Blog wars – Should they stop?

I have been thinking for a few days about posting about the scrap between Ian Dale and Derek Draper over the Carol Thatcher saga.  Then Guido Fawkes joined in on the matter of Draper’s qualifications.  Now 10 Drowning Street has it in for Dale over a Twitter Iain posted last night.  It is time to speak out.

I do not want to get into the rights or wrongs about what they are saying, although I do recognise that certain allegations have been made.  What concerns me is this.  I am not convinced that the blogosphere is meant for these attacks and counter attacks.  There too much energy being spent by the above authors on these various matters.  We face huge economic as well political issues.  It is likely that Brown will finally be exposed about his complicity relative to the banking crisis.

Surely these wider issues are what the political blogs should be concentrating on at present?  Why can’t issues between the blog authors, if there are any, be taken off line?

I started a blog a few months ago because I wanted to contribute, make a few points and hopefully have some fun.  What I do not want to do is attack bloggers.  We should stick together as a community.  All political blogs will play a vital part in the forthcoming political battle leading up to and including the election.   We should concentrate on the issues.

I am new to this medium, I am learning all the time, I maybe right or wrong .  Others will say.  What I am suggesting is Dale, Fawkes and Draper should get together, resolve their differences off line and move on.

Aren't we in the danger of destroying what we are meant to be here for?