251 is the magic number. Sort of.
September 29th, 2007 at 23:48
Tory blogger Iain Dale is a clever man. In a clever and calculated move to promote his new book about political blogging, he’s compiled a list of the 500 best UK political blogs. His thinking is pretty transparent: “People who like political blogs read political blogs, so if I write a book about political blogs and get political blogs to link to it by massaging the egos of 500 political bloggers, people who buy books about political blogs will come to my political blog and buy my book about political blogs”.
I’m not complaining though, as incredibly, I’ve ended up at number 251. I’m pleased with that – especially since that’s only one place behind Jeffrey Archer, of all people.
What does this mean? It means that my political opinions are the 251st most valid in the entire country. If the government needs the 251st best expert to consult on, say, foreign policy, they know where to turn (ie: towards me).
When they decide what to do about Burma, if the first 250 plans don’t work, they could listen to me instead.
That Iain Dale is a clever man though. I’m really tempted to buy his book now, even if it would indirectly be funding a Tory candidate, just so I can carry it everywhere with me, and try and slip this fact into conversation as much as possible, before producing the book as proof.
“Hello ladies, I’m the 251st best political blogger in the UK” is a pretty good chat-up line, I reckon. Maybe I should try it some time? (And video the results for Youtube, voxpop style, obviously.)
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