One of those who set standards in UK political blogging is pulling back from the keyboard. Iain Dale has announced that in the New Year, he'll concentrate on publishing and radio broadcasting. He's also re-positioning himself as a Conservative party supporter, rather than "activist".
In October, I did push the great man on whether or not he could keep everything going, and front an LBC show five days a week. At that stage, the blog had dropped 7% in daily reach as measured by Alexa; now it's down 23%, and ranks at 6,804 in the UK, from a previous standing of 5,524.
Iain does promise a relaunched personal blog in the New Year. No word on the future of his football blog, West Ham Till I Die. Will that survive longer with the Hammers in the Championship ? Iain is certainly clear he'll fall out with the club if they appoint Sam Allardyce as manager....
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