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2nd January 2009 - Flag No. 448
 The Compliments of the Season to all our readers. Not all sweetness and light, Accident or design? HOMECOMING 2009, Saltire Prize Challenge, SNP top Westminster poll of polls for first time in 2008 , “AS THOU DOST SOW; SO SHALL’T THOU REAP”, GLENROTHES AN EFTER, Ìle NicEacharna, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jim Lynch.

9th January 2009 - Flag No. 449
 Human rights crimes in Gaza will never be punished, Iain Gray next Doctor Who? SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Mark Hirst

16th January 2009 - Flag No. 450
Clowns To The Left, Jokers To The Right, It's Scotland's Electromagnetic Spectrum! SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Richard Thomson

23rd January 2009 - Flag No. 451
Ten things I'm annoyed about (in no particular order), SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jennifer Dunn

30th January 2009 - Flag No. 452
 Be Bold, Alex! Go for an Election Now! As Ithers See Us, Time to move away from the blame game, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Donald Bain

6th February 2009 - Flag No. 453
NHS Scotland – 100%, Rumblings from Glenrothes, Sound bites that bite back, The House of Lords, The Three Budgeteers, Heaping coals of fire on their heads, Clamjamfrey, AS ITHERS SEE US, An Nollaig, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jim Lynch.

13th February 2009 - Flag No. 454
Hope, decency and inclusion – Farewell Bashir, Mandela the man, the “terrorist” and Nobel peace prize-winner, Independence poll shows rise in support, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Mark Hirst.

20th February 2009 - Flag No. 455
The Torchpaper LIT, An Expensive Way To Boil Water, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Richard Thomson.

27th February 2009 - Flag No. 456
 School Estates, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jennifer Dunn

6th March 2009 - Flag No. 457
Scotland Again, Merger Action Group Press Release 4th March 2009, Scotland’s drink problem, Pension problems, Tax Havens, Clamjamfry, PIT OOT MAIR FLAGS! Ceumnaichean, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jim Lynch.

13th March 2009 - Flag No. 458
REFERENDUM VOTE AT HOLYROOD, READ THIS BOOK, WATCH THESE PROGRAMMES, LABOUR CONFERENCE GOES BELLY-UP, NORTH SEA OIL BOOMING, FIRST MINISTER CLEARED, LIBDEMS SEEK COALITION WITH SNP!! SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Ian Goldie

20th March 2009 - Flag No. 459
Spot the Terrorist, Irish traitors have no future, ‘TIME IS RIGHT’ TO GET RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS ON CLYDE, Picked up by a Penguin! Compiled by Mark Hirst.

27th March 2009 - Flag No. 460
Hauled Up By The Rector, Simmering Away, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Richard Thomson.

3rd April 2009 - Flag No. 461
Glasgow Maintenance Contract, Bookies Favourite, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jennifer Dunn

10th April 2009 - Flag No. 462
 Dies irae, dies illa, Questions???? Dunfermline Done In, WINNIE EWING MARKS SNP 75th ANNIVERSARY, PROFESSOR SIR NEIL MACCORMICK  1941 - 2009, Madame Ecosse, THE SECRET’S OUT, Clamjamfry, His finest oor? Còmhdhail Phoblach, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jim Lynch.

17th April 2009 - Flag No. 463
LABOUR SMEARS, I SOLD MY SOUL – FOR THREE MONTHS, NON-SCOTS UP FRONT, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Ian Goldie

24th April 2009 - Flag No. 464
Labour dirty tricks revealed as blogsphere comes under spotlight, The nuclear option, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Mark Hirst.

1st May 2009 - Flag No. 465
Breaking Up Britain – The Book, A Parallel Scotland, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Richard Thomson.

8th May 2009 - Flag No. 466
Exam Time, Jobs at Any Cost? SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jennifer Dunn

15th May 2009 - Flag No. 467
FASCINATING BOOK, MPs’ EXPENSES, BROWN APOLOGISES!! A VIEW FROM ABROAD, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Ian Goldie

22nd May 2009 - Flag No. 468
Who knew what and when? Glasgow East strikes again, Expensive MPs, The Speaker, Blank – Blink – Brown, Nordic project to stop tax evasion continues, Clamjamfrie, The first stap on a lang gate?, Creideas, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jim Lynch.

29th May 2009 - Flag No. 469
Lockerbie decisions will have far reaching implications for Scots legal system, Football crazy, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Mark Hirst.

5th June 2009 - Flag No. 470
Move Over, Darling, Mucking The Stables Out, One For The Connoisseur, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Richard Thomson.

12th June 2009 - Flag No. 471
Glasgow North East, European Election Results, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jennifer Dunn

19th June 2009 - Flag No. 472
 Hail glad confident morn! History repeating itself, Confused Calman, SNP DOUBLES ITS LEAD OVER LABOUR, Neo-eisimeileachd, European elections: wha cares? SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jim Lynch.

26th June 2009 - Flag No. 473
AN APOLOGY, OF SORTS! INCREDIBLE! KNOWING OUR PLACE, DID YOU KNOW? THE OILY MR MURPHY, MYTH OF THE MANTRA, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Ian Goldie

3rd July 2009 - Flag No. 474
Imperialist monarchies have no place in forward-looking Scotland, BBC polls suggests “Aunty” should change her name, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Mark Hirst.

10th July 2009 - Flag No. 475
Was That It? A Compass to Find New Converts, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Richard Thomson.

17th July 2009 - Flag No. 476
 Happy Birthday Winnie, Glasgow North East by election, More than meets the Iplayer, Afghan War, SCOTLAND SECURES SHEEP TAGGING CONCESSION, Cosgaisean, A backart luik at the lest century, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jim Lynch.

24th July 2009 - Flag No. 477
 Glasgow North East, £614,000 COST OF UNIONIST TALKING SHOP, Is the law an ass? POLLS SHOW SNP AHEAD OF LABOUR FOR WESTMINSTER, Gigha’s a Tune! A Gigha Homecoming, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jim Lynch.

31st July 2009 - Flag No. 478
 BY-ELECTION HYPOCRISY! YET MORE HYPOCRISY! CANDIDATE DAVID KERR, JOHNNIE WALKER PETITION, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Ian Goldie

7th August 2009 - Flag No. 479
Ministerial Cod Inquiry, Ware u ar, Hidden in plain sight, Odd irritants, Edinburgh Trams, Ye see thon birkie, Whisky Inquiry. Synopsis. Compiled by Jim Lynch

14th August 2009 - Flag No. 480
Former SNP Leader's New Book Reveals Turbulent Times, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Jim Lynch.

21st August 2009 - Flag No. 481
The National Conversation, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jennifer Dunn

28th August 2009 - Flag No. 482
A MOMENTOUS WEEK – THE MEGRAHI DECISION.  Compiled by Ian Goldie

4th September 2009 - Flag No. 483
More change. New Compiler. Fleein’ wi the craws, Biadh, Calman: a help or a hinnerance? Written Parliamentary Questions, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Jim Lynch.

11th September 2009 - Flag No. 484
Compassion, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Jamie Hepburn.

18th September 2009 - Flag No. 485
The Independence Impact - On Everyone Else, Beginning to Take Notice, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Richard Thomson.

25th September 2009 - Flag No. 486
Glasgow North East Update, At the receiving end, Freshers’ week, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jennifer Dunn

2nd October 2009 - Flag No. 487
SNP The Turbulent Years – 1960-1990 By Gordon Wilson. Kenny MacAskill vindicated - again, Parliamentary Answers, Crisis and cuts, Schools, Labour “leader” hiding behind a dyke, The Sun sets on Labour’s Empire, Clamjamfrie, Bùrach Brown, Taikens o success, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Jim Lynch.

9th October 2009 - Flag No. 488
NORWAY’S TOP NATION – AGAIN! BEST COUNTRIES TO LIVE IN – THE DETAILS (2007), THE HYPOCRISY OF BROWN, TRYING TO SIDELINE SALMOND, LIVING ON ANOTHER PLANET, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Compiled by Ian Goldie

16th October 2009 - Flag No. 489
SNP Conference, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Jamie Hepburn.

23rd October 2009 - Flag No. 490
A Small State of Confusion...  ...To Liberal Amounts of Confusion...  ...And Some Debatable Leadership, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Richard Thomson.

30th October 2009 - Flag No. 491
Direct action, Question Time,  SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jennifer Dunn

6th November 2009 - Flag No. 492
The Whining Whingers, Labour’s Trivial Pursuits, Royal Bank Blues, Clamjamfrie, Gearraidhean Brown, Ten years efterhaun, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Jim Lynch.

13th November 2009 - Flag No. 493
 WHERE WILL THE WATER GO? THE EUROPEAN UNION AGAIN, BY-ELECTION IN GLASGOW NORTH-EAST, CYNICAL SPIN ON AFGHANISTAN, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Compiled by Ian Goldie

20th November 2009 - Flag No. 494
SNP gain from Labour, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Jamie Hepburn.

27th November 2009 - Flag No. 495
What's The Welsh For 'Schadenfreude'? SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Richard Thomson.

4th December 2009 - Flag No. 496
Happy Christmas? Constitutional Issues, SYNOPSIS.  Compiled by Jennifer Dunn

11th December 2009 - Flag No. 497
 Cybernats, Another Piece of the Puzzle, Independent Thought, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Jamie Hepburn.

18th December 2009 - Flag No. 498
SQUANDERED MONEY (1), SQUANDERED MONEY (2), BLAIR AND THE IRAQ INQUIRY, GLASGOW NORTH-EAST: WHAT WENT WRONG? SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Compiled by Ian Goldie

25th December 2009 - Flag No. 499
The Big Debate ??? Globespan, East Coast Rail, Two devolved Governments – two different Treasury answers, Prestonpans Marquee Writ Large, Blogging, Clamjamfrey, Scotland in a cauld warld, Brown: fo eagal, SYNOPSIS. Compiled by Jim Lynch.
 

 

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Electric Scotland's Article Service where you can both read articles and post your own. Beth's Newfangled Family Tree is a monthly publication giving genealogy advice as well as what's hapening on the Scottish Scene around the world. This is where you'll find around 300 books on Scottish history that we've published on the site. Gives you some information on the business scene in Scotland. This is where you can view Scottish events around the world and add your own. Learn about the history of Clans and Families of Scotland and the Scots-Irish. The personal site of Alastair McIntyre where he's posted his own mini biography as well as his travel journals. 5 volumes worth of biographies relating to Significant Scots. A weekly newsletter about the political scene in Scotland from the Scots Independent Newspaper. Lots of Scottish recipes along with contributions from our visitors. Play our collection of online games. 6 volume Gazetter on the place names of Scotland. This is our page for trying to give you advice on Genealogy. A FAQ where you go to get answers to frequently asked questions. Information and pictures about Historic places in Scotland such as castles and other properties. Main index page for our very large history section. Children resources including over 800 children's stories and lots of online and offline games. A bit of a catch-all page where you find loads of pages about music, haggis, scots language, culture, religion, humor and lots more. Our nature page where you can explore information on Scottish Wildlife, Plants, Flowers and lots more. Our weekly newsletters archive. Thousands of pictures of Scotland for you to enjoy. Loads of poetry and stories for you to enjoy with many contributions from visitors to our site. Our very own Webcard program which you can use to send online postcard to friends and relatives. Huge resources about the Scots Diaspora around the world and here is where you can find this information. A continually building information resource on the Scots-Irish who emigrated to Ulster and then onto many parts of the world, especially the USA. Create your own family tree with our special software. You can also import and export gedcom files. Our web-based scottish search engine which is a free resource for Scottish companies as well as Scottish organisations around the world. Current Scottish News headlines and links to Scottish news resources. A range of services, both big and small, that we currently offer. Our Tartan pages, giving you access to information on Tartans as well as tartan search engines. Sponsored by House of Tartan. Our travel section where we have loads of suggested tours of Scotland as well as old historic travel books. A wee collection of videos some of which we've produced ourselves. Learn about the last 100 pages we've added to our site which is updated daily.
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