UK Blog Roundup

Anyone with more than a passing interest in Irish history might want to check out Berkshire-based Pete Connolly's blog. Pete's grandfather, Jim Harpur, was a member of the fledgling IRA early in the 20th century and Pete has transcribed his memoirs and posted them online:

As the Artillery were passing I saw a camera-man with a tripod camera on the north side of Capel Street Bridge endeavouring to take photographs of the Parade. As we were making our way towards him to prevent him from doing so I observed two other Volunteers approaching him from the Quay side. They reached the camera-man first and I heard an altercation going on between them. The next thing I saw was the camera and the Cameraman being thrown into the Liffey.

Conservative blogger Donal Blaney asks if Tea Party activism could really work in the UK? The movement was launched at the weekend in Brighton.

There has been much discussion as to whether a Tea Party movement can work here in Britain. While a Tea Party in the US has connotations with the Boston uprising in the 1770s, a tea party here in Britain has connotations with cucumber sandwiches and scones.

Meanwhile the looming general election is pushing speculation on several blogs into the red zone. Stilettoed Socialist takes heart from a recent poll showing the gap between the two front runners at just 2 points:

Many questioned if Labour could survive at all . . . If the past two years have taught us anything, it's to never underestimate the Labour Party. Or Gordon Brown.

We can only expect to see this sort of blogging reach fever pitch as May approaches . . . or will it be March?

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