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Excellent New Blog

An excellent new blog has appeared and I am sorry I have been too busy to point it out earlier.

Welsh Political History "dissects some of the claims about historical events made in the media and by politicians and bloggers and tries to work out if the conclusion put upon them can really be supported".

You won't always agree with the conclusions - I certainly don't agree with the recent economy argument - but it is well worth a read.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Thanks, Dylan

I seem to have attracted some attention today. But I'll take two out of three good reviews any time.

Best.

Adam
February 18, 2009 6:29 pm
Anonymous said…
Wouldn't worry about it Adam. It truly amazes me the anonymous poison that is out in the welsh blogosphere at times, especially by those who claim to want a unified welsh nation - hardly the way to go about it.
February 18, 2009 11:39 pm
Anonymous said…
at least we know that Welsh Political History is Labour blog, just like his party in Cardiff Bay unable to deal with economic reality on the ground but then again why should be surprised, people carry on voting for Labour come what may even when they are being sacked by the thousand because they are so fearful of any alteratives say a lot about the welsh voting public.
February 19, 2009 8:11 pm
Anonymous said…
any updates coming ?
December 13, 2009 1:46 pm
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