“The Guardian doesn’t do linkbait”: Oh Yes It Does
Returning to Joy Lo Dico’s article from last Sunday about newspapers and their websites.
On Technorati:
Technorati, a blog indexer, notes that there have been over 460,000 blog reactions to Guardian articles, proving both engagement in its output and its authority. The Telegraph and the Mail Online do not reach half those figures, and the Sun only [...]
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TheyWorkForYou.com overhauled by MySociety: Extends back to 1935
MySociety, the non-profit organisation lead by Tom Steinberg, has redesigned their TheyWorkforYou.com website with data about UK Parliamentary politics.
The site provides easily accessible records of the UK Parliamentary process, and now contains data going back to 1935.
Political anoraks are going to rub their hands in anticipation, and probably lose the entire weekend to anoractivities (sorry).
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TheyWorkForYou.com overhauled by MySociety: Extends back to 1935
Who wrote Lord Mandelson’s “Reasons for Not Selling the Post Office” ?
Recently the Cardinal Baron Lord Mandelson, Viceroy of somewhere very long and difficult to remember, has give us a whole quiverful of reasons for not selling off the Post Office, then inspected them and put them back in his quiver and tried another one to see if it works.
I was wondering where this all came from, and then I had a break.
This is the transcript of a tape from a special spy camera installed near Regent's Park in London, just in case a certain vehement Australian Cricket supporter notorious for violence should become unruly during the Ashes this summer.
In fact it caught (and recorded) an entirely different character engaging in nefarious activities. Step forward ... Lord Mandelbrot.
Lord Mandelbrot of Super-Cali-Fragil-istic-espi-ali-docious, visiting the Marsupial Enclosure
Hi Skip, do you remember me from 1994, when I needed advice?
Skippy XVIII
tchk tchk tchk
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Who wrote Lord Mandelson’s “Reasons for Not Selling the Post Office” ?
Porffor ac Oren a Glas
Mae'r blogio wedi bod yn gymharol ysgafn yw wythnos hon a hynny am reswm. Rwyf wedi bod yn defnyddio'r munudau sbâr hynny sy gan amlaf yn amser blogio i baratoi cyflwyniad ar gyfer cynhadledd Sefydliad Bevan wythnos nesaf.
Nid fi wnaeth ddewis y testun ac mae'n un rhyfeddol o anodd sef ceisio darogan pa liw neu liwiau y bydd llywodraeth Cymru ar ôl 2011. Mae'n dasg amhosib bron. Gallaf ddychmygu am sefyllfaoedd a fyddai'n arwain at bron pob un cyfuniad posib. Serch hynny mae 'na ddau gyfuniad sy'n hynod o annhebyg. Un o'r rheiny, wrth reswm yw clymblaid rhwng Llafur a'r Ceidwadwyr. Y llall yw'n hen gyfaill o 2007- yr "enfys".
Os gofiwch chi fe ddaeth yr "enfys" (sef clymblaid o Blaid Cymru, y Ceidwadwyr a'r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol) o fewn y dim i ffurfio Llywodraeth y Cynulliad. Oni bai am y tebot siocled o gyfansoddiad sydd gan y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol y glymblaid honno fyddai'n llywodraethu heddiw.
Roedd yr enfys yn opsiwn pwysig yn 2007 oherwydd cyfuniad o ddau ffactor. Y cyntaf oedd y ffaith nad oedd Plaid Cymru a'r Ceidwadwyr a digon seddi rhwngddyn nhw i ffurfio llywodraeth. Yr ail ffactor oedd amharodrwydd y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol i ffurfio clymblaid a Llafur. Yr enfys a chlymblaid "coch-gwyrdd" (fel yr oeddwn yn ei galw ar y pryd) oedd y dewisiadau posib yn 2007 felly.
Fe fydd 'na wahaniaeth pwysig yn 2011. I'r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol roedd y profiad o wrthod clymblaid a Llafur yn ddigon tebyg i brofiad crwt yn gwlychu ei drowsus. Roedd hi'n gynnes a phleserus am ychydig funudau ond yn hynod o amhleserus ar ôl hynny. Dyw'r blaid ddim yn mynd i wneud yr un camgymeriad eto.
Pa ddewisiadau fydd ar y bwrdd yn 2011 felly? Wel, fe fydd coch-gwyrdd ar gael o dan bob amgylchiad tebygol. Os ydy cyfanswm aelodau'r Blaid Lafur a'r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol yn fwy na thrideg cyfuniad rhwng y pleidiau hynny yw'r dewis arall. Os ydy'r cyfanswm hwnnw yn llai na thrideg clymblaid rhwng Plaid Cymru a'r Ceidwadwyr yw'r ail opsiwn.
Dim "enfys" felly. Mae hynny'n pery loes calon i mi. Nid cymhellion gwleidyddol sy gen i dros ddweud hynny. Yn nyddiau cynnar y blog yma fe ges i lot o sbort yn llunio penawdau ynghylch yr enfys; "enfys yw fy mywyd", "pot o aur", "Draw dros yr enfys" ayb.
Roedd y posibiliadau'n ddiddiwedd ac roeddwn yn gobeithio eu hail-gylchu nhw i gyd yn 2011! Damnia!
The Tory hating Ben Bradshaw and the so called gay hating Tories by Garbo
Recently I have been fairly harsh on the Tories when they make sweeping unfounded statements that do as much damage to politics itself as it does to the individuals the, sometimes quite vicious, personal attacks are aimed at.
I think the lazy and liberal use of the liar word recently by a number of the parliamentary [...]
The Plight of Pleasley Hill
Pleasley Hill is a small community near Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. Historically it has been "ignored" (that is probably the best word).
Recently one members of the community, Mark Jones, started using a simple Wordpress.com blog called "Plight of Pleasley Hill" to draw attention to the community's need.
Why isn’t Kirsty making a bigger impact ?
I WONDER whether the new Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams can ever win over the issue of payments to Assembly Government contractors, writes Clive Betts from the National Assembly press gallery.
She complained to the press at the weekly Lib Dem briefing that while suppliers of goods – such as paper and pencils – to the [...]
Ieuan turns into a petrol-head over speed on our main roads
IT’S A move that will please petrol-heads and some of their fast-moving Tory friends, writes Clive Betts from the National Assembly press gallery.
Ieuan Wyn Jones, the transport minister and Deputy First Minister, is bringing in new speed limits for roads which are HIGHER than for the same sort of roads in England.
Mr Jones first told [...]