SCOTLAND SINCE 2000 IN NUMBERS
The Rev Fiona Tweedie, Mission Statistics Co-ordinator for the Church of Scotland
The year 2000 - start of a new millennium - what do you remember, if you are old enough to remember that far back? Tony Blair was Prime Minister, George W Bush President of the United States, Donald Dewar First Minister in Edinburgh. We had been saved from the Y2K bug, the World Trade Centre still stood in New York, and the Scottish Parliament met in the Assembly Hall, still a few years away from moving to Holyrood. Big Brother launched on TV, heralding a variety of ‘reality TV’ shows, as did The Weakest Link, while in music Kylie Minogue made a comeback, and Billy Elliot danced into our cinematic hearts. For me, my elder daughter was still a year away from being born; you may remember children, parents, or grandchildren. It may feel like a long time ago, or just like yesterday.