Anders Hanson

Iain Dale has published his latest list of the top 100 Liberal Democrat blogs, and this year I come in at number 45.  I’m not sure what I have done to deserve it, but it is DOWN a whole 24 places on last year!  Mind you, I was not only stunned to appear in last year’s list, but I was even more surprised to be at number 21, so perhaps it is now a more accurate reflection of my standing.

What was worse though was being told my position in the list by Joe Taylor (On Liberty Online) who has moved UP 61 places in the last year from 91 to 30.  Although as he said to me at the time, his position is a surprise given that he hasn’t posted anything for two months.  I don’t bear a grudge really.  Maybe it’s a case of less is more, quality and not quantity etc etc.

Still, it’s good to see so many of my longest-standing Lib Dem friends in the list like Matt Davies, Alex Wilcock, Ed Maxfield, James Graham and Colin Ross, and three from Lib Dems in Sheffield - Joe Taylor, Joe Otten and my own .  When I first started blogging about four years ago (a different blog from the one I do now) everyone thought I was mad for doing it.  Today, they still think I’m mad for doing it, but they now have a blog as well.

IAIN DALE’S DIARY: Top 100 Liberal Democrat Blogs