As 5 000 offenders in England run tag-less and un-monitored, BBC Scotland Disclosure team increases efforts to prove there are more than the reported ZERO cases of such tagging failure here
In the Guardian today: More than 5,000 offenders went unmonitored in the first half of the year because probation staff failed to install electronic tags, while 1,600 tags had no signal for more than two weeks due to faults, a report has found. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/12/failure-fit-tags-offenders-unmonitored-england-wales Imagine even one offender went tag-less in Scotland? Imagine the MSM operating in Scotland if they got wind of one, just the one? Has there been one reported failure in Scotland in 2026? No. There is no publicly reported systemic or notable operational failure of Scotland’s electronic monitoring system in 2026 comparable to the England and … Continue reading As 5 000 offenders in England run tag-less and un-monitored, BBC Scotland Disclosure team increases efforts to prove there are more than the reported ZERO cases of such tagging failure here
It is entirely legal for the SNP to refuse to host groups whose views conflict with their platform
In the Herald today, the above and: This is nonsense, the Herald knows it’s nonsense and so will the SNP’s advisers. Parties retain substantial control over their own conferences, agendas, and who they platform. Fringe events are typically subject to approval and are not the same as membership rights. Political parties are expressive associations. They control their own conferences, agendas, and who they platform. Fringe events are not the same as open commercial venue hire; they form part of the party’s internal political activity. The Equality Act’s association provisions (Part 7) mainly protect members, prospective members, and associates regarding access … Continue reading It is entirely legal for the SNP to refuse to host groups whose views conflict with their platform
‘England’s Atrocity’ hanging petty thieves and children – Scotland historically applied the death penalty far less often than England, pro rata half as many in the 20th Century, but Mark Smith of the Glasgow Herald knows SFA of that
Mark Smith, today, once more revealing his little knowledge of Scotland, tries to drag us into the wider world of state brutality, as the US plans a public execution by firing squad, with ill-researched work on the history of capital punishment in Scotland and in the wider UK. He quickly tells us of Scotland’s last hanging in 1963: but ignores this key information: Scotland historically applied the death penalty far less often than England, mainly because of differences in legal tradition after the 1707 Act of Union. Scotland kept its own courts, criminal procedure, and much of its substantive law … Continue reading ‘England’s Atrocity’ hanging petty thieves and children – Scotland historically applied the death penalty far less often than England, pro rata half as many in the 20th Century, but Mark Smith of the Glasgow Herald knows SFA of that
As NHS England’s Fonagy review into mental health support reveals a ‘dire lack of support’ how NHS Scotland hit 90% or more target for 8th time in a row
In the Guardian today, we hear of ‘an inquiry into England’s ever-extending waiting lists for the diagnosis of mental illness and neurodevelopmental conditions, and the dire lack of support for people who experience one or both of them.’ BBC Scotland relies on another RCEM Scotland claim that A&E doctors are ‘completely terrified‘ in Scotland yet not so in England where the more than 12 hour waits strongly associated with excess death are twice as comon. This is, of course, is fully swept under the Editor’s carpet: From Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting times Quarter ending June 2026 … Continue reading As NHS England’s Fonagy review into mental health support reveals a ‘dire lack of support’ how NHS Scotland hit 90% or more target for 8th time in a row
England looks like ‘Fly-tipping capital of Europe’ with only half the level of inspection in Scotland and far fewer inspectors
On BBC Breakfast this morning and reported across their regional websites, England’s fly-tipping crisis returns to MSM. As recently as August this year, we had this kind of thing: On further investigation of the issue across the EU, England stands out for the volume and granularity of reported small-scale incidents and the public/media attention they receive but higher reported figures in England partly reflect better detection and reporting rather than uniquely worse behaviour. You cannot miss the obvious parallels with drug death figures in Scotland, better recorded to suggest it is the ‘drug death capital of Europe.’ That claim is … Continue reading England looks like ‘Fly-tipping capital of Europe’ with only half the level of inspection in Scotland and far fewer inspectors
‘Troubled’, not so ‘ageing’ Arran ferry’s ‘faults’ started when the contract to build it was awarded by Scottish Conservatives to an inexperienced English yard on its last legs in a ‘troubled’ Conservative constituency
In the Scotsman, two days ago, the above and: A CalMac ferry which returned to service a year ago after 20 months of repairs that cost £11 million is to be retired, the operator has announced. Caledonian Isles, which sails on one of CalMac’s busiest routes, is due to end its 34-year career in February as part of the replacement of three of ageing large ferries with brand new vessels. The 1,000-passenger ship’s departure from the Ardrossan to Brodick in Arran service will follow 31-year-old Barra ferry Isle of Lewis’s retiral in December and that of 42-year-old spare vessel Isle … Continue reading ‘Troubled’, not so ‘ageing’ Arran ferry’s ‘faults’ started when the contract to build it was awarded by Scottish Conservatives to an inexperienced English yard on its last legs in a ‘troubled’ Conservative constituency
Why does the Royal College of Emergency Medicine avoid comparisons with Scotland when they reveal England to be the ‘Capital of Deadly Long Waits?’
By stewartb When reading across the press statements that the RCEM makes regularly on the waiting times performances of the NHS in England, the north of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, it is rare to find it refer directly to between nation comparisons. In particular, the longstanding better performance of NHS Scotland tends not to be acknowledged although clearly evident in time series graphs tucked away in the RCEM’s website. Rare but not never! One such occurrence in a recent RCEM press statement on NHS Scotland (see below) strikes me as rather ‘odd’ if not perverse! For context, from the RCEM … Continue reading Why does the Royal College of Emergency Medicine avoid comparisons with Scotland when they reveal England to be the ‘Capital of Deadly Long Waits?’
As long waits triggering corridor care surge to twice the Scottish rate in England, One RCEM ‘leading emergency doctor’ in Scotland is ‘completely terrified’ but not for them
From BBC Scotland today, based on the RCEM union convener in Scotland: A leading emergency doctor has said she is “completely terrified” about upcoming winter pressures on Scotland’s already-stretched NHS. Dr Fiona Hunter, vice chair of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Scotland, said A&E departments were providing “unsafe” levels of care, with some patients spending 72 hours on trolleys in hospital corridors. and: She said she wanted to remedy a lack of statistics kept around corridor care and to move towards a system where preparing for winter was a “year round” activity. BBC Scotloand have been working on this … Continue reading As long waits triggering corridor care surge to twice the Scottish rate in England, One RCEM ‘leading emergency doctor’ in Scotland is ‘completely terrified’ but not for them
LATEST – England’s paedophile nursery crisis was averted in Scotland by Alex Salmond government nearly 20 years ago
In the Guardian yesterday, the above and: A paedophile nursery worker was cleared by an investigation overseen by a local authority three years before he was arrested. In February, Vincent Chan was jailed after pleading guilty to 56 offences, including assault by penetration on three-year-old girls in his care at a Bright Horizons nursery on Finchley Road in north-west London. After his conviction, prosecutors described him as a “prolific sexual predator”. The Guardian can now reveal that Chan was the subject of an earlier safeguarding investigation, carried out by Bright Horizons, with the oversight of Camden council. It followed what … Continue reading LATEST – England’s paedophile nursery crisis was averted in Scotland by Alex Salmond government nearly 20 years ago
SNP faces zero backlash when very few will even notice this ant-abortion group supported by at most only 4% of Scots
In the National today, the above: SNP leaders are facing a backlash from their own members after allowing an anti-abortion group to host a fringe event at the party conference. Women for Independence (WFI) have organised a petition calling on the SNP leadership to step in to cancel the SPUC event. It is understood that, within two hours of launching, the WFI campaign had garnered support from more than 20 SNP branches, affiliates, and elected members. A petition? Is that what a ‘backlash’ looks like? Surely a petition about one conference fringe event is not much. Doesn’t the word ‘fringe’ … Continue reading SNP faces zero backlash when very few will even notice this ant-abortion group supported by at most only 4% of Scots
