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5 January 2001
HAPPY NEW YEAR, FALKIRK POSTSCRIPT, HONOURS ON GRAVESTONES, TRIBUTE TO SIR JIMMY SHAND MBE, THE FLAG IN THE RAIN, FOX POPULI, THE PRIVILEGED COMMITTEE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

12 January 2001
FALKIRK - POST POST SCRIPT, THE WHITE FLAG CLUB, NOT GONE FISHING - FISHING GONE, RAIDERS OF THE LOST TITLES, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

19 January 2001
SYSTEM THREE OPINION POLL, AND HOW ABOUT GONE WEST MINSTER?, SALMOND’S LEAP, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME?, AND THE INK NOT EVEN DRY..., FOX HAUNTING, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

26 January 2001
WE STAND FOR SCOTLAND, A NICE LITTLE FORETASTE, WHO TELT?, WHICH FLAG FLIES?, AND ENGLAND STILL EXPECTS..., MR FIXIT UP, AND LYING IN STATE, AND GRANNY COMES HOME, ROBERT BURNS, FANSTATION - THE ULTIMATE IN FOOTBALL KIT, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

2 February 2001
LOCKERBIE, WHERE THE HELL HAS THE MONEY A’ WENT?, BULLY FOR YOU MRS LIDDELL, HENRY MANDELSON McLEISH, AND OTHER SONGS OF PROTEST, GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

9 February 2001
BUT WILL THEY VOTE! , FAIR PLAY, PARLIAMENTARY NON-ANSWERS, TRIBUTE TO Dr ROBERT D McINTYRE , BURNS SUPPERS, THEY SAID IT FOR US, BADGER WATCH VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, HISTORICAL FOOTNOTE.

16 February 2001
NATIONAL OR NOTIONAL HEALTH SERVICE?, LE ROY EST MORT......IFIED!, THE NAE LUCK MINISTER, SPIN MEISTERS PAID TO SPIN, THE POWER DISEASE, OUR RICH AND FAMOUS, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

23 February 2001
BETWEEN A STONEHOUSE AND A HARD PLACE, LABOUR (SCOTTISH) CONFERENCE, THE MAXWELL PRINCIPLE, H - - - Y HENRY, WE STAND FOR SCOTLAND, H - - - - - Y HOLIDAY, AND SPEAKING OF HOLIDAYS..., PLUCK FIRST THE BEAM..., THE DERRY AIR, POTS AND KETTLES, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

2 March 2001
NEVERENDUM REFERENDUM, WAS NEWCASTLE A BUM STEER?, CAULD WINTER WAS HOWLIN’, AUCTION OF PROMISES, PFI , PPP, PSBR, FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

9 March 2001
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN, GONE WESTMINSTER, THE ENGLISH BUDGET, STRONG NEW POLICIES, MADAME ECOSSE DIT, WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN, ALL MONEY BUT NO ACTION, NEW SPOKESPEOPLE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

16 March 2001
ELECTION DAY BECKONS!, CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS RUMBLES ON, SUPPORT FOR TIE-UP SCHEMES, A FOOT IN HIS MOUTH, REMEMBER THE GOLDEN AGE, SONGS OF FREEDOM, THEY SAID IT FOR US, SCOTTISH FOOD, TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS.

23 March 2001
ANGLOSAXOPHONE, IT IS A FAR BETTER THING THAT I DO....., CORDON SANITAIRE ET BLEU, VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN, COMMON FISHERIES GREEN PAPER, ALEXANDER III MEMORIAL, GOOD COUNSEL, PREMIER PRICE PRISON, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

30 March 2001
FOOT AND MOUTH I, FOOT AND MOUTH II, SHOUTING AND SCREAMING AND STAMPING HER FEET, ANOTHER ONE LOST - HENRY, THE ALMANAC OF SCOTTISH POLITICS, UNAVOIDABLE ISSUES - DEATH AND TAXES, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

6 April 2001
TARTAN DAY 6TH APRIL 2001, ROLLER COASTER OPINION POLLS, SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, AND FOR THE ENGLISH LOCAL ELECTIONS...., WESTMINSTER PARLIAMENT, OPEN FOR BUSINESS, FOOT AND MOUTH, DOUBLE STANDARDS, ALEXANDER THE GREET, ROBERT MAXWELL R I P - OFF, THE GATHERING STONE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

13 April 2001
SHOCK, HORROR, DISMAY!, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINAIRE, AND SPEAKING OF EDUCATION..., STUC IN THE PAST, AND NOT INVITED TO THE FEAST, DOUBLESPEAK, AND VAT CAN BE DONE?, PRICE REDUCTION COMPARISON, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

20 April 2001
NEW LABOUR TRILOGY - RIGHT HAND, LEFT HAND, UNDERHAND, visitscotland where?, A DULL REPORT, IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE, HIT HENRY HARD!, WE’LL DIG A TRENCH ALONG THE BORDER, CONTRACT WITH SCOTLAND, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

27 April 2001
A ROD FOR THEIR OWN BACKS, BACKGROUND INFORMATION, THE KING SITS IN DUNFERMLINE TOUN, BATHGATE NO MORE, HAND ME DOWN AN EXPERT, WANTED HENRY McTHIEF!, GET OUT OF GAOL FREE, THE BARNETT SQUEEZE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

4 May 2001
THE REAL FLAG IN THE WIND, QUIS CUSTODIET CUSTODIES?, THE HUNT FOR PALE PINK APRIL, IT’S NOT CRICKET, ISOLATING THE ISLES, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

11 May 2001
DENOUEMENT IS AT HAND, THE YAWNING GULF, DR COLIN BELL, A FRIEND FOR LIFE?, THE TARTAN DAY HARE, THE JUNGLE DRUMS ARE SOUNDING, TROUBLE OVER BRIDGED WATERS, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

18 May 2001
ISSUE NO 50, ANSWER TIME WITH ANNE MACKENZIE, THE MANIFESTO MIX, A PLETHORA OF OPINION POLLS, HOLY WENDY’S PRAYER, THERE WAS A SOLDIER - A SCOTTISH SOLDIER, THE SPEAKERS CORNER, AND WHERE WILL THEY PRESIDE?, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

25 May 2001
POLL POSITION, HOW DARE THEY!, THE LUNATIC CRINGE, IN DEFENCE OF THE REALM, ELECTION SYNOPSIS, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

1 June 2001
ONE YEAR OLD, AND NEXT WEEK, THE FOREGONE CONCLUSION, SCOTTISH 500 CROSS EXAMINATION, MANIFESTO LY WRONG, WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN?, ELECTION SYNOPSIS, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

9 June 2001
THE BEST LAID SCHEMES, THAT WAS THE ELECTION, THAT WAS, THE STATE OF THE PARTIES IN SCOTLAND, STILL STRONG SECOND PARTY OF SCOTTISH POLITICS, DETAILS OF SEATS RETAINED BY SNP, SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT BY-ELECTIONS, ANNUAL SI LUNCH, SIR SEAN OPENS BYRE, THEY SAID IT FOR US.

15 June 2001
THE BEST LAID SCHEMES (Part II), THAT WAS THE ELECTION, THAT WAS (PART II), ALEX SALMOND ELECTED WESTMINSTER GROUP LEADER, SNP LEADER MEETS TAOISEACH IN DUBLIN, SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT BY-ELECTIONS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED FISH CONCERN, COME TO BANNOCKBURN, THEY SAID IT FOR US.

22 June 2001
BACK IN HARNESS, GALLING IN GALLOWAY, MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH....., AND THIS WEEK....., AND FLAGS NOT FLYING, STITCHED UP BY WESTMINSTER, CARDINAL THOMAS WINNING, OLIVER BROWN AWARD, QUEEN’S SPEECH, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

29 June 2001
HONOURED INDEED, THE GALLANT FORTY TWA, CHRISTINE GRAHAME MSP, BANNOCKBURN RALLY, TO SEE OURSELS AS ITHERS SEE US, HERALD & SALTIRE SOCIETY DEBATE, THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVES AFTER THEM, THE ACCUMULATION OF SPECULATION?, CARDINAL THOMAS WINNING, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

6 July 2001
AN APOLOGY, CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER, SEE THEM SHUFFLIN’ ALONG, UNCLEAR NUCLEAR UNLESS YOU LOOK, TOURISME DE FARCE, CREATIVE POLITICS, SMOKE AND MIRRORS, A FRISKY TWO YEAR OLD, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

13 July 2001
FLAGS IN THE WIND, A CORRECTION PERHAPS ?, THE EMPTY CHAMBER, THE SNP AND NATO, AND SPEAKING OF AMERICA, TAYSIDE HEALTH MISTRUST, THE SINKING FLAGSHIP, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

20 July 2001
GREMLINS!, BARNETT SQUEEZE IS REAL, WENDY THE MOTORMOUTH, SELECTED COMMITTEES, THE BROTHERS GRIMM, THE HUSH PUPPY STRIKES BACK, SYNOPSIS, IT’S AN ILL WIND, AND SPEAKING OF AMERICA PART II, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES.

27 July 2001
GRAND-MERE ECOSSE, ET JEUNE FILLE EWING?, WHO CARES FOR THE PENSIONERS?, PUBLIC PRIVATE PYRAMIDS, HOLYROOD MISCALLED, IGNOBLE LORDS AND LADIES, WHEN TWO CULTURES COLLIDE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

3 August 2001
TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION, UNDERHAND UNDERGROUND, THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, THE DEFENCE OF WHICH REALM, THE INTERNET GAP, FALSE PROMISES, THE LANDLESS GENTRY, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

10 August 2001
LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI, GATES RATTLED AS WELL AS CAGES, WATER UNDER THE COUNTER, HENRY SEEKS THE HANDOUT?, THE PRIVATE ADVANTAGES, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, LOCKERBIE, SYNOPSIS.

17 August 2001
THE SILLY SEASON, THE TESTING TIME, PAST AND FUTURE IN THE POST, VISITSCOTLAND ACT, HOSPITALISATION REQUIRED, THERE’S MAIR FISH IN THE SEA, MISSING THE BUS, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

24 August 2001
THE BALLET CLYDE, PRETENTIOUS PRIVILEGE, DOUBLE JEOPARDY, PUBLIC CASH MACHINES, ANOTHER KIND OF WEB, BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE, NATIONAL ILL SERVICE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, DR JAMES LEES, SYNOPSIS.

31 August 2001
THE STANDARD RESPONSE, FRATERNAL TROUBLES, AND TALKING OF STONES, STILL A SLOW MONTH FOR NEWS, TRAVELLING LIGHT - BUT TRAVELLING, HOW LONG, OH LORD, HOW LONG?, INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

7 September 2001
WELL EARNED BREAK, CONGRATULATIONS, POLL SHOWS SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT, POLITICAL ROUND-UP, MANN FILM SHOOTS AHEAD, MEP FOR ‘SCOTLANDSHIRE’, ICELAND ‘COD WARS’ REPORT TO DTI, THEY SAID IT FOR US, SYNOPSIS.

14 September 2001
A WORLD TRAGEDY, THE ROAD AND THE MILES TO DUNDEE, MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL CONVENER, OIL STILL IMPORTANT, GM CROP FIELD TRIALS, 1820 MARTYRS REMEMBERED, NEIL SLAMS NEW CRONY APPOINTMENT TO HEALTH QUANGO, THEY SAID IT FOR US, SYNOPSIS.

21 September 2001
THANKS, HOLIDAY THOUGHTS, THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE, SNP CONFERENCE DUNDEE 2001, ON A LIGHTER NOTE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

28 September 2001
THE FLAG OF FREEDOM, WINNING THE PEACE, SNP CONFERENCE DUNDEE 2001, NOT EVEN FIRST THOUGHTS, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

5 October 2001
THE INTERNATIONAL E, SNP CONFERENCE 2001, PPP - PLENTY PRIVATE PRISONS, A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME, FOOL FISCAL PRUDENCE, WAR OR PEACE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

12 October 2001
ONE WAY THINKING, WE EXPECTED NO LESS, UNFLAGGING ABOUT THE FLAG, NOT FOR PROFIT MISTRUST, UNCLEAN UNCLEAR NUCLEAR, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

19 October 2001
IN A FAR OFF LAND, THE JOYS OF TAXATION, SPRINT, WHO? WHY? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN?, AND HOW MUCH?, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

26 October 2001
WAR AND PEACENIKS, DIALOGUE AND DEBATE, SILVER LINING?, ST ANDREW NO LONGER CROSS, INTOURIST - OUTTOURIST, RAILTRACK - NEWTRACK--ANY TRACK, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

2 November 2001
THE ALLAN MACARTNEY LECTURE, THE THIRD WAY, RED FLAG - RED ROSE - RED FACE, TWO U TURNS MAKE A CIRCLE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

9 November 2001
ISSUE NO 75, EITHER A KNAVE OR A FOOL, IT ISN’T FOR MYSELF, YOU UNDERSTAND, HE SPOKE TOO SOON, ON THE WAY BACK, NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, CORRECTION, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

16 November 2001
LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE, NO STOPPING ‘EM, BACK SCRATCHING, THE OXYMORONIC PRINCIPLED TORY, AND BACK STABBING, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

23 November 2001
VOTE EARLY & OFTEN, REPRESENTATION PROPORTIONAL, CRONIES - OR JUST GOOD FRIENDS?, A PLAGUE ON BOTH HOUSES, WAR AND PEACE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS, RATTLING SKELETONS.

30 November 2001
ST ANDREW’S DAY, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, SCOTTISH NOMENKLATURA, GENEROUS GORDON?, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

7 December 2001
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA, ONE TO WATCH, THE ALLAN MACARTNEY LECTURE, OSAMA BIN LADEN - ABSENT, THEIR NAME IS LEGION, SO THEY SHOT THE SHERIFF, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

14 December 2001
FOR HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A ROOSIAN, THE BISTO KIDS LIVE ON, THAT FILKIN WOMAN,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

21 December 2001
HAPPY CHRISTMAS, FESTIVE SEASON, THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, THEY BELIEVED HENRY TOO, UNFINISHED BUSINESS, PR FOR PR,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

28 December 2001
FESTIVE GREETINGS,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.