Alex Cole Hamilton wastes your taxes again to find in an average 24 hour period, only one or two triaged as safe, over 95 year-olds, waited more than 12 hours in only one or two of Scotland’s 30 full Type 1 emergency departments
Alex Cole Hamilton, Lib Dem leader, currently at home preparing for government, is a regular FOI man. Goodness knows how many thousands he’s wasted digging for dirt on the SNP. Often he doesn’t get what he wants, just adds up enough years to get a big number, forgets to mention an improving trend such as the babies born with drug and alcohol addictions and the MSM operating in Scotland help him out. Today, it’s the Scotsman: So, 736 over 95s waited more than 12 hours in A&E in the period January to October 2025, 10 months. In an average 24 … Continue reading Alex Cole Hamilton wastes your taxes again to find in an average 24 hour period, only one or two triaged as safe, over 95 year-olds, waited more than 12 hours in only one or two of Scotland’s 30 full Type 1 emergency departments
Why there are no fly-tipping ‘super-sites’ for Scottish media to report – more than twice the level of inspection
In the UK headlines today, the above video but nothing in the MSM operating in Scotland. Here’s why: BBC UK have been reporting 517 incidents of fly tipping, 11 of them ‘super-sites’ like the one above, in England. BBC Scotland, Scottish Labour and other media, you can be sure, have been scouring the country for something they can use to confirm that things are just as bad here. Nothing so far. Could this be why? So a major increase in interventions by police and Sepa inspectors in one year? Newsworthy but not for them? Comparisons with England where all 11 super-sites … Continue reading Why there are no fly-tipping ‘super-sites’ for Scottish media to report – more than twice the level of inspection
Herald’s ill-informed acceptance of the nuclear industry’s sums makes their claim of ‘trusted journalism’ laughable
The Herald today has the above headline and, in the text, this basis for it: Is it true? No, the NIA has a clear agenda to promote nuclear energy regardless of the facts. Prices for Scottish consumers [electricity and gas] are driven by international gas prices, worsened by the war in Ukraine and despite the fact that Scotland is a net exporter of gas. https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-statistics-for-scotland-q3-2025/pages/electricity-generation-and-supply/ The NIA’s calculations are industry-produced and though they plausibly make a case for nuclear stabilising the system during volatile periods, they do not prove the reverse that the absence of more nuclear is the reason … Continue reading Herald’s ill-informed acceptance of the nuclear industry’s sums makes their claim of ‘trusted journalism’ laughable
Isle of Wight ferries – breakdowns, cancellations, rocketing prices, THREE times the cost of the Oban to Mull crossing and unfair taxation compared to Scotland
The Isle of Wight’s two ferry services, Red Jet and Wightlink, have a long history breakdowns, of mass cancellations and rocketing prices in an effort to keep paying shareholder dividends and executive bonuses. This very real fiasco, fuelled by greed at the top, is currently attracting attention from the Conservative Party, shamelessly forgetting their key role in enabling the kind of unregulated business activity that has created the situation in the first place. From Isle of Wight County Press, two weeks ago, the above, and: Shadow Transport Secretary Richard Holden has slammed the government’s levy on ferries as ‘a tax … Continue reading Isle of Wight ferries – breakdowns, cancellations, rocketing prices, THREE times the cost of the Oban to Mull crossing and unfair taxation compared to Scotland
New Zealand’s Cook Strait Ferries – unreliability alarms international tour operators in sharp contrast to Scotland’s island tourism surge ignoring media ferry frenzy
Above the only 27 year-old, Spanish-built, MV Aratere, retired after a sequence of breakdowns including two incidents of drifting out-of-control toward rocks with hundreds on board. Cook Strait Ferries, linking the north and south islands of New Zealand, currently runs only two quite young (under 30) ferries but the service is a national scandal of poor service with dangerous incidents, unreliability and the utter fiasco of the government cancelling urgently needed replacement contracts. The consequence of this unreliability, not of any media frenzy as there has been little, is the serious damage to tourism. From RNZ, two days ago: Fed-up … Continue reading New Zealand’s Cook Strait Ferries – unreliability alarms international tour operators in sharp contrast to Scotland’s island tourism surge ignoring media ferry frenzy
Washington State Ferries – ancient vessels, antiquated booking system crashes yet is not replaced and a scramble for tickets
Washington State Ferries operate out of the affluent city of Seattle in the USA and serve 20 ports with 21 vessels. 9 of these large ferries, above, aged between 45 and 59 years are older than the just retired CalMac boat, MV Isle of Arran, aged 42. WSF have a long history of poor service beyond that which CalMac users can imagine, of unreliability, soaring prices, violence on the ramps and flooding car decks and some of the oldest vessels in the developed world, above. More recently, last summer, from Fox 13 Seattle: Summer ferry reservations are highly sought after, … Continue reading Washington State Ferries – ancient vessels, antiquated booking system crashes yet is not replaced and a scramble for tickets
BC Ferries in Canada – ancient vessels, mass cancellations, rocketing prices, near misses on rocks and a repair that only lasts 40 minutes
BC Ferries, operating out of affluent Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada with a fleet of 41 vessels serving 47 ports is still running the above five large vessels aged 45 to 50 years. CalMac’s oldest large ferry, the MV Isle of Arran, aged 42, is currently being retired. Over the Easter weekend, there were ‘mass cancellations’ after two large vessels broke down1 and the Queen of Surrey (above) remains out of service2 after her first repair only lasted 40 minutes before she broke down again.3 Days later, we hear: BC Ferries is now recovering from its Easter long weekend issues, … Continue reading BC Ferries in Canada – ancient vessels, mass cancellations, rocketing prices, near misses on rocks and a repair that only lasts 40 minutes
A9 accidents and deaths plummet in recent years
From Transport Scotland – Total number of collisions on the A9 between Perth and Inverness: EIR release published today, the above figures for the five years from 2012/2022 to 2025/2026 (2 February). Barring any tragic events in March 2026, the results reveal a dramatic reduction for two years in a row, from 2023/2024. The overall fall in the last two years of around one-third, 33% and by three-quarters, 75%, in fatal incidents from 2022/2023. This data covers personal injury accidents from the A9 Perth to Inverness ( Inveralmond Roundabout to Longman Roundabout, not including roundabouts. Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202600504907/ BBC Scotland is … Continue reading A9 accidents and deaths plummet in recent years
Shocking incompetence as Lammy oversees the release in error of more than THREE times as many prisoners as Constance in Scotland
Justice Secretaries David Lammy [England & Wales] and Angela Constance [Scotland] From Sky News in the last hour: 179 prisoners freed ‘in error’ in England and Wales in single year – Pressure mounted on Justice Secretary David Lammy last year following a series of high-profile manhunts. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/179-prisoners-freed-in-error-in-england-and-wales-in-single-year/ar-AA20Y6K8 You know where I’m going. The most recent official parliamentary data (as of 5 December 2025) shows 5 liberations in error in financial year 2025-26 up to that point. This covers roughly the first 8 months of the financial year (April to early December 2025). No specific updated total for the full period to March … Continue reading Shocking incompetence as Lammy oversees the release in error of more than THREE times as many prisoners as Constance in Scotland
Lord Offord’s revelation does seem credible considering Sarwar declared in 2025 that he would be prepared to work with Reform UK on a case-by-case basis
By Liz S Anas Sarwar, last night in the CH4 leader’s debate, was exposed by Malcolm Offord of trying to concoct a plan for his Labour party & Offord’s Reform UK to work together “to remove the SNP”. (BTW Paisley Town Hall ,that was where Offord said Sarwar had “bounced up to him saying we need to work together” and was where the BBC’s Debate night did their leaders debate). Now Offord’s revelation does seem credible , especially considering Sarwar once declared in 2025 , that he would be prepared “to work with Reform UK on a case-by-case basis” . So Sarwar … Continue reading Lord Offord’s revelation does seem credible considering Sarwar declared in 2025 that he would be prepared to work with Reform UK on a case-by-case basis
Talking-up Scotland 