BBC Election Coverage, Now With Political Bloggers

Sitting up catching the start of the Results Coverage of the Local Council and London Mayoral elections on the BBC, and I have to say congratulations to whoever decided that inviting three of the UK Political Bloggers into the ‘secondary’ studio would be a good idea, because it is. Those representing ‘us’ are…

• Iain Dale, Conservative (http://www.iaindale.blogspot.com/)
• Luke Akehurst, Labour (http://lukeakehurst.blogspot.com/)
• Alix Mortimer, LibDem (http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/)

While the main studio is the usual BBC holdout of Dimbley, three politicians, the political correspondent and the academic, over at City Hall the bloggers are being regarded as full commentators, rather than a sideshow to be giggled at. Good. More at the BBC Election Coverage page.

I’m still holding on my prediction that Dale will be on the full Question Time panel by the end of the year.