We're slow. Very slow. Let's imagine that the US attorney general's hitherto secret advice on the legality of the Iraq war had just been published. Kos, Talking Points Memo and Little Green Footballs and the rest would have been all over it like an ex-diabetic with a box of Krispy Kremes.
What happens in the British blogosphere? Well, the Honourable Fiend has just had his wisdom teeth out, so his less than illuminating gloss and furious conclusion ("Charge the lying fucker with fraud and send him to jail") is perhaps understandable. The libertarian blog Samizdata, Stephen Pollard, Oliver Kamm and Harry's Place have nothing to say yet.
The lesser-known blogs have tested the water. "I don't usually go in for this international law stuff, since it's always seemed a bit irrelevant to me," writes Chris at Ex-Parrot.com. It doesn't get much better than that. Charlie Whitaker's analysis of what prompted Lord Goldsmith to revise his opinion between March 7 and 17 - a document prepared by the Foreign Office and authorised by Jack Straw - is much more insightful. The promising Chicken Yoghurt, meanwhile, has gone on holiday until Tuesday. Guys, if you're going to take political bloging seriously - and fend off these kinds of criticisms - you need to sit down with Lord Goldsmith's advice and give it a thorough going-over. Or the old-fashioned media will give up on you altogether.
