Blog Review: 189

• David Cornock examines the state of the Welsh Lib Dems finances. More here from Vaughan Roderick (translated here by Ordovicius), Welsh Lobbyist and Welsh Ramblings.
• IWA looks at Welsh sovereignty.
• Tomos Livingstone looks at the apparent bid by David Milliband for the leadership of the Labour party. More here from David Jones, Ordivicius, Valleys Mam and Welsh Ramblings .
• Adam Price gives his latest Golwg offering.
• Leanne Wood welcomes Dafydd Iwan to the blogsphere.
• Dylan Jones-Evans looks at the changing face of the Welsh political landscape.
• Ceredig looks at the media’s influence on the political narrative.
• Ordovicius gives the results of his poll on when to hold a Welsh referendum on further powers.
• Welsh Ramblings looks at which party is winning the facebook battle.

Blog Review: 188

• David Cornock suggests a less than positive slogan for Labour.
• Tomos Livingstone thinks a change of leader could only make things worse.
• Bethan Jenkins calls for more women to start blogging.
• John Dixon looks at the Tories at the next General election.
• Amlwch To Magor looks at the future of the Welsh Office.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare wonders what ever happened to Mike Germans resignation.
• Half Blood Welshman notes rumours of a plot to oust Brown.
• Ordovicius notes a potential challenge from David Milliband. Welsh Ramblings picks up on Harriett Harmon’s denials.

Blog Review: 187

• Cambria Politico looks at the Glasgow impact on unionist parties.
• Tomos Livingstone looks at plots within the Labour party to remove Gordon Brown.
• Glyn Davies notes the future isn’t looking bright for Brown.
• Ordovicius looks at calls for Gordon Brown to resign.
• Miss Wagstaff looks at the video of Cameron on devolution.
• Peter Black suggests the Lib Dem bloggers are doing ok.
• Welsh lobbyist looks at David Cameron’s preparations for Government.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare asks if the end is near for Brown.
• Welsh Ramblings looks at Huw Lewis recent comments in the Cambria Magazine.

Blog Review: 186

• Tomos Livingstone looks at the result in Glasgow. More here from Bethan Jenkins, David Jones, Amlwch to Magor, Half Blood Welshman, Heledd Fychan, Miserable Old Fart, Miss Wagstaff and Welsh Ramblings.
• Bethan Jenkins notes David Cameron’s views on a referendum for Wales.
• Peter Black looks at potentially closing down the Welsh Office.
• Glyn Davies looks at the “what ifs” for Plaid.
• Amlwch to Magor notes the SNP have the Tories worried.
• Ordovicius looks at Plaid’s dominance of the blogsphere

Blog Review: 185

• Tomos Livingstone looks at the Tories in Europe.
• David Jones notes missing Labour MP’s.
• Peter Black notes the Tories don’t understand a system they implemented.
• Amlwch to Magor notes Alun Ffred Jones’ appointment as the new Minister for Heritage. More on that from Heledd Fychan and Ordovicius.
• Welsh Ramblings looks at why the SNP could win in Glasgow.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare draws attention to a Q&A on St Athan.

Top Ten Blogs

In early September TOTAL POLITICS, in association with APCO WORLDWIDE will publish the 2008-9 Guide to Political Blogging in the UK. It will contain articles on blogging by some of Britain's leading bloggers, together with a directory of UK political blogs, and a series of Top 20s and Top 10s. The book will be available at the Green Party, TUC, Labour, LibDem and Tory Conferences, where TOTAL POLITICS will have exhibition stands.

They're asking for your votes to decide the Top 100 UK Political Blogs. Simply email your Top Ten (ranked from 1 to 10) to toptenblogs@totalpolitics.com. If you have a blog, please encourage your readers to do the same. Iain Dale will then compile the Top 100 from those that you send in. Just order them from 1 to 10. Your top blog gets 10 points and your tenth gets 1 point.

The deadline for submitting your Top 10 is Friday August 15th. Please type Top 10 in the subject line. Or you can of course leave your Top 10 in the Comments on Iain's post.

Once all the entries are in a lucky dip draw will take place and the winner will be sent £100 worth of political books!The rules are simple:

1. Please only vote once
2. Only blogs based in the UK, run by UK residents are eligible or based on UK politics are eligible
3. Votes must be cast before Friday 15
4. Blogs chosen must be listed in the Total Politics Blog Directory.
5. You must send a list of TEN blogs, ranked. Any entry containing fewer than ten blogs will not count.
6. Anonymous votes left in the comments will not count. You must give a nameSo, once again, the email address to send your TOP TEN BLOGS to is...

toptenblogs@totalpolitics.com

(Hat Tip Ordovicius)

Blog Review: 184

• Tomos Livingstone looks at what has changed.
• Elfyn Llwyd notes the dates for the Presidential Hustings.
• Peter Black looks at MP’s opposing the Badger Cull proposals. More on this by Amlwch to Magor.
• Glyn Davies suggests Carwyn Jones is unstoppable. The views he gives on Rhodri Glyn Thomas’ resignation are also examined by Peter Black. John Dixon also addresses Glyn Davies post.
• Plaid’s Cangen Bontnewydd looks at the Welfare reform Green Paper. More here from Ordovicius who challenges the potential First ministers to give their views.

Blog Review: 183

• Cambria Politico looks at Don Touhig’s success on the housing market. More here from Valley’s Mam.
• Peter Black calls his fellow AM’s hypocrites. Guerrilla Welsh Fare gives a reaction to the post here.
• Dylan Jones Evans joins those looking at the biggest waste of £200k.
• Ordovicius suggests the Unions have Brown over a barrel.

Blog review: 182

• Betsan Powys looks at the ins and outs of the Assembly.
• David Cornock looks at an exchange between Elfyn Llwyd and Gordon Brown at PMQ’s.
• Adam Price gives his latest Golwg offering.
• David Jones calls for Edwina Hart to resign.
• Glyn Davies looks at the Tory tax position.
• Amlwch to Magor adds to the wasted £200k debate and comments on the remarkable aging of Labour supporters.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare looks at the 2p U-Turn and S4C’s English Language commentary. The Cynical Dragon takes an opposing view.
• Heledd Fychan notes fears over increasing knife crime.
• Miss Wagstaff looks at blogging and employment.
• Ordovicius looks at the South Wales Echo’s comments on the Welsh Language and notes a re-election for Jill Evans.

Blog Review: 181

• Betsan Powys looks at ‘Welsh Solutions.’
• David Cornock looks at politician’s holidays.
• Adam Price suggests Gordon Brown could be gone sooner rather than later.
• Andrew Nutt looks at the furniture scandal surrounding Labour in Caerphilly.
• Ordovicius looks at some false endorsement for the Labour in Glasgow.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare, Valley’s Mam and Welsh Lobbyist all give their views on the biggest waste of £200k.

Blog Review: 180

• David Cornock notes the possibility of yet another by-election.
• Betsan Powys looks at the referendum.
• IWA examines the fortunes of the welsh media.
• Bethan Jenkins takes issue with Huw Lewis’ recent comments.
• Paul Flynn attacks David Davies over his claims of secret documents and David Davis upon his return to Parliament.
• Welsh Lobbyist looks at missing members of the All Wales Convention.

To Lose One Blog Is Unfortunate, To Lose Two Is Just Careless

I am sad to say goodbye to two of the Welsh blogsphere’s best in Southpaw Grammar and Normal Mouth who have both announced their exits. I guess with the concerns over civil service blogging and the fact that we are not (I would presume) in an election year we should expect more blogs to fall by the wayside.

On the positive I have welcomed Heledd Fychan to the blog roll.

Return of the Blog: Blog Review: 179

I’ve been on a bit of a break but have returned with new vigour. Here’s a review of the blogs from last week and the weekend as a catch up.

• Betsan Powys looks at the Tories issues on devolution. More here from David Cornock and Guerrilla Welsh Fare.
• Vaughan Roderick looks at by-election wins for Labour and Plaid. More on that from Amlwch to Magor, Ordovicius and Welsh Ramblings.
• David Jones looks at the blogging risks of public servants.
• Andrew Nutt Looks at the Barnett Formula Review.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare looks at the impact of the Glasgow By-Election and Don Touhig’s criticisms of Labour in Wales.
• Miserable Old Fart notes Lembits’ heart ache. More here from Ordovicius and Valley’s Mam.
• Ordovicius looks at Ron Davies potential switch to Plaid.