An open letter to my favorite blog

Dear ConservativeHome,

From the beginning I have been a huge fan and supporter, you are one of my daily must read. Like many conservatives, I am grateful for the community you have created and the constant and regular improvements to the site. Your continued efforts to improve and the regular stream of updates that you cleverly and constantly deliver don’t go unnoticed. Fortunately, I am a subscriber and therefore receive my updates on Blackberry, which allow me to devour them fresh and on the move.

Through the years you carried out many vital and interesting campaigns, surveys and questionnaires, some more controversial than others and by so doing you have opened and enriched the debate amongst the grassroots. At the beginning many including some conservatives were reluctant and apprehensive in supporting you, but by time that changed and you became an institution. Supported and read by many, conservatives and non conservatives alike. I am not sure about the statistics, but I am willing to bet that you are the highest visited and most read political blog in the country today. That is a well deserved influential position to be in but it is also a huge responsibility.

With the general election so close, we conservatives, more than ever need to present a united front. Like all families, we are a collection of many and varied levels of conservatism. And like most families we sometimes find it difficult to agree or get along. But like all strong families we must remember that we have one goal, one target and one aim and that is to win the coming election.

Life has taught me that sometimes you have to smile when you feel like screaming, and at times you have to say “I’ll get back to you on that” when you know the answer is “over my dead body”.

I am writing this letter to thank you for all you have done for the conservative community and the political debate, but also to ask you to watch out for those who intend to misuse our home and use it as their platform in the coming crucial weeks, watch out for the trolls who their only aim is to derail our journey. As one of your fans and biggest supporters I sometimes feel uneasy with some material – I understand and respect readers’ right to freedom of speech and expression – but we are at war and in war temporary measures are allowed and acceptable, and sometimes they are even essential.

Thank you,