Picking up the pieces – and building an online movement

COMMENT OF THE DAY:

“Why, when faced with the avalanche of right wing unregulated filth in the blogosphere, do we have to thumb our ‘bibles’ and fight the good fight, when what we should be doing is wearing large boots and kicking the crap out of hyenas like Guido? Yep, I see the argument about taking the high road… and it is undoubtedly the case that this is a squalid game… but if the school bully hits you, you hit him back – harder, and, if possible, in the balls.”

Andy Dawes, on Brown aide quits ove…wow, boy catches fish!

ON LABOURLIST NOW

Kit Leary threatens to cut up his membership card over the McBride affair.

PR man Mark Hanson says Labour is gaining fast online – we need to learn and move on.

Johnny Innes on the McBri…wait, a boy caught a FISH!

Laurie Penny says LabourList can rise above the petty smearing of the blogosphere.

Sunder Katwala argues the case against a viscious, rumour spreading Guido for the Left.

Mike Ion thinks Gordon Brown’s “regret” is not good enough.

FROM THE WEEKEND

Will Straw raises questions about the realities of “compassionate conservatism”.

Theo Blackwell cites 10 reasons to reject Dan Han’s rejection.

Vote 09: The first Web 2.0 elections?

Gabe Trodd launches a campaign of inclusion on crime.

How one man Tweeted his way back to Labour activism.

We’ll have more posts going up throughout the day, so stay tuned!

THE MCBRIDE AFFAIR

John McDonnell MP says smearing and dirty politics is not the Labour Way.

But Dominic Lawson saw it coming.

Francis Elliott in the Times on the awkward dichotomy of the Special Adviser.

Rachel Sylvester looks at the habit of dirty politics.

And Steve Richards says this will damage Labour’s ability to attack the Tories on policy in the future.

Leaving Michael Brown to tear skin off their empty manifesto.

A horrible affair, but looking forward: which Labour ministers stand to benefit?

FINALLIST

The north, Midlands and south Wales – a new recession claims the same victims.

ConservativeHome’s Tim Montgomerie says lobby jounalism is dead.

Stephen Pollard says not so – blogpower relies on the mainstream media for mass coverage.

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