Will a spell of opposition help propel left of centre blogging

the real opportunity for the left-wing blogosphere will be after the General Election when Labour is very, very likely to be in opposition.

says Tim Montgomerie fresh from Progress 2.0 conference adding that

To an enormous extent the debate about Labour's future will take place online. The lazy Westminster media won't have to travel to cold church halls and faraway working men's clubs to take the temperature of Labour's grassroots. It'll all happen in the blogosphere.

Derek Draper's Labourlist has taken a lot of stick over the last few weeks but it is slowly developing into a decent riposte for the many right of centre bloggers.

But I think that Montgomerie may well have got it right.It will take a period of opposition for the Labour side of the blogosphere to get its cat together.