This week 108,389 visitors made 342,447 visits to view 524,368 pages – so much for the silly season traffic drop-off. It has been a week full of news flow, this blog scooped Big Media with the news that parliament was going to be recalled – the BBC issued a “breaking news” alert an hour after we broke the news. That is why we're Britain's #1 politics website. The top stories in order of popularity were:
Fatherless BlackBerry Wielding Rioters
Politicians Sleep on the Job
Last Sunday we were foolishly expecting to ease off as silly seson torpor set in, perhaps we would cover a bit of Guardianista criminality to fill the space, maybe do something more on phone hacking. In fact we managed to combine the News of the World hacking Maggie Thatcher's phone and Guardian criminality into one story.
Monday started out with a healthy bit of LibDem bashing, by Tuesday we were fully focused on the riots, rapidly bringing footage of the injured boy robbed in the street by thieves pretending to help him. We scooped everyone by being the first to bring the news that Parliament was being recalled, a full hour ahead of the BBC. How did we get the scoop on such a big story?Well Ed Miliband was briefed on privy counsel terms...
Wednesday Guido argued (Fatherless Feral Youths) that a key part of the problem was the prevalence of fatherless households, a view later backed up by David Lammy, the MP for riot torn Tottenham. Boris Slammed Dave’s Police Cuts whilst Gove eviscerated Harriet Harman onNewsnight. We managed to cover Unison boss Dave Prentis indulging in a little tax avoiding hypocrisy. On a lighter note we covered Downing Street’s iSpAd BlackBerry Security Flaw.
Thursday saw Cameron Under Copper Pressure announce an ill thought out attempt to clampdown on Blackberries and social media. Osborne was also under pressure but was able to show that the international markets believe the UK to be a Safer Haven than Germany. We also found room to report Gaddafi's Libyan TV claims that the London riots were quelled by Cameron’s Irish Mercenaries.
Friday we tried to lift readers spirits with pictures proving LibDems Like Strippers After All, though Labour's press office were less happy about the picture evidence of Ed Miliband asleep on the job - Dozy Ed and His Sleepy Spinners.
Next week we will get some sleep ourselves, won't we?
Week's Most Read Stories
Saturday 13 August 2011
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