This blog post is written today with the single aim of reminding Thanet's bloggers - you are doing it right*.

Conventional blogging wisdom says that there are a bunch of things that a successful blogger does and I can assure you that our bloggers are doing them. Well done you lot.

For reference this is a list of most of the things the pro-bloggers will advise you about.

Strong headlines
Smart writing techniques
Call to action / question to end with
Celebrity gossip
Political gossip
Breaking news
Telling stories
Uncovering facts
Being funny - making readers laugh
Stategic use of controversy
Reviews of the latest event/technology/news headline/political action
Linking to similar stories (by other bloggers)


* For given values of right

Thanet needs heretics that the status quo and give it a damn good thrashing. Those disruptive souls that are not content to tow the party line but are bold enough to challenge things.

These change bringers through whose actions fresh ideas come both by reaction against and by inspirational leadership. "10 Thanet Heretics You Should Bookmark" listed some of Thanet's heretics. Here are ten more. As before they are in no particular order and I know I've had to leave people out.


Luke Edwards. The new boy on the block and already slated by the likes of me to rise to great things. His blog has started strong and there is no reason why it should not continue to be so. Not frightened of causing a little mild offence this is possibly a new "A list" Thanet blogger to look out for.

Tim Garbutt. A potential Green Party MP for South Thanet. This heritic has little to gain by keeping up the current status quo and everything to gain by challenging it. Right or wrong, agree or disagree - this is a heretic worth paying attention to if only for an alternative point of view.

Mark Nottingham. A blogger not frightened to stire things up, to push the limits and to make a stand where he sees fit. He might not be the best face for Labour to score votes but when it comes to shaking up the status quo this blogger has what it takes. What the result of this blogger's actions and words might be remains to be seen but we can say this ignoring him is not an option.

Keep reading to discover more heretics of Thanet

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The Thanet Star Webfeed alone has, according to feedburner, so far produced 10,990 clicks back to the site for over 150 items. That is an average of 73 (and a bit) clicks.

However those clicks were not distributed evenly. Some posts were more popular than others.

These are the all time most popular Thanet Star posts to date as organically voted for by feed users.


10. Ready for the election battle?

9. Hazel Blears gets special attention from police.

8. Pictures from the "Big Event"

7. Finding work with less jobs

6. 5 minuets of fame for you

Keep reading to find out why some people are going to be full on offended by what came out as most popular.

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Thanet's top blogs can now be voted for in an online poll. You can also vote for the most disliked personality in Thanet and politician must deserving a handshake.

So how about popping over there and giving Thanet Star a few up votes along with any other bloggers you fancy?

Labour might be well advised to be very worried to have Mark Nottingham as a spokesperson. In fact sometimes I wonder if Mark is secretly a conservative but for his hate of a certain conservative blogger from Thanet.

Take for example two of his most recent posts one in which he says: Several Christians have suggested to me that it is inappropriate for Council premises to be used for events with links to the occult and Satanism. He goes on to add bluntly: I do not share their concerns. suggesting a scant disregard for the opinion of thousands of voters.

Yet just two days later Mark is talking about getting on the good side of the Chinese community (whose home nation are investing heavily in Thanet via the China Gateway project). Mark suggests that Labour need to chat up just 273 whose votes, it seems, matter more to him than 1,400 or more other people whose views Mark does not approve of.

Keep reading to learn why this could really hurt Labour

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» Continue Reading: Should Mark Nottingham Stop Blogging?