So, against my better judgement I’m now a card carrying Standardista. Finally managed to get through the initiation ceremony without fainting. I’ve been issued with a pass card and retina scanned for the Secret Standard Bunker buried deep beneath Parliament. I have access to the restricted mainframe codes and my own Swiss bank account. Q is helping me pick out a colour for my Aston Martin. Licensed to blog. I’m on top of the world, Ma!
Seriously though, taking this on focuses the mind on the obvious question – why blog? Why bother? My reasons are as follows. First, politics matters. It matters to society, the lives of individuals, and the environment. Second, there’s a right side and a wrong side in politics. Progressive / green politics is (in general) right – it is better for people and better for the planet that we all share. And third, being right isn’t enough to win the political battles. In fact it doesn’t seem to make much difference at all. If we want to win the battles we need to work, and work hard.
Blogging is one way to contribute (a minor way perhaps, but my guess is that its significance will grow as technology slowly changes the media game). So I’ll give it a try. Each of us has to do what we can, no matter how small.
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