Week Eleven: Know Your Enemy
In today’s hectic multimedia age, it is easy only to spend time reading blogs, websites or newspapers with whom you are in agreement. That is a very dangerous course for the conservative activist to take. It is imperative to be as well read as possible – not just so that you know what your opponents are up to but also to get you sufficiently angry and motivated that you remember why it is you do what you do.
That said, time is tight. I would therefore recommend the following ten online resources to bookmark and check either daily or at least once or twice a week. Just hold your nose as you read them..!
LabourList – Derek Draper may not have gone to Berkeley but he has successfully pulled together an impressive (insofar as it that is possible on the left) list of contributors whose combination of class warfare, bitterness and smears make it a must read for conservatives. Goading contributors in the comments section is optional.
Go Fourth – John Prescott’s online effort shows that, for a man into his 70s, he has grasped the power of the internet far more than Kate Garraway’s current husband.
Polly Toynbee – if you have the time, read The Guardian each day. If that doesn’t get you angry, nothing will. But save time, in particular, to be repulsed by the nauseating, self-congratulatory deceit that personifies Polly Toynbee’s columns.
Huffington Post – the left’s answer to The Drudge Report. More sour than a mouthful of lemons and as accurate as Jo Brand is slim. So left-wing that they think President Obama is a neocon!
Alastair Campbell - Machiavelli’s heir is new to blogging but he is doing his best to poison the political sphere. Make sure you sign up to his emails (on Go Fourth) so you know what he’s trying to get people to do in the name of stopping Gordon Brown’s defeat at the polls.
Liberal Conspiracy – particularly venal and unpleasant, Liberal Conspiracy is the home of the radical left in the British blogosphere. If you can’t find a smear here, it’s only a matter of time before it appears.
Recess Monkey – Alex Hilton’s hatred of Tories is matched only by his hatred for himself.
Occupations – helpfully the ranks of the great unwashed whose treachery has led to them to sympathise with Hamas have a website listing all of their plans and antics.
The Independent – if you want to know what to think on that day’s news stories, you can rarely go wrong if you follow this simple rule: read The Independent, find out its take on the news and then think the opposite!
The European Union – over 80% of our laws originate in Brussels and that percentage is only going to grow. The EU is rarely shy about its plans for a European superstate. Read what they are up to, in their own words.
Now you have no excuse not knowing what the left is up to..!
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