The Top Ten of Two Thousand and Nine
To start the year 2010, let’s look back at 2009.
Like many bloggers, I’m going to enter the Orwell Prize, an award for political blogging.
Unlike many bloggers, I don’t expect to win. I’m sure it’s a total stitch-up reserved for some snooty journalist. (Prove me wrong, guys, prove me wrong.)
How did I pick the Top Ten? It was a complex algorithm I like to call “That’ll Do” which involves rules of thumb, unreliable memories, bitterness, arrogance and guesswork.
The result was a mix of posts that almost made a splash in either links or comments or hits, ones that almost achieved something, ones that were almost exclusive, ones that were almost a good idea. I’m going to almost win this prize, it’s almost certain.
Anyway, here’s the list in chronological order:
- We’re going to get hammered on June 4th – and videos like these don’t help
- Anti-BNP Demonstration at BRLSI Meeting
- The Prime Minister is in legacy mode: he is destroying 100 years of history for his own ego
- Libertarian Party threatens Libel against Hadleigh Roberts
- Cutting down the Commons will cripple Cameron’s government
- My very French By-election: The Battle for Nice 6
- Dividing Lines: When politics comes between friends
- Fixed Term Parliaments won’t necessarily fix Parliament
- It is Labour’s duty to defeat the BNP, we must end the ‘No Platform’ policy
- Tory PPC: “It is about time we had a recession”
Enjoy!
January 6th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
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January 6th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
I was just thinking of doing a ‘Best of 09′ compilation on my own blog, however I don’t think I have enough topical posts to rank mine as a top 10.
Have just finished reading the top 10, and my top 4 out of those are:
– We’re going to get hammered on June 4th – and videos like these don’t help
– Dividing Lines: When politics comes between friends
– It is Labour’s duty to defeat the BNP, we must end the ‘No Platform’ policy
– The Prime Minister is in legacy mode: he is destroying 100 years of history for his own ego
Of which my personal favourite was the “When politics comes between friends” – it was a well written, thought provoking yet unfortunate story. That would be your “JP Post of the Year 2009″ if such an award existed.
The most entertaining was the Libertarian libel one – classic!
As for your persistent anti-blogging of Jacob Rees Mobb, I thought that the “time for a recession” one didn’t deserve a place in the top 10 – I think you have written much better stuff than this, although it was frightening to see your portrayal of such a man – I really hope he isn’t all you crack him up to be!
Well, there you have my opinion, best of luck on the Orwell Prize, if Ryan Giggs can play very little football and win Sports Personality of the Year 2009, then I have no doubt that a busy blogger like you is at least in with a shout of some Orwellian recognition!
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