Cornwall's Tories not very influential either
It was a jolly good wheeze of Iain Dale to list the top 50 influential politicians from the various wings - here's his take on the . As with the Lib Dems, none is from Cornwall. Several of them are not even in the Conservative Party.
Iain's list of does include one from Cornwall - Dagenham MP Jon Cruddas, born in Helston. OK, maybe that's cheating. Politicians from Cornwall's nationalist movement fail to make it into any of the lists, although if you would like to have a go at compiling one yourself, feel free to do so here.
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At 5th Oct 2010, Peter Tregantle wrote:Complain about this comment (Comment number 1)
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At 5th Oct 2010, TruroLad wrote:Interesting Graham - not sure why you've linked to last year's list though. I am sure there's some stunning political analysis there that I am missing. You don't think the party has moved on much in a year? :)
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At 5th Oct 2010, Andrew Jacks wrote:Are people not over egging the influence bloggers have?
Real life influences opinion, blogs like twitter and facebook bring out the voyeur in some, but rarely shapes opinion. As for Cornish bloggers are they not so far from the main stream where the wings meet making influence the least of concerns for them. I am left to be convinced if it discourages as much as it encourages
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At 5th Oct 2010, Graham Smith wrote:TruroLad - I linked to the 2009 list because I am a complete muppet. My mistake - apologies to all. The link now takes us to Iain Dale's 50-26 for this year; I guess the top 25 are still to come, and there's a chance Cornwall's Tories might make it after all.
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