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Laurence Durnan
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Laurence Durnan is one of the UK's leading political bloggers. Having worked for a London public affairs agency and on numerous political campaigns, he founded Political Scrapbook in 2009. Known for its tabloid style and muckraking scoops, the site has since established itself as the British left's leading gossip blog, ranked in the top 10 UK political blogs by Wikio and voted a top 10 left-wing blog for Total Politics magazine.

Laurence is a supporter of Blackburn Rovers Football Club and remains the only person to have Rickrolled a parliamentary committee.

He loves to receive tip-offs for stories at editor@politicalscrapbook.net

Blog Entries by Laurence Durnan

How Social Media Helped Bring Down Britain's Biggest Newspaper

Posted 8 July 2011 | 15:43:39 (EST)

As Britain's top-selling newspaper collapses under the weight of its own phone hacking scandal, online activists can take inspiration from their role in the chain of events which brought the News of the World crashing to the ground.

While three days of frenetic online activity bookended nine years of...

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