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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Your Guide to Live Blogging on Election Night
These blogs have announced they will be live blogging election night. If you know of more, leave details in the comments, please.
WALES
Arsembly
Betsan Powys (BBC Wales)
Blamerbellbriefs
Ordovicius
Valleys Mam
Vaughan Roderick (BBC Wales - Welsh Language)
Wales Elects 2007
SCOTLAND
Debateable Land (from Washington DC!)
Liam Murray
Mr Eugenides
Scotland Votes
Tartan Hero
GENERAL COVERAGE
ConservativeHome
Iain Dale's Diary (from midnight)
LibDem Voice
Matt Wardman
Political Betting.com
Chris Paul (Manchester)
Paul Burgin
Matt Wardman has recommendations for tagging HERE. All the above blogs might want to check it out.
The Debatable Land is going to try and liveblog the Scottish election results from Washington DC. Hey, it's the internet age after all...
ReplyDeletewww.debatableland.typepad.com
Hi Iain, Betsan Powys (BBC Wales political editor) and myself (Welsh Affairs Editor) will be blogging live from the BBC Cardiff results studio. Betsan will be blogging in English. I'll be blogging in Welsh.
ReplyDeleteVaughan - at what addresses? If you don't give me the URL I can;t link to you!!!!
ReplyDeleteSorry Iain
ReplyDeleteBetsan is http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/election07/wales/
I am http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/cymraeg/
http://merchmerthyr.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeletevalleysmam will be having ago at live blogging
Labour home not blogging...., I guess they'll all be down the pub drowning their sorrows. Let's pray the electorate give them what they deserve.... a MEGA kick in the ARSE
ReplyDeleteHis Grace shall be in bed.
ReplyDeleteIt is not a matter of disinterest, but affirmation that the outcome is somewhat fore-ordained.
The Conservative Party will do marvellously; Labour will be in meltdown; and the SNP will win a slight edge in Holyrood, but insufficient to divide the kingdom.
Nighty night.
God, there's a Labour blogger left. Unbelievable. Where has he been since '97?
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ReplyDeleteI'll blog in Wales when back from my count !! Martin Eaglestone
ReplyDeleteps if victorious it could be Saturday !
Shame I don't have a camera with an email facility to send you an interview from the Harlow count.
ReplyDeleteAuntie Flo'
Frida it is then, Martin:)
ReplyDeleteLast poll from the Daily Telegraph has the SNP with a 6% lead in the constituencies and 5% in the regional list... Scotland is heading for change, and Brown is heading for a bruising. Hope to be blogging all through polling day, the Glasgow count and again on Friday during the local government count. Will this be the first election to be blogged in such depth?
ReplyDeleteHi Iain
ReplyDeleteI will be live blogging the election results at www.bestnewsfirst.blogspot.com
thanks
UK News and Politics
Oh, and by the way there are many more live blogging it in Wales. We may not have a proper parliament but the blogosphere has really taken off.
ReplyDeleteYou can see the comments in my post for all the details...
But Iain, I'm sure Vaughan would have thought he and Betsan would be on your favourites already !!
ReplyDeleteI must take my hat off to you being willing to put a link to Chris 'post in triplicate and they'll get the message' Paul when he is less than complimentary about you sometimes..
And with Man Utd out of the Champions League, what else can go wrong this week..
Does anybody know if the BBC will be covering the local elections, thereby avoiding the need to visit a myriad of boring and probably inaccurate websites waiting ages for them to refresh?
ReplyDeleteI'm blogging!
ReplyDeleteI will be blogging in the English language on
ReplyDeletehttp://miserableoldfart.blogspot.com/
and in the Welsh Language on:
http://henrechflin.blogspot.com/
Indigo Public Affairs will be blogging throughout Friday as the results come in during the day. We start at about 7am and at least half of the results will come during Friday.
ReplyDeleteIain and Guido's friend Alex is reviewing blog news to camera on the Beeb and would appreciate tipoffs if you have something good and want a mention to alexhilton@gmail.com ...
ReplyDeleteHe's also asked Labour bloggers to keep blogs running on www.labourhome.org and it may be worth checking in there too.
Iain,
ReplyDeleteI have a Welsh blog, however I have had an invitation to the 'Senedd' in Cardiff Bay by the BBC, and will attempt to blog from inside in both Welsh and English with photographs.
http://www.newyddsbon.com/blog
Huw Waters
I'm a Quebecer and I've covered in live blogging the election in French at http://liberlogos.spaces.live.com/
ReplyDeleteA number of Quebecois, especially within our indepdendence movement, look at the present Scottish events with great interest. Feel free to leave comments on my blog in English or French!