The site was described as "influential" by The Independent[1] and was viewed, along with outlets such as Left Foot Forward, as part of a cohort of British left-wing blogs which attracted significant interest from the media.
[2] The site was likened to Paul Staines' anti-establishment Guido Fawkes blog,[3] although Staines stated "It's hard to create a leftwing version of me because of political correctness.
[6] Political Scrapbook was edited by Laurence Durnan,[7] who stated he set the site up "to make life difficult for the right".
[8] In April 2018, the website announced that "The Scrapbook team are currently taking a break from the site to work on a number of other exciting projects", which remained unspecified.
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