Political blogging in Southend

What makes a good blog? Intelligent content that is well-written is one determinant, another would be the frequency of output. A blog that goes months without being updated is of little use, especially I the fast moving world of politics.

I am not sure anyone would describe Southend-on-Sea as an exciting town politically, after all, the last time a non-Conservative was elected to Parliament by Southend’s voters was 1906. Still, the council chamber does at least show the occasional dissent from Tory orthodoxy, as the Tories struggle to muster decisive majorities.

I have listed below the local political bloggers that I am aware of, sorted by the date of the latest entry. Aside from me (and I admit to being less assiduous as regards to blogging than I used to be) only three at a push can claim to have done anything recently.

There are alternatives to blogs, yet nothing in my humble opinion is as good at delivering a good argument or discourse as the bloosphere.

John Haran		an-essex-man-of-letters.blogspot.com	12 Aug 2018
Mike Fieldhouse	Labour	www.mikefieldhouse.com/blog	9 Aug 2018
Nigel Holdcroft	Conservative	nigel-holdcroft.blogspot.com	28 Jul 2018
Daniel Nelson	Conservative	s655420503.initial-website.co.uk	30 May 2018
Ian Pope	Labour	southendvillagesocialist.blogspot.com	14 Apr 2018
Matthew Dent	Labour	matthewsdent.wordpress.com	9 Apr 2018
Tony Cox	Conservative	shoeburyblogger.blogspot.com	16 Mar 2018
James Courtenay	Conservative	jamescourtenay.wordpress.com	23 Jan 2018
Del Thomas	Conservative	southendfox.wordpress.com	28 Oct 2016
Mark Flewitt	Conservative	markflewitt.wordpress.com	20 Aug 2016
Ian Gilbert	Labour	iangilbertblog.wordpress.com	17 Jun 2016
Martin Terry	Independent	martin-terry.blogspot.com	4 Apr 2016
Helen McDonald	Labour	helenmcdonaldblog.wordpress.com	27 Mar 2016