Lords of the Blog had a coming of age party on Thursday. A number of us celebrated with Hansard and House of Lords staff. The experimental stage has come to an end and we are now an established and ongoing operation. Our readers have helped make this a success – especially those who responded to the survey some months ago. I don’t think there are many people who question the importance of new ways to reach the public and we are the first legislature to have a blog of this type.
Many thanks to all of you for your help and support – we raised a glass to you!
Over-lapping slightly with another post, but Lord S it would be a good idea to invite readers of LOTB in to an event in Parliament rather than raising a glass to them from the hallowed interior.
It sounds like this is being considered now – it would make much more sense in engaging with those outside of the Palace rather than continuing to clink glasses with those inside.
Cheers, especially as it’s on us – sounds more curmudgeonly than meant
j
We have talked about inviting some of you to Parliament. How do we select who is to come? There won’t be space for everyone and I presume it will be easier for people in the south east. Any suggestions?
The drinks wern’t on you j – they were generously provided by a very supportive staff member. If however you are offering ….!!
Lord Norton (not) pinning this down:
The killer is “…three or more…”. I’m sitting back and watching Stephen, Croft, Liam, et al elongating the sporting season.
Meanwhile, how about maiden speeches from contributors? Win-win for obvious reasons.
A random choice of people that email in to a dedicated email address would probably be easiest and fairest? It would also allow anyone that needs to remain anonymous in their webcomments to remain so.
To add a bit of fun, you could always run the quiz via Twitter!
Women first.