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April 2000
Scottish Parliament latest:  Building will now cost £200 tops - Donald Dewar.
Dolly the sheep team clone generous Aberdonian
Monarch of the Glen shock:
doctors warn:it'll make you sick.
Winning in Clause 28 climbdown: confesses he hadn't read all of Bible.

May 2000

McLeish in lifelong learning rethink: research finds that nobody can be arsed
Nessie rude to the tourists shock
Scottish poor health fine by us
Alistair Campbell in Doppelganger shock

Tommy Sheridan deported
Army's weapons recalled

Pikachu for Parkhead
Scottish Enterprise claim success:
glossy brochure production at all time high
Prince William for Edinburgh?
Turnip magnate to fund referendum on education

June 2000

Tyson fight: compromise reached, he'll now "box" inside immigration control.
Scotsman relaunch: "not at all like an English newspaper that we've never heard of" claim management.
Margo MacDonald a mouthy cow: shock survey result.
Christ's kingdom on earth to be based in Edinburgh
Cheap seats row:
new crisis threatens Scottish Parliament.
Report calls for research on mobile 'phones: industry calls for people to buy mobile 'phones.
Talking fox says : "leave field sports alone".
General Assembly latest: delegates bugger up electronics, declare gays nearly as good as heterosexuals
STV in shock departure: plans to actually make programmes.

Edinburgh in chaos as bogus vote seekers piss everyone off.
Nuke Sub reactors to be stored on land

July 2000

Euro 2000: irresistible cheap shot
Promoters of Tyson fight insist : "We like women really-as long as they're not shouty lezzies."

GM Foods: Windsor think tank gives the thumbs up.
William for Edinburgh: massive jobs boost promised
SNP crisis - latest
The Twa' Bigots: new double act

August 2000

Scottish Enterprise to offer dynamic outplacement opportunity to 150.
Bizarre cult meets in Dundee

Sheikh in snowflake shock
Human Genome mapping setback: bits missing.
Charles and Camilla to marry in Scotland
Scottish Euro bid: run on travellers cheques expected.
Arise Shir Sean! : OAPS meet in Edinburgh, discuss weather, tax rate differentials.

Pottermania subsides: Press press panic button
Scottish businessman bags Old Bag's old bag.
Tourist-free Scotland:
No need for panic says STB director, orders another daiquiri

September 2000

BBC Scotland: New series promises innovative use of swearing and shagging
Jaggy Thistle Exclusive: Sarah's honeymoon diary
STB website fiasco:
it's all everyone else's fault
Queen Mum: Wrinkly Windsor Will Live Forever Shock.
Scotsman Fringe row: SkyNeil angry, may destroy world.
Oestrogen tidal wave engulfs the capital: all that bastard Clooney's fault
We agree with Greg: BBC Scotland head concurs with new boss shock!
SQA debacle: riddle solved, winsome Windsor implicated.
Creative industries strategy: Edinburgh left out, upset but bravely holding back the tears.
Old Firm special: Celtic victorious, Archbishop Winning likely to leave the rest of us alone for the foreseeable future

October 2000
Tories  attack The Jaggy Thistle: claim bias
Scottish PR agency lands Prince of Darkness contract: Lucifer not all bad says MD.

November 2000
Holy child abuse!:
Kid kickings all down to printing error, Church "explains"...
Frankie goes free!: BBC Scotland scraps series.
Fuel Crisis: missing news stories found
New Health Strategy latest: perfectly legal drugs industry applauds "customer maintenance programme"
Parliament Building Report: Shock finding that starred First in Greats not a construction qualification.
St. Andrews: Survey confirms university "oik free zone"- relief in Surrey widespread.
Salmond collapses under weight of own erudition: mystery medic emergency methods fail, Salmond survives.
SNP elect man who used to sit next to Alex: identity unknown but no one cares
New University term starts: Drug dealers predict bonanza in sales of tiny squares of black rubber.
Tony Blair: outright winner of made up award
Tory Conference identifies new revenue stream: the dope tax.
Hooray for Dounreay!: other people's money to bail out nuclear industry.
Dundee dust-up latest: City invents logic bypass
BBC programming infiltrated by animal rights maddies: Jaggy Thistle exclusive.
BBC Scotland crisis: supply of lovable stereotypes at all time low
Reshuffle latest: another brief for McConnell - not at all life threatening McLeish insists.
Scottish Truckers:
ill-advised visit to Plean planned?
SQA crisis latest:
staff have been plugging their work, exclusions likely, DM league to be wound up.

December 2000

Wendy waves wand: fairy dust transforms STB!
Religious right to target Deacon: phenomena due to sun spots, scientists say
U.S. Election stramash gets McLeish's attention: "Aye well, it's like voting for Omo or Daz really " declares our leader.

Dyke's dosh dole out will not deliver dross
: BBC Scotland management promise
Ex-gaol boss to reformThe Agency Formerly Known As The STB: shocked at liberal regime
Hague initiative: Scotland can just piss off out of it.
Grangemouth town centre "redevelopment" plans put on hold: BP agree to cut down on unplanned explosions at plant
Tankie and Trot to battle it out for Xmas No. 1
Air Traffic Privatisation:
Franchise opportunity available at Prestwick
There is no God: Winning in shock conclusion.
Highland welcome planned for Madonna: Dornoch closed for the winter.
Farmers say "Keep Euro meat out of Scotland": poisoning people best left to domestic producers.
"Castaway 2000" winds up: psychologist to undergo psychological counselling.

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