The New Statesman on Liberal England

Last week the New Statesman included a supplement on Politics and the Internet Age. In it the editor of the magazine's website offered a list of his 10 favourite political blogs and (hem, hem) Liberal England is one of them.

Ben writes:

Jonathan Calder holds his end up well in the competitive world of the blogosphere. A one-time speech writer for Paddy Ashdown and Liberal Democrat councillor, he’s also behind the comic creation that is Lord Bonkers – Liberal MP for Rutland South-West between 1906 and 1910.

Calder’s blog is an eclectic mix of musical choices, random news items from Shropshire (where he doesn’t live), and political news and views. It’s also a mine of information on Liberal Party history and characters.

If you like his blog, you’re sure to like his regular column on newstatesman.com: Calder’s Comfort Farm.

Of course, you may say he is biased because I also write a column for the New Statesman. Then again, maybe he asked me to write the column because he likes this blog?