Chris Black has coined the word “pleake”:

Pleake (vb.) – to leave a political party because of your blog

For the background, see Bloggerheads, Jonathan Calder and my old mate from NUS politics, Paul Leake himself.

This blog hasn’t had any comments for the last two weeks. I initially assumed this was the fault of an apathetic – or possibly vacationing – readership. Then I decided I just wasn’t writing anything interesting. But now I suspect there was a technical hitch eating comments. I’ve adjust the settings and they seem to be working again now. Apologies if you commented in the last fortnight and your message vanished.

Student leader suspended in row over Islamist debate – this is just the sort of issue where the NUS needs to come out for the student union against the university, but will there support for their own “No Platform” policy come first?

Belatedly (in my case, not his), here’s Jonathan Calder’s piece about blogging from Liberal Democrat News. This blog got a mention, for which I’m very grateful. It has made me worry about the impression I give of myself though 😉

Will Howells’ No Geek is an Island reflects his status as a Dr Who nut and soduku grandmaster as well as a sound Liberal.

The last part is a particular compliment as Jonathan is a noted sound Liberal himself.