Cambria Politico End of Year Award for blogging:
Best Blog Post of 2008
Definitive Rant by Peoples Republic of Mortimer
Best Blog
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The winner of the prestigious Sauregurkenzeit Award for
political blogging in Wales is:
Miss Wagstaff Presents
Commiserations to Cynical Dragon who really really wanted to win this.
Congratulations to Pippa Wagstaff on consistently good blog content, on a successfully accomplished redesign and upgrade and, of course, winning the most votes in the online poll.
Judges Verdict: The standard of Welsh political blogs is getting better but is still lacking in significant ‘journalistic cutting edge’, impact on the political process or a coterie of regular post commentors. By rights, Peter Hain should have been the Welsh blogosphere’s first political victim but this opportunity was missed and taken by Guido Fawkes instead. Another major criticism is that many Welsh blogs are just rehashed versions and comments on other blogs or media stories with little original content. However, there are encouraging signs.
Judge’s Favourite blog: NoGoodBoyo
Thanks to Cambria Politico for hosting this award and congratulations on getting a major article published in the Total Politics ‘Guide to Political Blogging’ book about ‘the State of the Welsh Blogosphere’.
Since this is the silly season or ‘cucumber time’ (Sauregurkenzeit), every blog seems to be running a competition at the moment, so we are going to jump on this bandwagon too. We have made a biased eclectic (knew I’d get that word in sometime) choice from the Welsh political blogosphere for you to select 2 which you actually read and favour. Vote in the poll in the right column.
There are no prizes although some jokers have already suggested that the presenter of this prestigious award should be Rhodri Glyn and the prize should be a framed cigar butt from the floor of the Eli Jenkins pub, or a bronze cucumber for placing in an appropriate spot – but this would not be in the best possible taste.
Hat Tip – Valleysmam for the cucumber ref
Nominations for the best blog post judged by a panel of judges must be done by the end of the month (August) at Ordovicius:
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You can now vote for your favourite Welsh blog in the prestigious annual Welsh Blog Index Awards.
We hope you will consider Cambria Politico in the ‘Best Newcomer’ category by emailing your choice to:
Support the Welsh Blogosphere – reward the best.
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