Orwell Prize for blogging long list

A number of excellent blogs have got through to the long list for the Orwell Prize for blogging. I'm particularly pleased to Dave's Part and Madame Miaow in there as they are both regular reads of mine.

The full list is as follows, good luck to them all;

• David Osler: Dave’s Part
• David Smith: Letter from Africa
• Gideon Rachman: rachmanblog
• Hopi Sen: Hopi Sen
• Iain Dale: Iain Dale’s Diary
• Jack of Kent: Jack of Kent
• Laurie Penny: Penny Red and others
• Madam Miaow: Madam Miaow Says
• Mary Beard: A Don’s Life
• Morus: PoliticalBetting.com; Daily Kos
• PC Ellie Bloggs: A Twenty-First Century Police Officer
• Ray: The Bad Old Days Will End
• Tim Marshall: Foreign Matters
• Winston Smith: Working with the Underclass

Also good luck to the Spirit Level which is up for the book award.