An inside source tips me off to the existence of a server at blogs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk, and a work-in-progress site which seems to be laying the ground for Ed Miliband to start blogging. As my source points out, it must be a family thing. Only a string of test postings for the moment, and no obvious activity since 2 July. It’s being built on a platform called BlogEngine.NET which I haven’t previously come across: looks like it does everything you’d expect, with the added bonus of not requiring an underlying database.
Quick update: the work-in-progress site is no longer visible. Not sure why – there wasn’t really anything contentious on it. (Although if it were me, I wouldn’t have made it visible until it was ready anyway.) Thankfully, traces remain in Google’s cache…
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Miliband blog to launch soon
An informed source tells me that we’ll soon see another Cabinet minister blog by Miliband, although it’s going to David’s brother Ed this time. Not sure quite when it is due to start but keep watching the Cabinet Office website,