Another Angry Voice
{{short description|British left-wing political blog}}
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Another Angry Voice (AAV) is a British left-wing political blog written by Thomas G. Clark, established in 2010. It has regularly criticised the Conservative government and strongly supported the Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn. The blog, previously hosted on BlogSpot, moved to Substack in July 2023.{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Thomas G. |date=2023-07-13 |title=Check out Another Angry Voice on Substack |url=https://anotherangryvoice.blogspot.com/2023/07/check-out-another-angry-voice-on.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Check out Another Angry Voice on Substack}}
Launch
Clark started the blog because he "enjoy[ed] demolishing pathetic arguments" and has been a strong critic of right-wing media.{{cite web|url=https://anotherangryvoice.blogspot.com/p/about-author.html|title=About the author|publisher=Another Angry Voice|accessdate=4 February 2019}}
2017 general election
The blog became increasingly popular during 2017, when it supported the Labour Party.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/09/daily-mail-and-sun-turn-on-theresa-may-for-election-gamble|title=Daily Mail and Sun turn on Theresa May for election 'gamble'|newspaper=The Guardian|date=9 June 2017|accessdate=19 January 2018}} The blog's popularity has been associated with the rise of other independent left-wing blogs launched in response to the lack of left-wing voices in mainstream news.{{cite news|title=The Rise Of The Alt-Left British Media|work=Buzzfeed|date=6 May 2017|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/the-rise-of-the-alt-left|accessdate=11 January 2018}} Posts in 2017 attracted over 1.5 million views.{{cite book|title=The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2017|author1=Tim Carr|author2=Iain Dale|author3=Robert Waller|publisher=Biteback Publishing|year=2017|page=80|isbn=978-1-785-90278-9}}{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/election-clearest-sign-yet-waning-political-influence-uk-press/|title=The election has been the clearest sign yet of the waning political influence of the UK press|work=iNews|date=10 June 2017|accessdate=12 January 2018}} A BBC report said that its popularity, along with that of similar blogs, could no longer be ignored.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40255428|title=Five election lessons for the media|work=BBC News|date=13 June 2017|accessdate=19 January 2018}} The growth of left-wing blogs has been cited as an explanation for why the Conservative Party's winning margin in the 2017 election was lower than many predicted.
An article in the blog, detailing policies proposed by Corbyn that Clark believed most people would agree with, went viral and was one of the most-reposted pieces in the run up to the 2017 election. It was shared over 100,000 times on social media and it, along with two other stories, were more popular than any contemporary news reports in The Guardian and BBC News for that week.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/01/25-most-shared-articles-about-the-uk-election-labour-jeremy-corbyn|title=25 most-shared articles about UK election are almost all pro-Labour|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 June 2017|accessdate=11 January 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/01/diy-political-websites-new-force-shaping-general-election-debate-canary|title=DIY political websites: new force shaping the general election debate|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 June 2017|accessdate=11 January 2018}} Clark subsequently said his most popular posts at this time were those criticising the BBC.{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/sky-views-why-nobody-won-the-digital-election-10914825|title=Why Nobody Won The Digital Election|work=Sky News|accessdate=19 January 2018}} Another popular story was a suggestion to field "Unity" expert candidates in the 2017 election, such as an NHS doctor against health secretary Jeremy Hunt.{{cite news|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/features/great-idea-mr-clark-that-s-why-it-won-t-happen-1-4991974|title=Great idea, Mr Clark. That's why it won't happen|publisher=Eastern Daily Press|date=28 April 2017|accessdate=11 January 2018}} At one point during the election campaign, Clark was writing around 20 hours a day. He has said that several people have written to him about beginning to support Labour after reading the blog.{{cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/how-newspapers-lost-their-monopoly-on-the-political-agenda|title=This Was The Election Where The Newspapers Lost Their Monopoly On The Political News Agenda|work=Buzzfeed|date=18 June 2017|accessdate=11 January 2018}}
Criticism
In a 2018 article in The Economist, the blog was criticised for forming an echo chamber for like-minded people.{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/speakerscorner/2017/05/activists-echo-chamber|title=Labour's dangerous safe space|newspaper=The Economist|date=17 May 2017|accessdate=11 January 2018}}
A Labour councillor was criticised for quoting an Another Angry Voice post entitled ‘Was the Manchester Arena atrocity a ‘false flag’ attack?’ which rejected suggestions that the state played a role in its commission, while remarking that its timing was beneficial to the Conservative government.{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/complaint-over-labour-candidate-who-13094124|title=Complaint over Labour candidate who shared post on whether Tories were behind arena bombing|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|date=26 May 2017|accessdate=19 January 2018}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|anotherangryvoice.blogspot.co.uk}}
Category:British political blogs