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Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Can we just call them all racist?



I'd been trying to avoid taking part in the war between LabourList (Derek Draper) and the right-wing bloggers - but this is too funny to ignore.

A bit of background for new readers:

Draper is a Labour spin-doctor brought in by the party to re-balance the blogosphere - which is heavily tilted towards the political right.

His tool is LabourList, a website launched with the aim of rallying left support on the web.

But it has been criticised for being controlled from the top down - unlike many of the rightish blogs which stand apart from the Conservative Party.

Since its launch LabourList has not been a resounding success.

The film also alludes to a story about Draper's university qualification, which it was initially reported came from the famous institute UC Berkeley.

It turned out later that it was from a lesser known college next door to its prestigious neighbour.

Hat tip to Donal Blaney.