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September 22, 2004
Boris Johnson blogs . . .
Boris Johnson has joined us . . . well, not exactly the SNP . . . the blogging community!
On Monday, he began his blog (‘Boris reporting for duty’), explaining that a “very persuasive man . . . told me that blogging is the future. He spoke of the online community, and its rapid expansion. He said that newspapers were outmoded. He spoke of a new kind of politics. He waved his hands and rolled his eyes. So I have acceded to his advice, and begun to blog . . . the idea is that I fall out of bed every morning, blazing with inspiration, and thunder out 3000 words on the issue of the hour, so generating a pandemic internet controversy”.
Good luck! We need all the pandemonium we can get!
Johnson (Conservative/?) is the 5th blogging MP following Richard Allan (Lib Dem/Wordpress), Clive Soley (Labour/Typepad), Tom Watson (Labour/Movable Type) and Shaun Woodward (Labour/Other Media?), all of whom have well-designed, active sites. Four Westminster candidates also have blogs.
Posted by Simon Holledge at September 22, 2004 05:11 PM
Comments
Don't forget Austin Mitchell MP. Not the best design in the world, and rarely updated. I don't know why public figures set up blogs if they aren't going to be bothered to post. It's worse than having no blog, and gives the impression that they don't care about their readers/constituents - not the best way to get reelected.
Posted by: Amy - not a Tory, but a site I help moderate at October 25, 2004 01:46 AM
Yes, I hadn't seen the Austin Mitchell site. I suppose the point of Labour blogs is to show that they are (a) modern, and (b) friendly, not to be a force for change.
How is boris.xinomorph.org/ functioning now that a real www.boris-johnson.com/ exists?
Posted by: Simon Holledge at October 25, 2004 11:26 AM