Unsightly Stains.

Mr Smith notices that a new political blog is on the www block with the arrival of The Steamie which has been created by the all of the guys at The Scotsman and their sister publications the Scotland On Sunday and the Edinburgh Evening News.

"We intend The Steamie to be the place where Scottish politics washes its dirty linen (in the nicest possible way, of course); where policies and strategies are held up to the light and scrutinised; and where political reputations are examined for unsightly stains."

Mr Smith wishes them all the best, although the contributions so far seem a bit limited. Mr Smith isn't very keen on "unsightly stains," but all the best to the "guys" and happy blogging.