Blogland turns leftwards?

Anthony Barnett (London, OK): There is a significant post by Sunny Hundal over in Liberal Conspiracy about the success of the campaign to back the HFE Bill and roll back the assault spearheaded by Nadine Dorries MP. In particular, he asserts that the right wing bloggers have been evasive and silent, toeing a party line they are uncomfortable with personally. (Bang to rights!) It has been both a fact and a stereotype that the right are much better bloggers than the left in Britain. Is this changing? I think it is, and Sunny is playing a key role in this because he links generously. The right is much better at supporting each other than the left - which tends usually to go for silos and sectarianism rather than curiosity and solidarity. I could go on - but that would sound like winging. The wonderful exception is LC and its sister site Pickled Politics. There are some other factors as well. The campaign was a defensive one against an outrageously marketed attack - much easier to collaborate on exposing this than exploring a way forward. But the experience is hugely positive.