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4 January 2002
HAPPY NEW YEAR!, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

11 January 2002
AND YET ANOTHER YEAR, EURO, EURO, EURO, AND QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, FOR IT’S A LONG LONG TIME......., SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

18 January 2002
A TIMELY REMINDER, DEFINITELY A GUDDLE - WE THINK, RAILROADED YET AGAIN, AM BUSHED, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

25 January 2002
ROBERT BURNS, THE AMERICAN SUCCESSION, JOB PROTECTION SCHEME, ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER EURO, HAI - HOSPITAL AVOIDABLE INFECTIONS, ALLISON’S FAREWELL AT HOME, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

1 February 2002
BAKSHEESH, BAKSHEESH, BACKSCRATCH, BACKSCRATCH, BACKSTAB, BACKSTAB, BACTERIA, BACTERIA,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

8 February 2002
DON’T PANIC!, PUBLIC LOSS: PRIVATE GAIN, WAKEHAM THE FIRST!, ‘OFFICEGATE’ OUTFALL, WESTMINSTER MUSICAL CHAIRS, REMEMBERING DR MCINTYRE, INDEPENDENT SCOTS CD, THEY SAID IT FOR US,
SYNOPSIS.

15 February 2002
NO SILVER LINING - YET, AND TALKING OF FIFE..., WHO’S DIED?, LIFE - OR DEATH - IN THE FASLANE?, THE GLASGOW KISS - 2002 STYLE,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

22 February 2002
THE FLAG OUT IN THE COLD, THE INDIAN GIVER, NATS IS A FOUR LETTER WORD, FOX POPULI, NO MEAN CITY,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

1 March 2002
TALKING INDEPENDENCE, ST DAVID’S DAY, AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY, DOES BRONZE BEAT GOLD?, ANDREW THE MAGNANIMOUS, THE PERCENTAGE GAME, UNCLEAR NUCLEAR,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

8 March 2002
LIGHT IN THE TUNNEL, I’M TALKING INDEPENDENCE - NOTHING LESS, AND THE NUCLEAR POWER GAP, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, A SAD DAY FOR SCOTLAND, JOHN McGRATH 1935-2002,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

15 March 2002
BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH, DR HAMISH HENDERSON, ALEXANDER III - THE GOLDEN AGE, A FIDDLE - NOT A MUDDLE?, THE PHARISEES, FLOUR CITY FIASCO, EDINBURGH ROYAL INFIRM - ARY,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

22 March 2002
ST PATRICK’S DAY, ALEXANDER III CEREMONY, AND ELSEWHERE IN THE KINGDOM, IT IS BETTER TO GIVE THEN TO RECEIVE, MISSING THE TRAIN, HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF, EURO ROUTE TO INDEPENDENCE, IS THE LOCKERBIE TRAGEDY OVER?, THE FLAG IN THE DIRT,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

29 March 2002
HYPERBOLE, HYSTERIA & HYPOCRISY, THE FIRST 1000 DAYS, DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD, FROM BRIT TO SCOT, TALKING INDEPENDENCE,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

5 April 2002
THE TAXMAN’S HOGMANAY, DAMNED WITH FAINT PRAISE, THE QUEEN MOTHER, I’M TALKING INDEPENDENCE, TARTAN DAY - UNITED STATES AND CANADA, LAZARUS McLEISH,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

12 April 2002
THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS, TARTAN DAY 2002, THE TARTAN ARMY, INDEPENDENCE BONUS, I’M TALKING INDEPENDENCE, STONE WALLS DO NOT A PRISON MAKE,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

19 April 2002
WORLD CHAMPIONS - AGAIN, IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE,
A TWO FOOTED GAME, WELL AND TRULY STUC, OLD CONS AND NEW CONS, BY THEIR DEEDS, OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES, I’M TALKING INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

26 April 2002
FIFE COUNCIL VICTORY,
DOUGLAS CRAWFORD, NEW LABOUR FRIENDS, THE CONFERENCE SEASON - A LITTLE SALT, ON THE FEAST OF ST GEORGE, FRENCH LEAVE, I’M TALKING INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

3 May 2002
ISSUE NUMBER 100, THE QUEEN’S GOLDEN JUBILEE, THE FIVE YEAR ITCH, THE GRUBBY FIRST MINISTER, OPEN AND INCLUSIVE, I’M TALKING INDEPENDENCE, CHRISTIAN AID BOOK SALE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

10 May 2002
SACKCLOTH AND ASHES, DOROTHY- GRACE - THE ELDER, OPPORTUNITY MISSED, TRADE UNION POLITICAL LEVY, TALKING INDEPENDENCE,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

17 May 2002
THE FLAG FLIES ON!, THE 75 YEARS ONGOING, EYE TEST REQUIRED?, SILLY SEASON, SLEAZE, SLEAZE, SLEAZE, MSP MEETS HARRY POTTER!, OLIVER FOR KENNETH, HAPPY RETIRAL IRENE!, VISITORS LETTER TO THE FLAG, THEY SAID IT FOR US, TALKING INDEPENDENCE, SYNOPSIS.

24 May 2002
FLYING THE FLAG ABROAD, A CONFUSED SCEPTIC, AMBIVALENT FLAGPOLES, TALKING INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

31 May 2002
FEELING LIKE A TWO YEAR OLD, WHO ARE THE PIRANHAS?, A RIGHT ROYAL TIME, BYE BYE BYERS,
TALKING INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

7 June 2002
ONWARDS AND UPWARDS, SINGING SMALL, HOIST WITH HIS OWN PETARD, PRIVATE PROFIT PRINCIPLES, LET JOY BE UNCONFINED, MUSICAL PORTFOLIOS,
TALKING INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

14 June 2002
WHAT A BALLYHOO!, CRACKS IN THE DAM - DAMN CRACKS, HOW DO YOU RUN A RAILROAD?, WHO PAYS THE PIPER?,
TALKING INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

21 June 2002
RANKING AND RANCOUR, PULLING RANK, SKELETONS IN THE CABINET, CONSIGNIA AD DUSTBIN, OLIVER BROWN AWARD,
TALKING INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

28 June 2002
OLIVER BROWN AWARD, A STATELY PLEASURE DOME, AND A STATELY HOSPITAL TOO, FROM HCI TO PFI, ATHELSTANEFORD,
TALKING INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

5 July 2002
GREETINGS, BANNOCKBURN RALLY, A SMIDGIN OF COMFORT, A GET OUT OF JAIL CARD, DEVOLUTION DISILLUSION, THE GRATE DEBATE,
TALKING INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

12 July 2002
THE SILLY SEASON, MARGO MAKEOVER, SNP SNAPSHOT, NO TRANSFER FEE?, BLAME TRANSFER,
TALKING INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

19 July 2002
SUMMERTIME BLUES, MARGO MAKEOVER (TAKE TWO), A TALE OF TWO FERRIES, A FERRY SUCCESS, INDEPENDENCE IN A NUTSHELL, ON THE FRINGE, THEY SAID IT FOR US, TALKING INDEPENDENCE,
SYNOPSIS.

26 July 2002
BACK TO WORK, THE MONEYMOON IS OVER, A MUDDLE OR A FIDDLE?, SYMBOLIC MOVES, SAS TO COS,
TALKING INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

2 August 2002
PLAGIARISM PUBLICISED, INSIDE ENGLAND TODAY, AND INSIDE TODAY, AND ESCAPED THIS WEEK, THE MCLEISH SAGA,
TALKING INDEPENDENCE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

9 August 2002
TWO STEPS BACK, NINTH SYMPATHY, ENGLAND UBER ALLES, WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE..., THE MITHER TONGUE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES,
SYNOPSIS.

16 August 2002
MEA CULPA, MEN OF LETTERS, MEN OF LUCRE, UP THE CREEK, RECESSION ? WHAT RECESSION?, FORTHCOMING EVENTS, OH YE OF LITTLE FAITH, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

23 August 2002
BLAST FROM THE PAST, FLETCHER OF SALTOUN, ONE RULE FOR SOME, FERRY CONFUSING,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

30 August 2002
THE WONDERS OF P.C., BE LABOUR VOTE LIBERAL, HONOUR AMONG THIEVES?, OH LORD BUT IT’S HARD TO BE HUMBLE,
FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, SYNOPSIS.

6 September 2002
THE GRAHAME GREMLIN, NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM, THE GOOD NEWS FROM TALLINN, AND MORE GOOD NEWS, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES,
SYNOPSIS.

13 September 2002
11TH SEPTEMBER 2001, 11TH SEPTEMBER 1997, SOUR FLOUR, THERE ARISETH A LITTLE CLOUD, A FARMER’S MARKET, AND TALKING OF THATCHER, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES,
SYNOPSIS.

20 September 2002
A PENNY FOR THEM, TURN THE TABLES, BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE, MATTERS CONSTITUTIONAL, DOWN IN BLACK AND WHITE, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES,
SYNOPSIS.

27 September 2002
RELEASE OUR POTENTIAL, WAITING AT THE CHURCH, HECTOR’S HAVEN, WE TOLLED YOU SO, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES,
SYNOPSIS.

4 October 2002
DEMOB HAPPY, INVERNESS INITIATIVE, AND THE PRIVATE INITIATIVE, THE PARALLEL UNIVERSE, LETTERS PATENT, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES, CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS, SYNOPSIS.

11 October 2002
BON VOYAGE, GOOD VIBES, SNP LEAD IN 2nd HOLYROOD VOTE, WESTMINSTER DROP, SNP STANCE BACKED, LABOUR BLUES, ONWARDS EVER UPWARDS!, SALTIRE BLUE, THEY SAID IT FOR US, SYNOPSIS.

18 October 2002
MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN, THAT WAS THE WEEK, THAT WAS, SCOTLAND TWO'S UP, THARE IS AYE SOME WATER WHAUR THE STIRKIE DROUNS, MORE LABOUR BLUES, SNP - COMPLETE HISTORY, SIGN UP FOR SCOTLAND, THEY SAID IT FOR US, SYNOPSIS.

25 October 2002
WANDERER’S RETURN, NEW COMPILER, HOLIDAY THOUGHTS, BLACK ARTS & BLACK HOLES, 2008 AND ALL THAT, ALLAN MACARTNEY LECTURE 2003, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES,
SYNOPSIS.

1 November 2002
IT'S MY TURN AND I'M NEW, ON RETIREMENT, QUESTION TIME (UK), GREAT BRITONS, FIREFIGHTERS DISPUTE, ALLAN MACARTNEY LECTURE 2002,
SYNOPSIS.

8 November 2002
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY, NEW COMPILER, A MODEST ADVANCE, THE REGINA EPILOGUES?, REMEMBER REMEMBER, 114 DAMNATIONS, QUESTIONING TIME, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES,
SYNOPSIS.

15 November 2002
INTRODUCING RICHARD THOMSON, HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER, LABOUR'S DATE WITH CONTROVERSY, BETWEEN THE ROCK AND A HARD PLACE,
SYNOPSIS.

22 November 2002
FLOODING IN MORAY, OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE, WHAT’S IN A WORD?, WHAT DOES A LIST MSP DO?,
SYNOPSIS, Neil R MacCallum 15 May 1955 - 9 November 2002

29 November 2002
ST ANDREW’S DAY, ST ANDREW’S DAY SCREENSAVER, WHAT’S HAPPENING?, NEW LABOUR- STAB--ILITY ESSENTIAL, ANOTHER WINNIE, PROJECT IMPLAUSIBLE, CREATIVE STATISTICS, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES,
SYNOPSIS.

6 December 2002
SWINNEY – “WE CAN RELEASE OUR POTENTIAL”, SNP CLOSE GAP, MAKING A DIFFERENCE,
SYNOPSIS.

13 December 2002
BACK AND FORWARD, THE WISHEE-WASHIE PARTY, BLAIRWITCHED, FIRED WITH ENTHUSIASM, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES,
SYNOPSIS.

20 December 2002
SEASONS GREETINGS, Hundreds of children facing Christmas in temporary accommodation, The Holyrood Project, Pensions, Glasgow? It’s cool, man,
SYNOPSIS.

27 December 2002
THANK YOU FOR THE FISH, A DELECTABLE SPAT, FOOT IN THE MOUTH NOTES,
SYNOPSIS.

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