About the Wardman Wire

The Wardman Wire is a political and media online magazine and discussion site in the form of a multi-author blog. Our contributors include members of all the main political parties, and none.

Regular Contributors

Matt Wardman is the Editor of The Wardman Wire is an internet consultant, commentator, freelance writer and Project Manager based in the UK. He is available for hire. Matt edits the Wardman Wire, and writes at Poligeeks, Total Politics, and occasionally in several other places.
Contact: mattwardman AT gmail DOT com.

Simon Barrow is a writer, commentator, theologian and educator, and co-director of the Ekklesia think-tank and news service concerned with religion and public life. He works as a trainer, facilitator and consultant with church and community initiatives, as well as continuing to publish for a wide variety of audiences – from general to academic. Football and music are my balancing passions. He writes the Faith in Society blog.
Contact: simonbarrowuk AT gmail DOT com.

Dave Cole lives and works in London, although he hails from Somerset and has arrived by way of Brazil, the USA and Spain. A Labour party member, he is a jack of all trades and a master of none. He also occasionally writes for Liberal Conspiracy and his own blog at davecole.org.
Contact: dave AT davecole DOT org.

Simon Dyda is a member of Plaid Cymru, and writes the Ordovicius blog about Welsh Politics.
Contact: ordovicius AT gmail DOT com.

Mick Fealty edits the non-partisan Slugger O’Toole blog in Northern Ireland, and writes the Brassneck blog for the Daily Telegraph.
Contact: mick DOT fealty AT gmail DOT com.

Garbo is the Political Editor of The Wardman Wire. He works in the politics industry in Westminster, and does not take a partisan view of politics. Having written for various blogs in the past, including my own now defunct blog “The Poliblogs”, Garbo writes a weekly column on the Wardman Wire: Politics Decoded.
Contact: poliblogs AT hotmail.co.uk for all queries including media and blogging inquiries.

Chris Hawes blogs as The Thunderdragon is a recent graduate of the University of Essex, with a degree in Modern History and Politics, and a member of the Conservative Party. He is active in Scouting as a Scout Leader, a first aider with St. John Ambulance, a cyclist, and a mountain climber.
Contact: tehthunderdragon AT gmail DOT com.

Rev David Keen works for the Church of England as a consultant and local vicar, and is based in Yeovil, England. He blogs at St Aidan to Abbey Manor.
Contact: revdmkeen AT btinternet DOT com.

Mark Pack is Associate Director, Digital, at Mandate Communications, and contributes to the Lib Dem Voice group blog. Mark’s writes about politics, political history, and technology on his personal site. He writes for the Wardman Wire in a personal capacity.
Contact: mark.pack AT gmail DOT com.

Ian Parker-Joseph is the leader of the Libertarian Party UK. He writes the PJC Journal blog.
Contact: ian.parker-joseph AT lpuk DOT org.

Mike Rouse was Chief Technology Officer for 18 Doughty Street, Britainâ€™s first internet-based TV station and an early pioneer of the future of Broadband TV. He blogs at The Rouseabout.
Contact: mike AT mikerouse DOT net.

Occasional Contributors

Liam Murray wasknown as Cassilis, and is based in Scotland. He has retired from writing the Cassilis blog, and now writes under his own name, but still circulates a monthly Think-Tank Roundup to the Great and the Good.
Contact: cassilis AT mattwardman DOT com.

Sadie Smith used to work in politics, but escaped. Now she writes about it instead, here and at Sadie’s Tavern. She used to write the Westmonster blog which proved to its owners that political blogs are not a money-factory.
Contact: sadiesmith1979 AT gmail DOT com.

The Cynical Dragon has retired from writing the Cynical Dragon blog about Welsh Politics from a Centre Right viewpoint. He is slightly sceptical of Paul Flynn MP.
Contact: thecynicaldragon AT gmail DOT com.

Miss Wagstaff writes the Miss Wagstaff Presents blog about Welsh Politics.
Contact: welshwagstaff AT gmail DOT com

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Adverts, Sponsors and Editorial

The site accepts adverts, and we are willing to co-brand regular columns with sponsors. We have a very clear policy that advertisers and sponsors do not have any input into the topics covered, or the views expressed.

For sponsored columns, the sponsorships are arranged by the Editor, and the column authors have no direct contact with the sponsor.

Copyright and Linking Policies

Copyright of all material by Matt Wardman is asserted by the author.
Copyright in quotations and images from other sites belong to the authors of the articles, and are acknowledged, usually with a hyperlink to the original source.
I have reached agreements with each of the cartoonists below to use their work here – or their license permits that use. If you are planning to use their work regularly, then you should approach them to clear the arrangement – and you will get to know some interesting people. For a one off use on a blog you should check out the detailed terms of their respective licences and comply with those terms.
Cartoons reproduced from Gaping Void are subject to this Creative Commons license.
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This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence. Published work that is attributed to a publication on this blog should also be noted by anyone linking to my artwork from any other site. Thank you.

Cartoons reproduced from Jesus and Mo are subject to the Creative Commons License specified on the website.
Where video and audio clips are used on this site, these are included in an editorial context – and are therefore covered by “Fair Use” principles.
Where documents or media files referenced from other sites are used, these are copied to a local archive. This policy is to avoid using others’ bandwidth, and to minimise broken hyperlinks. I usually email the other site when I do this.

Matt Wardman Disclosures

This blog is published under a pseudonym, and has no links with any “Matt Wardman” active in British Politics or other fields.

Outside the world of political blogging, Matt Wardman is Julian Doncaster, who is a freelance Project Manager, Internet Consultant and writer, among possibly too many other things.