Top of the blogs

Writing a blog is not unlike keeping a diary. To the best of my knowledge, however, only one blog has, to date, made it into print. Out Of The Tunnel by Rachel North is based on a blog that was written in the aftermath of the London terrorist bombs of July 2005. (A second blog, Wife In The North by Judith O'Reilly, was reported to be the subject of a £70k publisher's advance - see HERE - but I have yet to see it in print.)

Anyway, buy Iain Dale's Guide to Political Blogging in the UK (as I did last week) and you will find that Rachel from North London is listed at number 49 in the UK's top 100 political blogs. Top dogs (in the political blogging world) are currently:

1. Iain Dale's Diary
2. Guido Fawkes
3. Dizzy Thinks
4. Conservative Home
5. Political Betting

My favourites are:

1. Iain Dale's Diary

Er, that's it.

I have nothing against the other blogs - I just haven't got time to read them, religiously, every day. A year ago, according to Iain, there were around 500 political blogs in the UK. Today there are 1200 and ID's Guide to Political Blogging lists all of them, including this one.

Blogging is a growth industry, but whether it can ever influence government policy remains to be seen.