Big Fish, Little Pond?

I was fascinated by this post from Norfolk Blogger about people 'famous' inside the Lib Dems for being, er, Lib Dems.

Its a story I can relate too in a sense, people who have done every job on every committee inside the Party, and expect deference for it. Its the natural extension of our obsession with debating policy (often at the direct cost of winning elections!) that some people become very prominent without ever having actually achieved anything at all, whereas we have thousands of activists, councillors and council leaders who can't get on the podium at conference or a mention in the Party's press.

Is this just a Lib Dem thing? I have no idea, but it certainly does happen. Not that I was aware of an "inner circle" of bloggers mind, that'd be a weird night out....