Total Politics Top 300 UK Political Blogs…

Links in full, taken from here, here and here.

The second figure denotes last year’s ranking. Where there is no figure, it means the blog is a new entrant to the chart.

1 Guido Fawkes 2 2 Iain Dale 3 7 Spectator Coffee House 4 3 Conservative Home 5 5 Political Betting 6 4 Dizzy Thinks 7 – Paul Waugh 8 13 Tom Harris MP 9 6 Devil’s Kitchen 10 18 Daniel Hannan MEP 11 71 Tory Bear 1214 Archbishop Cranmer 13 9 John Redwood MP 14 17 2 Hopi Sen 15 – LabourList 16 150 Old Holborn 17 – Douglas Carswell MP 18 10 Benedict Brogan 19 – Obnoxio the Clown 20 – Alastair Campbell 21 34 Letters from a Tory 22 8 Burning our Money 23 – Charlotte Gore 24 21 Donal Blaney 25 44 SNP Tactical Voting 26 29 Luke Akehurst 27 24 Nick Robinson 28 11 EU Referendum 29 43 Harry’s Place 30 15 LibDem Voice 31 28 Comment Central 32 – Next Left 33 20 Stumbling & Mumbling 34 83 The Daily (Maybe) 35 – Underdogs Bite Upwards 36 157 Guerilla Welsh Fare 37 – Himmelgarten Cafe 38 16 Mr Eugenides 39 12 Tim Worstall 40 46 UK Polling Report 41 57 A Very Public Sociologist 42 33 Dave’s Part 43 – Samizdata 44 38 Shane Greer 45 63 Biased BBC 46 34 Nadine Dorries MP 47 – Third Estate 48 37 Norfolk Blogger 49 Mark Reckons 50 109 Miserable Old Fart 51 41 Slugger O’Toole 52 131 Two Doctors 53 192 Blog Menai 54 39 Sadie’s Tavern 55 – Blackburn Labour 56 – Liberal Vision 57 – Tory Radio 58 198 Kerry McCarthy MP 59 – Malc in the Burgh 60 101 Mark Wadsworth 61 – Ranting Penguin 62 Bickerstaffe Record 63 – Boatang & Demetriou 64 – Working Class Tory 65 47 Socialist Unity 66 130 The F Word 67 – Caron’s Musings 68 – Heresy Corner 69 49 Liberal England 70 33 Tom Watson MP 71 31 LabourHome 72 – Ambush Predator 73 – Yapping Yousuf 74 – James Delingpole 75 25 People’s Republic of Mortimer 76 151 Penny Red 77 27 Adam Smith Institute 78 Dick Puddlecote 79 62 Libertarian Party Members’ Blog 80 69 Raedwald 81 – Scottish Unionist 82 – Go Fourth! 83 Sharpe’s Opinion 84 112 Adam Price MP 85 – Duncan’s Economic Blog 86 172 Behind Blue Eyes 87 100 Last Ditch 88 45 Quaequam Blog 89 UK Commentators 90 42 A Very British Dude 91 – TrueBlueBlood 92 – Richard Willis 93 – Constantly Furious 94 84 Peter Hitchens 95 145 Craig Murray 96 56 Paul Scully 97 67 J Arthur MacNumpty 98 160 Welsh Ramblings 99 – Don Paskini 100 – Syniadau

101 147 Stephen’s Linlithgow Journal 102 – Politicana 103 – FT Westminster Blog 104 – Peter Cranie 105 70 Three Thousand Versts 106 141 Vaughan Roderick 107 188 Harpymarx 108 – Though Cowards Flinch 109 – Tim Roll-Pickering 110 22 Boulton & Co 111 107 Cambria Politico 112 – Unenlightened Commentary 113 – Anna Raccoon 114 – Daniel 1979 Blog 115 – Appalling Strangeness 116 136 Cynical Dragon 117 165 Jennie Rigg 118 – Lobbydog 119 – Lords of the Blog 120 76 Kezia Dugdale’s Soapbox 121 98 Red Box 122 48 Daily Referendum 123 – Cicero’s Songs 124 74 A Pint of Unionist Lite 125 55 Millennium Dome Elephant 126 – Plaid Wrecsam 127 52 Capitalists at Work 128 – Cardiff Blogger 129 Lallands Peat Worrior 130 88 Lenin’s Tomb 131 50 Lynne Featherstone MP 132 – Steve Tierney 133 152 Tory Troll 134 – Matthew Taylor 135 91 Stuart King 136 – Guardian Politics Blog (Andrew Sparrow) 137 184 Another Green World 138 – Bob from Brockley 139 Pendroni 140 159 Valleys Mam 141 78 Bob Piper 142 – Freedom to Choose 143 – Boris Johnson 144 111 Conor’s Commentary 145 – Grumpy Spindoctor 146 176 Hen Rech Flin 147 85 Melanie Phillips 148 – Splintered Sunrise 149 – Tory Rascal 150 – Voice of the Resistance 151 – Stroppy Blog 152 – Dude the Dog 153 – Not a Sheep Maybe a Goat 154 – Polemical Report 155 – Barkingside 21 156 – Events Dear Boy Events 157 – John Rentoul 158 68 Normblog 159 58 Peter Black AM 160 129 Rupa Huq 161 64 Croydonian 162 – David Jones MP 163 60 Obsolete 164 – Philobiblon 165 – Counting Cats in Zanzibar 166 82 Love & Liberty 167 181 Mike Rouse 168 Rantin’ Rab 169 – Defence of the Realm 170 House of Dumb 171 – Patently Rubbish 172 106 Bethan Jenkins AM 173 92 The Wardman Wire 174 – Taking Liberties 175 – Plato Says 176 19 Three Line Whip 177 – Welsh Bloggers 178 – Alex Massie 179 102 NHS Blog Doctor 180 51 Paul Linford 181 – Politics Cymru 182 – Roger Helmer MEP 183 – Party Political Animal 184 142 A Tangled Web 185 Anthony Painter 186 – Left Outside 187 172 Miss Wagstaff Presents 188 174 Blether with Brian 189 – Borthlas 190 – Daily Quail 191 – Fugitive Ink 192 59 Glyn Davies 193 – Andrew Reeves 194 – Bagehot’s Notebook 195 – Leanne Wood AM 196 161 Charles Crawford 197 – Sweet & Tender Hooligan 198 – The Steamie 199 217 Madam Miaow Says 200 – Dave Hill

201 225 Shiraz Socialist 202 – Young Conservative 203 Angry Mob 204 Daily Politics 205 Fat Bigot Opines 206 – Irfan Ahmed 207 – Call me Ishmael 208 – Ideas of Civilisation 209 – 474 Votes to Win 210 110 Betsan Powys 211 – Green Ladywell 212 65 James Cleverly AM 213 116 Neil Clark 214 79 David Cornock 215 193 Doctor Vee 216 183 Open Europe 217 – Tabloid Watch 218 – Tractor Stats Recycled 219 95 An Englishman’s Castle 220 121 Jane Is the One 221 – Keep Right Online 222 90 Scottish Tory Boy 223 75 Theo Blackwell 224 – Gwilym Euros Roberts 225 – Tax Research UK 226 190 Neil Reddin 227 – Rupert Read 228 178 Bishop Hill 229 – Oliver Kamm 230 – Touchstone Blog 231 – 10 Drowning Street 232 – Burke’s Corner 233 – Dylan Jones-Evans 234 – Macuaid 235 249 Paul Flynn MP 236 – Always Win When You’re Singing 237 99 Chris Paul’s Labour of Love 238 – Frank Davis 239 – Gaian Economics 241 – Paul Mason 242 240 Prodicus 243 – Stuart Syvret 244 – Tory Politico 245 – Blue Blog 246 – Cllr Tim’s Blog 247 – Dave Luckett 248 – Ed West 249 – Grumpy Old Twat 250 94 Ewan Watt 251 61 31 (3) Ordovicius 252 – Gerald Warner 253 120 Snowflake5 254 – Blognor Regis 255 53 Our Kingdom 256 26 Recess Monkey 257 – Ruscombe Green 258 166 Labour and Capital 259 – This is my Truth 260 – Voice for Children 261 – Huw Lewis AM 262 – Campaign for an English Parliament 263 – The Daily Mash 264 156 Grimmer up North 265 – Longrider 266 – The Exile 267 – Tony Jones 268 – Moscow Tory 269 – Brits at Their Best 270 – Julian’s Musings 271 – Lord Toby Harris 272 – Martin Bright 273 – Plaid Bontnewydd 274 – Rebellion Sucks 275 – Campaign for Public Ownership 276 – Fair Deal Phil 277 – David Ottewell 278 – Jon Worth Euroblog 279 – Steve Barclay 280 – Louise Baldock 281 – Blood & Treasure 282 – John Ward 283 – Iain Lindley 284 – Freedom Central 285 – Police Inspector Blog 286 – Tendence Coatsey 287 – Excuse Me While I Step Outside 288 162 Kerron Cross 289 – Man in a Shed 290 – Al Jahom’s Final Word 291 – All Seeing Eye 292 – Sound of Gunfire 293 – Bread & Roses 294 – Jock Coats 295 – Left Luggage 296 – Oberon Houston 297 – Scots & Independent 298 – Tory Outcast 299 – Willie Rennie MP 300 – Angels in Marble

Dunno what happened to #240.

Congrats to all who made the list.

My top tips for inclusion next year are:

• The Salted Slug
• Steve Shark’s Hundreds & Thousands
• And There Was Me Thinking…
• The New Adventures of Juliette

AJ

Hat Tip: Boaty & D ;-)