I thought the end of my first full month of blogging might be a good time to reflect. I am glad that I have managed a fairly regular rate of posting, and that the traffic is picking up. I hope I can keep it up in the coming months.
Actually, quite a lot of Brent councillors started a blog in 2006, fourteen in fact. Unfortunately, most of them seem to have run out of steam. Exceptions are Cllr Muhammed Butt (Tokyngton) Cllr Ralph Fox (Dollis Hill), Cllr Lesley Jones (Willesden Green) and Cllr Janice Long (Harlesden); all Labour as it happens.
Brent councillors' blogs can be found on the BRAIN Website. One of the problems with the BRAIN site is that, as it is paid for by the local authority, nothing even remotely political can be published during an election campaign. Cllr Lesley Jones is now avoiding this, by keeping her blog on a private site. Perhaps the purdah rule is why many councillors have had their rhythm disturbed.
Perhaps most poignant of the postings on the Brain website is that of Cllr David Clues, whose last posting begins "It is good to be back after the imposed silence of the Dudden Hill by-election." It was posted on 28 May 2007.
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