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Sat 04 Apr 2009Bringing down the house
Wexford-based Guido Fawkes’s reputation as the top blogger of UK politics has been cemented by his uncovering of a planned smear campaign against leading Tories, writes KEVIN COURTNEY
IF YOU’RE planning to start your own political blog any time soon, you’d better check the steeliness of your nerves, the brass plating on your neck, and the duck-like waterproofing of your back. Forget Somalian pirates – the sea of political blogging is fraught with peril, and woe betide anyone who sets sail in these treacherous waters without a reinforced hull and adequate weaponry.
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