It turns out that the Guardian didn’t jinx it for me after all. What’s more, I appear to have a web exclusive here (which is rather sad as I should be out celebrating come to think of it). So, just to let people know, I won the Best Blog Post and Best Blog at the Lib Dem Blog Awards this evening.
Ros Taylor, better known as the Guardian Backbencher and Comment is Free Honcho presented me with both awards. The other winners were: Hug a Hoodie (Best New Blog), Mary Reid (Best Blog by an Elected Representative AND Best Designed Blog) and Liberal Mafia (Best Humourous Blog). The latter failed to collect his award but sent a rather fetching horse’s head. In addition, Matt Davies got a special commendation for Best Blog by an Elected Representative while Hug a Hoodie got a special commendation for Best Blog Post.
So, thanks a lot to the judges (Will Howells, Lynne Featherstone, Stephen Tall and Ryan Cullen) and thanks a lot to every one who nominated me. Commiserations too to everyone who was nominated but didn’t win on this occasion (I hope they’ll forgive me if rather than listing them all I just link to the list of nominations).
I’d like to say I’m above such petty baubles, but in reality I’m deeply shallow.
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Well done James. No contest really, though I’m glad Hug a Hoodie got an award. Maybe next year we can have a “village idiot” category which I might be in the running for.
Congratulations James, very well done.
Not wanting to quibble, but how can a blog with just 2 categories: “blog” and “local information” be considered well-designed?
Matt
I thought Hug a Hoodie was the best designed.
Many congratulations James – very well deserved!
Well done…
Congratulations, James (now that i’ve found the post where congratulations are happening!!