Auchtermuchty

Auchtermuchty (2001 pop 2,010)is a town in the Kingdom of Fife, eastern Scotland. It received a charter as a Royal Burgh from James V in 1517, andf thrived on linen manufacture, iron founding and distilling. The veteran conservative journalist and commentator Sir John Junor (1919-1997), longtime editor of the Sunday Express newspaper, brought Auchtermuchty to national fame by stressing its role as a belweather of Scottish public opinion in frequent mentions in his editorial articles.