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Campaign for Gender Balance Blog Awards

The Campaign for Gender Balance has announced the shortlists for its Blog Awards, to be announced at the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference.

The shortlists are as follows:

Best Blog by a Woman Liberal Democrat

• Charlotte Gore.

• Lindyloo's Muse.

• Lynne's Parliament and Haringey diary.

• Meral's Musings.

• People's Republic of Mortimer.

This shortlist will form the basis of two awards - the Judge's Choice and the Peoples' Choice. To vote in the People's Choice category, follow this link: http://cgbblog.notlong.com/

Best Blog Post by a Woman Liberal Democrat

• Labour's plans to 'force' single mothers back to work (Meral Ece).

• Campaign for Gender Balance, Jo Swinson & female bloggers (Jo Angelzarke).

• Three Tory Parties walk into a Bar… (Charlotte Gore).

• What should MPs look like? (Jo Christie Smith).

• Clever Cleggs (Mary Reid).

Best Blog by a Woman Non-Liberal Democrat

• Bethan Jenkins AC/AM.

• dulwichmum.

• Betsan's Blog.

• Rachel from North London.

• Rose Hacker.

We are sad to report that Rose Hacker died on 4 February, one month before her 102nd birthday. Her remaining columns are continuing to be published by the Camden New Journal.

Congratulations to everyone who has been shortlisted and commiserations to everyone who was not. The final results will be announced at the Campaign for Gender Balance Blog Awards' Drinks Reception, taking place on Saturday 8th March 2008, between 8.00pm and 9.30pm, at Canada Suite, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Liverpool.

The awards will be decided by a prestigious team of judges:

• Jo Swinson MP: Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Equalities and Chair of the Campaign for Gender Balance

• Baroness Jane Bonham-Carter: Liberal Democrat spokesperson on broadcasting, a former producer on Newsnight and Vice Chair of the Campaign for Gender Balance

• Ros Harper: Solicitor and compliance officer for a global bank, Lib Dem 2005 parliamentary candidate for Surrey Heath (as which she wrote a blog for Channel Four News) and Vice Chair of the Campaign for Gender Balance

• James Graham: winner, Lib Dem Blog of the Year 2007

• Olly Grender: former Liberal Democrat Director of Communications

• Ros Taylor: Guardian journalist and an editor on the Comment is Free website

To read blogs by Liberal Democrats (women and men), see the Lib Dem Blogs website (http://www.libdemblogs.co.uk).

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