Total Politics blew our trumpet

by Matt Wardman on September 21, 2011

[Update: To reflect that the work is all done by the staff at Total Politics - to whom our congratulations - the title has been updated.]

We’ve just had the final results of the Total Politics poll out, and the HMS Raccoon is at number 15 overall, which is nice.

: Anna Raccoon: No 15 in Politics Blogs

We’re also no 19 in the Top Media blogs:

: Anna Raccoon: No 19 in Media Blogs

Number 2 in Libertarian blogs:

: Anna Raccoon: No 2 Libertarian Blog

And number 8 in Group blogs:

: Anna Raccoon No 8 in Group Blogs

We’re also the top blog with Raccoon in the name, the top blog which starts with the Letter A and the top blog which is an anagram of drug smuggling:

Anon Ran Coca

And that may or may not be part of Anna’s ‘full rich life’, but I couldn’t possibly comment; though I might tell certain people if there was a chance of them getting arrested by the Metropolitan Police in search of sources.

And also – interestingly – we seem to be the Top Blog with a Lady Editor, though round here it’s more Egypt-under-Cleopatra than Spare-Rib. The sisterhood must have been too busy complaining about teeshirts, or having a go (*) at Richard Dawkins, or something.

Congratulations to Cranmer, who is the most voted-for blog run as a single-person operation, and I wonder whether anyone knows what happened to the Third Estate, the home of Jacob Bard-Rosenberg, which seems to have vanished.

There’s a bit more to say on this, especially about the Top Political Bloggers who keep Stick Insects as Pets category, which seems to have gone missing, and to highlight interesting new blogs which have appeared, but we’ll return to that.

(*) The account I have linked to by Emma Band is highly coloured, and a little imaginative.

[Update: Guido just tweeted these interesting comments]

: Blog Awards – Guido Comments

Tagged as: blog awards, Iain Dale, top political blogs, total politics

Matt Wardman blogs at The Wardman Wire, on media, politics and technology, in addition to writing at the Raccoon Arms. Follow me on Twitter.

{ 18 comments }

backwoodsman September 21, 2011 at 12:21

I hope your headline isn’t a homophobic dig at mrs dale. I already subscribe to one homophobic blog at fawkes’s , I couldn’t possibly subscribe to another one !

Anna "just found the Internet point" Raccoon September 21, 2011 at 12:31

Ms Raccoon just made her way down five flights of hospital stairs accompanied by her trolley – alerted by a text message telling her that Matt Wardman was running a post on her site called ‘Ian Dale blew our strumpet’ – I knew he wouldn’t be that rude about me behind my back…..well, I was fairly sure, just wanted to check, you know.
Congratulations all of you – you’ve kept HMS Raccoon sailing through some very difficult waters.
My that has made my day – I needed cheering up this afternoon – bless all who voted in her.

ivan September 21, 2011 at 13:06: Anna, you really should stop reading ‘bar wench tales’ – blowing our strumpet in deed!

Anyway jolly well done.
JuliaM September 21, 2011 at 13:47: Jolly well deserved!

Daz Pearce September 21, 2011 at 12:58

Very well done to the Raccoon Squad from the Bunny Squad – nice to see Britian’s fave animal-based blog getting the recognition it deserves…

SadButMadLad September 21, 2011 at 13:55

The two of us fill the top two places in the list of animal themed political blogs then!

Daz Pearce September 21, 2011 at 17:33: Thanks mate – 15 and 162 – is quite a gulf though it must be said!!

Iain Dale September 21, 2011 at 13:18

With respect, the awards have nothing to do with me this year. I had no involvement in their orgaisation or publication. All the work of my colleagues at Total Politics.

Matt Wardman September 21, 2011 at 14:08