Labour chair of housing calls for urgent funds so England can still build fewer affordable homes than Scotland has been doing for years
From the Guardian today, the above, and: The Labour chair of the Commons housing committee is urging John Healey to bring forward billions of pounds of planned spending on social and affordable homes in England, after housing associations said they were ready to build tens of thousands more. Abena Oppong-Asare called for the chancellor to allocate money from the £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) as soon as possible, rather than after the election as planned. Housing associations have said they could build an additional 41,000 (on top of around 600 000 over ten years) homes outside London over … Continue reading Labour chair of housing calls for urgent funds so England can still build fewer affordable homes than Scotland has been doing for years
Serving police officers suspended over allegations of violence against women and girls are 70% more common per head in England & Wales than in Scotland
From BBC Scotland yesterday: Police Scotland has said 45 serving officers are currently suspended over allegations of violence against women and girls. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqe9l0r105l8o There are currently 16 402 FTE police officers in Scotland, 11 036 male. 45 of them, 0.4% are suspended facing investigation. What percentage of the Scottish adult male population in Scotland is charged with a domestic abuse crime? 34 586 charges in an adult male population of 2.17 million last year, is 1.4%, more than 3 times as many. https://www.copfs.gov.uk/publications/domestic-abuse-and-stalking-charges-in-scotland-2025-2026/html/ The average adult Scottish male is 3 times as likely to commit a domestic abuse offence as … Continue reading Serving police officers suspended over allegations of violence against women and girls are 70% more common per head in England & Wales than in Scotland
Public Health ‘disaster’ in England as hospital critical incidents run at 2 to 4 times the level in Scotland
From BBC Scotland yesterday, the above and: Staff sickness was a major factor behind the critical incident declared by NHS Grampian last month, its chief executive has said. A board-level critical incident had been declared on Saturday 26 September, when A&Es at both Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) and Dr Gray’s in Elgin struggled to cope with demand. That was stood down on the Monday, and remained in place at hospital level at Dr Gray’s until the next day. NHS Grampian chief executive Laura Skaife-Knight told BBC Scotland News that staff sickness had been a “challenge”, and ensuring patient safety was … Continue reading Public Health ‘disaster’ in England as hospital critical incidents run at 2 to 4 times the level in Scotland
Gaslighting the people over a managed and insignificant gas leak on an almost empty ferry – Whether or not Stephen Flynn saw the emails does not matter
From BBC Scotland today: Transport Secretary Stephen Flynn told a Holyrood committee he knew nothing about a gas leak on board a CalMac ferry, despite records showing he had been emailed about the incident. A faulty valve led to 700kg of methane gas being vented from the side of MV Glen Sannox while it was carrying passengers from Arran to Troon in June 2025. Flynn claimed he missed a BBC Scotland report on the incident as he was facetiming his children before he appeared in front of the transport committee last month. But a briefing document released via a freedom … Continue reading Gaslighting the people over a managed and insignificant gas leak on an almost empty ferry – Whether or not Stephen Flynn saw the emails does not matter
No matter how they try Scotland is not having England’s maternity crisis – It’s just a review
BBC Scotland’s Lisa Summers trying to keep up the exaggerated image of the significance of Scotland’s National Maternity Review interviewing the Chair, Professor Christine McCourt and claiming that the review came ‘after’ the BBC Disclosure series discovered a series of safety failings. As with the other Reporting Scotland story today on violent crime, their piece on the Maternity ‘Review‘ is a desparate attempt to give NHS Scotland one of these: A rapid national investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal services has been ordered by Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting. This is to provide truth and accountability for impacted … Continue reading No matter how they try Scotland is not having England’s maternity crisis – It’s just a review
Why is Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary only investigating how police investigate violence in Scotland when it is the lowest in the UK here?
investigates violence. Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary is also looking at Police Scotland’s approach to repeat offenders and victims. So, quickly, we’ve done this so many times before. Scotland has the lowest violent crime in the UK and the best clear-up rates by far. For the evidence, see these: Crowdfunder – https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingBank transfer – JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account 12266421 Continue reading Why is Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary only investigating how police investigate violence in Scotland when it is the lowest in the UK here?
Talking-up Scotland in 2026 will easily beat last year’s number of reports written and visitors attracted with almost three months, 84 days, still to go
It’s with great pleasure that I can reveal the significantly increased audience and the presumably connected surge in our output of well-researched rebuttals of media lies and revelations of good news for Scotland, hidden by the same media. It’s with less pleasure that I must note the ironically reducing success in crowd-funding to enable the very success it has so far helped us to achieve, in the last three campaigns. I’ve heard that, paradoxically, if a blog is already productive, people are less likely to donate, thinking it robust and inevitably then ensuring its subsequent eventual demise. As always many … Continue reading Talking-up Scotland in 2026 will easily beat last year’s number of reports written and visitors attracted with almost three months, 84 days, still to go
Latest Tory proposal is to prevent the Scottish Parliament from pursuing its own vision, goals and objectives!
By stewartb The Tories – that very same party which has failed, often by a long way, to win any national or UK election in Scotland since the mid 1950s – has the gall to threaten to downgrade the Scottish Parliament. They have certainly changed the political climate with their expressed intent, if elected to be the UK government, to remove further powers from the Scottish Parliament in order to impose nuclear power generation within Scotland and regardless of the policies of the latter’s elected government. It’s worth revisiting the foreword penned by Lord Smith of Kelvin to the Smith … Continue reading Latest Tory proposal is to prevent the Scottish Parliament from pursuing its own vision, goals and objectives!
The Shadowy Secretary of State Against Scotland
Harriet Cross was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire and grew up in West Cork, Ireland where her mother was from. She attended Bandon Grammar School in Bandon, County Cork before the family moved to Aberdeenshire, owing to her father’s work, when she was sixteen. She attended Gordonstoun School, after which she studied zoology at Imperial College London before earning a master’s degree in Rural Land and Business Management and from the University of Reading. In 2018, she returned to Aberdeenshire to work as a rural surveyor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Cross By Liz S The Tory Secretary of State for (against) Scotland, Harriet Cross, … Continue reading The Shadowy Secretary of State Against Scotland
Scotland produces far more food per head than England
From June Agricultural Census 2026 published today: Results from the June Agricultural Census 2026 were published today and show that the number of cattle increased for the first time since 2021. In 2026, there were 1.67 million cattle, an increase of 0.7% compared with last year and 1.3% below the five-year average (2021 to 2025). Annual increases in male cattle, female beef cattle and calves offset a fall in female dairy cattle. The number of pigs also increased for the first time since 2022 to 327,700. This was 4.9% more than last year and 1.2% below the five-year average. Other … Continue reading Scotland produces far more food per head than England
