December 02, 2008

Scottish Politics Update

For those of you interested in Scottish politics, it's not a bad thing to be able, not before time, to welcome the country's newspapers to the blogosphere. So, huzzahs for The Steamie then, a new blog devoted to tartan politics written by the political journos at the Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and the Edinburgh Evening News. I think they're having what's known as a "soft launch" and it will doubtless take them some time to become accustomed to blogospheric ways, but it's good to see them swimming in these waters...

2 Dec 2008 12:01:15 | Newspapers, Weblogs

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