The Liberal Democrats’ “Blog of the Year” competition is back for its second (welcome!) year – and I’m one of the judges again – which also means I am ruled out of the running for the prize – again!

Last year the much deserving winner was Stephen Tall – but as he’s a judge too this year, it means someone new has to win! So get your nominations in – details are on the party website. You have until 31st August to get nominations in.

As for why blogging is a good idea for politicians – the speech I gave at last year’s award about why I blog seems to still hold pretty true.