

NORMAN GERAS
Blog: Normblog (normblog.typepad.com)
Politics: marxist/pro-war left Claim to fame: intellectual heavyweight of the pro-war left

PERRY DE HAVILLAND
Blog: Samizdata (www.samizdata.net/blog/)
Politics: libertarian Claim to fame: founder of arguably Britain's best-read political blog

ADRIANA CRONIN
Blog: Samizdata (www.samizdata.net/blog/)
Politics: 'social individualist' Claim to fame: evangelist for a blog-based future

TIM IRELAND
Blog: Bloggerheads (www.bloggerheads.com)
Politics: anti-war/trad Labour Claim to fame: forcing the prime minister to set up a publicly accessible email address

JUSTIN MCKEATING
Blog: Chicken Yoghurt (www.chickyog.blogspot.com)
Politics: traditional Labour/anti-war Claim to fame: the funniest critiques of the Blair era

OLIVER KAMM
Blog: Oliver Kamm (www.oliverkamm.typepad.com)
Claim to fame: first UK blogger to cross over into regular newspaper commentary

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