Welcome to the blogosphere Winston

No this is not a joke. Winston is now blogging at winstonpeters.com.

This is welcome. I think blogs allowing two way communications are a good accountabiliy mechanism for politicians, and I congratulate Winston on deciding to launch a blog, despite the risks in doing so.

I do hope people are respectful in their comments on the blog. It is their blog, and while I am sure they will allow dissenting voices, it would be unfortunate if they did not persist due to overly abusive comments.

NZPA quotes WInston:

Mr Peters said he could not be too critical of the blogging phenomenon — which he said was like talkback radio — as he had one as well (www.winstonpeters.com).

Winston is a bit of a natural talkback host, so he might become a natural blogger. However unlike talkback, it is a lot harder to cut people off on a blog 🙂