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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 24 APRIL 2016 24 Opinion Clash of the pachyderms Y ou must have felt it, too. A change in the air. A vaguely imperceptible – yet palpable – disturbance in the Force, that has put the entire Twittersphere's knickers in a tweet… Yes, that's right! Glenn Bedingfield has started a blog. And my, oh my, did we all sit up and pay attention. It's almost as though the old prophecy had at last been fulfilled, and a New Hope had stepped forth to finally restore balance to the political blogosphere… Well, that was (sort of ) the idea, any way. Whatever the case: even if you've never actually encountered any of Glenn's blogposts yourself, you will have surely heard the howls of protestation from each of his targets in turn – all Nationalist, of course – as they were individually singled out for exactly the same the sort of treatment other bloggers mete out to Labour targets on a daily basis. Oh, the fuss they made! Some of their reactions reached level nine on the Richter Scale… So whatever you make of Glenn Bedingfield 's actual blogging skills, you cannot deny he has had an impact. Granted, it is the same sort of impact projectile vomit would have on anything that happens to lie in its path… but hey, if the intention is to balance out the f low of vomit so that absolutely everyone gets splattered by it sooner or later… what can I say? Great job, Glenn! You might not have kept your own head above the cesspit, but at least you saw to it that we all got equally immersed in the same filth. All the same, there is still plenty of room for improvement. For let's be honest: Labour have come into this game rather late in the day. Their poison-pen bloggers have a lot of catching up to do, if they are ever going to remotely approximate the scatological standards set by the blogger they are all so desperately trying to emulate. Let's start with the obvious: the choice of name. Daphne can get away with naming her blog after herself, because – no offence or anything – she is better known as a public personality than Glenn Bedingfield. Also, she doesn't have a name that most search engines would assume is a bootleg brand of Scotch Whisky… So a small word of advice: change the name to something more imaginative. Give us all something to really howl about for a change. How about… 'In Bed with Glenn Bedingfield?' Yep, that'd work. If the intention is to give Daphne the creeps, I can think of few things that would do the job better…. Erm… hang on, wait. Do we really want those two reproducing? Can you imagine what their offspring would be like? What was I even thinking…? No, no, much better to stick with 'Glennbedingfield.com'. It's simple, and spells out what we all already know… which is exactly what the blog sets out to do any way. Another consideration involves the choice of subject matter here and there. Now: I won't begrudge Glenn the habit of targeting the most petty and innocuous victims, over the most personal and distasteful issues imaginable – that is, after all, precisely the sort of thing he is trying to counterbalance here – BUT… it sort of helps not to lose sight of who you actually are (and who you're shooting at) before switching your weapons to 'stun'. This week, for instance, one particular Glenn Bedingfield blog post swam into my line of vision, having been splashed about all over Facebook. The accompanying image was a scan of a 'Nazzjon' article by PN activist Angelo Farrugia, under the headline: "The Elephant In the Room." If you have no idea who Angelo Farrugia is, you might be forgiven for failing to understand why Glenn was so tickled by that headline. Let's Raphael Vassallo Full Colour Version C: M: Y: K: 0 0 0 100 C: M: Y: K: 0 100 100 0 C: M: Y: K: 50 100 100 20 TUNA AQUAMED MFF Ltd. - Hangar, Triq it-Trunciera, Marsaxlokk MXK1522 T: 2247 5000 E: contact@ebcon.com.mt www.mff.com.mt Farmed in Maltese offshore waters and delivered to you with special attention to freshness and to the highest standards. LOOK FOR OUR QUALITY MARK IN YOUR SUPERMARKET, FISHMONGER OR RESTAURANT FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. EAT FRESH EAT HEALTHY ENJOY OUR SEA BREAM Glenn. Not to be unkind or anything, but… do you ever pause to contemplate the meaning of the word 'irony' before posting personal attacks like that? If not, don't listen to Alanis Morisette