Irish Political News

Nich Starling the Norfolk Blogger reports that Iain Dale is banned from schools in Norfolk by the firewall: It is interesting sometimes to see which websites Norfolk County Council seek to block so that schools cannot access them. The obvious things are blocked (anything vaguely risque), but Norfolk County Council do have a habit of blocking some very odd things too, including Iain Dale’s blog. Says Iain in the comments: It was probably the article I wrote on my blog about the disgraceful rise in councillor expenses that did it! Norfolk County Council is controlled by the … er … Conservative Party. How very different from Essex, also controlled by the Conservatives. In Essex the the blog by its Leader, Baron Hanningfield, who is also the Conservative Front Bench Spokesman in the Lords for Transport, is hosted by the County Council itself at: http://lordhanningfield.essexcc.gov.uk/ Mine not to reason why, but personally I’d take Essex - since they appear not to have their knickers in a time-wasting twist and just seem to be getting on with it. A potential nightmare conflict of interest wise, but Lord H seems to be keeping carefully to local questions. If I was him, I’d have my own personal blog as well - otherwise when he loses the election they will change the name of the blog and he will vanish from Google like Mr Gordon from awkward political situations. Tags: lord hanningfield, essex cc, norfolk county council, iain dale