Big Blogger is watching you

In future, the Government may monitor blogs in order to keep abreast of public opinion.

Today Iain Dale notes Simon Dickson's surprise that Helen Boaden of BBC fame reads Dale's blog. But it isn't just the bigwigs of the BBC who are monitoring the "web-atariat"

Soon the machinery of Government will get in on the act, providing briefings to Ministers and key civil servants on what blogs are saying about the issue of the day.

You have been warned - Big Blogger is watching you...