Plaid AM's u-turn on blogging
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Not so long ago I did a bit of research on Welsh Assembly blogging patterns. After two or three emails, most of the AMs got back to me.I'm very grateful for all the responses, particularly this one from Plaid Ceredigion AM Elin Jones. She said: "I don’t blog because I haven’t the time... I don’t think they are effective for communicating with voters – they are only effective within the political elite."
Strange, then, that Elin has just started a blog at elinjones.com. It's heavy on politics and light on personality, but a blog's a blog.
Perhaps she's woken up to the fact that there's a big whopping university in her constituency. Last time round, at the general election, an orange brigade of students helped secure a Lib Dem victory. The sitting MP, Plaid's Simon Thomas, lost his seat despite being among the first politicians to blog.
Anyway, Elin, welcome to the 'political elite'.
Labels: blog, Ceredigion, Elin Jones, Plaid Cymru, Simon Thomas
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