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9 June 2000
MAY 1999 AND ALL THAT, THE "SETTLED WILL"?, C.P.I., P.F.I., THE SKYE HIGH BRIDGE, SCOTS INTERNATIONAL, MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL, THE LAST DAYS OF EMPIRE?, RIP OFF ON SCHOOL BUSES.

16 June 2000
AND AS WE CONTINUE, THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY, OLIVER BROWN AWARD, DOMED - WE’RE ALL DOMED!, THE HOL(E)Y GROUND, POTS AND KETTLES, WHAT HAPPENED TO GORDON BROWN?, THE WELSH DRAGON IS BUGGED, WILD WILD WOMEN !!, ANOTHER WEST LOTHIAN QUESTION?

23 June 2000
THE FLAG IN THE WIND, SCOTS FOCUS ON IMPORTANT ISSUES, AND DEJA VU TO YOU TOO, OH DEAR, WHAT A SHAME, NEVER MIND, MISSING THE BOAT, ENGLISH INVASION, THE SARKY KNIGHTS, HOW INFLATION INFLATES.

30 June 2000
ANGUS MACGILLVERAY, BANNOCKBURN RALLY, REACH FOR THE SKYE BRIDGE, ROGER KNOX SUSAN DEACON, ERI - PFI - WHY OH WHY1, WHEN DOES A LEVY BECOME A TAX?, POWER AND INFLUENCE, ENGLAND DEFLATED, THE BROWN ECONOMY.

7 July 2000
ARISE SIR SEAN - AT LAST, FOREVER FRIENDS, AIDEZ- MOI, SNP SURGE AHEAD, A SHOT IN THE WHAT?, COINCIDENCE ?, THE ETHICAL TAX -- WHICHEVER WAY!, KILMARNOCK KO, YET ANOTHER WEST LOTHIAN QUESTION, HOME COUNTIES SECRETARY?, KERLEY COMMITTEE - QUOTE OF THE WEEK.

14 July 2000
S.I INTERNATIONAL - WELL , NEARLY, DICK McTAGGART, EURO IS A FOUR LETTER WORD, STORMY PETROL, HOORAY HENRY, AND HOORAY HARRODS, SCOTTISH GRANDEUR COMMITTEE, HOLY DAYS, YE SEE YON BIRTIE CA’D A LORD?

21 July 2000
THE KING IS DEAD - LONG LIVE THE KING!, NOT QUEEN ELIZABETH TWO - BUT TWO QUEEN ELIZABETHS, ALSO PAST THE SELL BY DATE, THE GRAVY TRAIN STANDING AT....., THE PRIVATE GRAVY TRAIN IS STILL RUNNING..., VALUE ADDED ???, THE CAMPBELLS ARE CONNING, NATS IN TROUBLE.

28 July 2000
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE..., WE ARE NOT FOR SALE, AND WE ARE FOR SALE, AND GOING CHEAP, BEING RAILROADED AGAIN, LIKE A CAT TO WATER, A COUNSELLOR PRIVY TO WHAT?, WHAT’S THE BEEF?, NO HAWKERS TINKERS OR CAMPBELLS.

4 August 2000
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE - PART 2, THEY’RE NOT GRATEFUL TO GORDON, HE’S FUELLING US ALL, JACK’S ALL RIGHT, NOMURA THAT NOW, WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE, THERE’S NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL, AND OTHER NEGLECTED SPECIES, CONGRATULATIONS.

11 August 2000
THE OPINION POLL GIVETH, THE LEADERSHIP RACE, KERLEY REPORT PRONOUNCED CURSERY, MAYBE NOT SUCH A GOOD IDEA, AND TALKING OF DONCASTER JAIL, JACK STRAW, JACK STRAW, LEND ME YOUR GREY MARE, HOW LONG, OH LORD, HOW LONG ?, TINKERS AND HAWKERS WELCOME, BETWEEN GRANITE AND A HARD PLACE, COM PASSIONATE CONSERVATIVES.

18 August 2000
FIRST, POT YOUR RED, PLAY IT AGAIN SAM - NOT ME GUV, THINK OF A NUMBER - ANY NUMBER, AND LOWER STILL, NOW YOU SEAS IT - NOW YOU DON’T, POINTING THE FINGER, WHEN IS A LAW NOT A LAW?, AND LIFE IN THE FASLANE, OLIVER BROWN AWARD.

25 August 2000
WE SHALL NOT, WE SHALL NOT RESIGN!, WHAT SHOW DID THEY WATCH?, AN INDEPENDENT MINDED COVE???, WE CARE FOR PENSIONERS - BUT NOT A LOT, STATE EARNINGS RELATED PAUCHLED SUPPLEMENT, THE LOYALTY BONUS, THE DEAR GREEN PLACE.

1 September 2000
UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE, SAM THE SURVIVOR - SO FAR, QUIS CUSTODIET QUANGOS?, OLD HABITS DIE HARD, FINANCIALLY FAILING, ONLY THOSE AND SUCH AS THOSE, AND WHAT’S YOUR MONICA?

8 September 2000
LET JOY BE UNCONFINED, UP WI THE BONNETS O’ BONNIE DUNDEE, SAM GALBRAITH OUTSTANDING, CRUDE OIL - CRUDER TAXES, QUEEN CANUTE, PARTY ROWS, DOME IS A FOUR LETTER WORD.

15 September 2000
A KIST O FERLIES, SILENCE IS GOLDEN, WHO THEY?, IMMIGRANTS REQUIRED, DONALD DEWAR OAP, UNLEADED GOVERNMENT, QUE SARAH, SARAH --WHO?, WHO’S SORRY NOW? SAM?, LANARKSHIRE LIVES, THIS DOME IS NOT A JOKE.

22 September 2000
UPDATING THIS WEEK & NEXT, NON CITIZEN MOHAMMED AL FAYED, DR ALLAN MACARTNEY, THE ENGLISH IMPATIENT, AND SPEAKING OF BLOCKADES..., FUEL FROM FIG LEAVES?, IN A FARAWAY LAND- OF WHICH WE KNOW LITTLE, NON POLITICAL SELL OUTS.

29 September 2000
LANDSLIDE AT INVERNESS, OFFICE BEARERS, FRINGE EVENT, SI ACROSS THE WORLD, QUOTE OF THE WEEK.

6 October 2000
FLYING THE FLAG, COALS TO NEWCASTLE, THE WINNING TICKET, EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES, CONFERENCE 2000, HELL HATH NO FURY, FINAL POINTS.

13 October 2000
THE FLAG AT HALF MAST FOR THE DEATH OF DONALD DEWAR ON 11 OCTOBER 2000.

20 October 2000
FLYING THE FLAG - PART TWO, DE MORTUIS NIHIL NISI BONUM, WHITHER THE LABOUR PARTY NOW?, TURNOVER IS VANITY, PROFIT IS SANITY, AN EXPERIENCE TO BE MISSED, AND TALKING OF INCOMPETENCE.

27 October 2000
THE FLAG NOW FLIES, AND HOORAY FOR HENRY - PERHAPS, MEANWHILE - BACK IN CENTRAL FIFE, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF TRIBUNES, THE LOUD SPEAKER, BY ELECTION (S).

3 November 2000
BYE BYE ELECTION, S (FOR SHAMBOLIC) Q A, THE VELVET GLOVE SHUFFLE, SOMETHING FISHY?, THE WRONG NAME, GUY FAWKES, ALL THE KING’S HORSES, DON’T FRIGHTEN THE HORSES, A PRINCE CAN MAK A BELTED KNIGHT.

10 November 2000
OCHONE, OCHONE, THE OPINION POLL...., THE DISAPPEARING BOARD, DROWNING NOT WAVING, SIR SEAN CONNERY, TWO BY ELECTIONS AND A FLITTING, AND THEN THERE WERE TWO....., AND TALKING OF APOSTATES, OUR NUMBER’S UP, MOST OF OUR MINISTERS ARE MISSING, AND SIMILARLY AFFECTED, PRISING OPEN THE PURSE, TAKING THE BISCUIT.

17 November 2000
NEXT WEEK, AMERICAN DILEMMA - GUSH OR BORE?, MINCING THE WORDS, ANNIESLAND CHALLENGE, THE ELUSIVE SPIRIT, QUANGO - SPELT SQA OR STB?, RAILROADED AGAIN, FOOT IN MOUTH NOTES.

24 November 2000
THE GHOST STALKS ANNIESLAND, ISSUE NUMBER 25, ADMIRAL CANAVAN, THE RAIL TRACK RECORD, SOMEONE HAS MOVED THE BANANA SKIN, PAX BRITANNICA, WAITING FOR WAITING LISTS, AIR TRAFFIC OUT OF CONTROL, FOOT IN MOUTH NOTES.

30 November 2000
ST ANDREW’S DAY, DENNIS CANAVAN LIVES, THE WATCHDOG BITES, TO LIVE LIKE A LORD, PROFIT WITHOUT HONOUR, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

8 December 2000
THE SILVER LINING, FALKIRK WEST BY ELECTION, QUEEN OF THE SCOTSMAN, LORD PRIVY SEAL , WHO ARE THE FRAUDSTERS?, WHO VOTES WHERE, DAM CHEEK, THE 1820 RISING, FOOT IN MOUTH NOTES.

15 December 2000
NO STONE UNTURNED, AND THE U-TURNED STONE, FALKIRK WEST BY ELECTION, THE SURVIVAL OF SAM - SQA, THE US VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

22 December 2000
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR, FALKIRK WEST BY ELECTION, MISSING THE BUS, OLIVER BROWN AWARD, HOUSE OF ILL REPUTE, AND OTHER PARLIAMENTARY PALS, AND BY ROYAL ORDNANCE, AND OTHER FISHY THINGS, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

29 December 2000
FALKIRK WEST BY ELECTION FESTIVE PICTURES