Comments on: Will Straw Fails To Understand The Tory Blogosphere http://www.platform10.org/2010/02/will-straw-fails-to-understand-the-tory-blogosphere/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-straw-fails-to-understand-the-tory-blogosphere Campaigning for a modern liberal Conservative Party Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:28:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frugal Dougal http://www.platform10.org/2010/02/will-straw-fails-to-understand-the-tory-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-25565 Frugal Dougal Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:29:33 +0000 http://www.platform10.org//?p=900#comment-25565 It's not the first time that Labour activists have misunderstood us. Harriet Harman once complained that the Conservative Party was paying conservative bloggers. [sighs] If only... It’s not the first time that Labour activists have misunderstood us. Harriet Harman once complained that the Conservative Party was paying conservative bloggers. [sighs] If only…

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.platform10.org/2010/02/will-straw-fails-to-understand-the-tory-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-25526 uberVU - social comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:18:56 +0000 http://www.platform10.org//?p=900#comment-25526 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by DJSkelton: New PLATFORM 10 blog: Will Straw Fails To Understand The Tory Blogosphere http://tinyurl.com/yaqq7bo... Social comments and analytics for this post…

This post was mentioned on Twitter by DJSkelton: New PLATFORM 10 blog: Will Straw Fails To Understand The Tory Blogosphere http://tinyurl.com/yaqq7bo...

]]> By: Will Straw http://www.platform10.org/2010/02/will-straw-fails-to-understand-the-tory-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-25525 Will Straw Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:47:34 +0000 http://www.platform10.org//?p=900#comment-25525 Hi David, Thanks for the kind words about Left Foot Forward. I agree that the blogosphere is bottom-up rather than top-down and indeed edited a book last year for the Fabian Society ("The Change We Need") which makes exactly that point. In relation to your charge, I think you, like a number of other Tory bloggers, have misread the original article. The article detailed allegations from an anonymous source but in the following sentence said, "Shane Greer, who was at the event, denied that bloggers were offered morning emails." The headline of the article and body of the piece relate to Eric Pickles remarks, corroborated by a number of people including Greer and Harry Cole, about the Tory blogosphere's role in rebuttal. The Tory blogosphere proved this point by jumping on a tweet by Sam Coates minutes after the post was published. The comments thread on the original post detail this very clearly. All the best, Will Hi David,

Thanks for the kind words about Left Foot Forward.

I agree that the blogosphere is bottom-up rather than top-down and indeed edited a book last year for the Fabian Society (“The Change We Need”) which makes exactly that point.

In relation to your charge, I think you, like a number of other Tory bloggers, have misread the original article.

The article detailed allegations from an anonymous source but in the following sentence said, “Shane Greer, who was at the event, denied that bloggers were offered morning emails.”

The headline of the article and body of the piece relate to Eric Pickles remarks, corroborated by a number of people including Greer and Harry Cole, about the Tory blogosphere’s role in rebuttal.

The Tory blogosphere proved this point by jumping on a tweet by Sam Coates minutes after the post was published. The comments thread on the original post detail this very clearly.

All the best,

Will

]]>