Initially dismissed as irrelevent bickering on the blogosphere by the Labour Party,the Damien McBride resignation shows how political blogging in the UK is now approaching the heights of the power it has across the Atlantic.
The spat between Guido Fawkes,Damien McBride and Derek Draper has come to dominate the news over this Easter weekend.
Ok,it may be partly that this is a slow news few days.Guido has admitted that he deliberately timed the release of the emails to coincide with this weekend.
However this is not the first time that this particular blogger has made the political headlines.Remember the Peter Hain resignation.
Whilst the blogging giants have not yet approached the levels of their American counterparts such as Drudge and the Huffington Post,they have shown that they can now wield influence.
As it stands this weekend,Labour's foray into the blogosphere is in tatters.It is uncertain whether Derek Draper will survive and there are questions over the position of its Digital guru Tom Watson.
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