Think, Andrew! If a Scottish teacher has 29.6% fewer pupils than a Welsh teacher which one’s headteacher should be able to manage reduced contact time better?
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 In the Herald today: and: Ah, just secondary teachers, eh? What’s their ratio then? 12.6 to 1 – https://www.gov.scot/publications/summary-statistics-for-schools-in-scotland-2024/documents/ So, with by far the lowest pupil contact workload in the UK, Scottish heidies can’t organise things? Says who? School Leaders Scotland. They’ll know about those ratios. You have to feel for the heidies in Wales, England and Northern Ireland don’t you? How important is the funded level of staff per … Continue reading Think, Andrew! If a Scottish teacher has 29.6% fewer pupils than a Welsh teacher which one’s headteacher should be able to manage reduced contact time better?
Cancer is a concern with increasing nuclear power in Iowa and everywhere else especially in Scotland
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From the Des Moines Register yesterday, the above, and: Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Nuclear Energy Task Force released a final report that encourages more nuclear power plants in Iowa. This report makes no mention of cancer increases in communities that are near nuclear power plants. At a time when Iowans are deeply concerned about having one of the nation’s highest rates of increases in cancers, the last thing we need is … Continue reading Cancer is a concern with increasing nuclear power in Iowa and everywhere else especially in Scotland
How Scotland’s drug deaths title owes much to Liverpool and to Burnham’s Manchester
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 The Daily Record yesterday had the above and: but left something important out, or as far as I can see past their paywall, this: FrostJacket (also written Frostjacket) was the shared EncroChat handle of Remez Caffrey (then 24, from Moston/Manchester) and John Chean (then 33–34, from Kirkby, Merseyside). They used it in 2020 to buy and sell cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis across the UK, including swapping a 20-plate Mercedes for … Continue reading How Scotland’s drug deaths title owes much to Liverpool and to Burnham’s Manchester
BBC Scotland hiding Alex Cole Hamilton’s misogyny again?
Alex, that lovely guy? Surely not but then…. With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 By Liz S You write in the context of your article of ambulance waiting time that “BBC Scotland has since managed to get them removed.” Well I’ll tell you something else about the BBC in respect to Scotland, namely about Scottish politics, that as news today, is not on their website, BBC Scotland or BBC Scotland Politics, as of 3pm today. And … Continue reading BBC Scotland hiding Alex Cole Hamilton’s misogyny again?
Labour’s small modular reactor strategy looks hopeless as Chinese prototype barely hits 20% productivity and French blow cold on whole thing
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists on 25 September 2026: Many countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Sweden, are gripped by a frenzy of enthusiasm for small modular reactors (SMRs). But France does not buy into the hype. Despite remaining staunchly pro-nuclear, with the world’s largest share of electricity generation from nuclear reactors at nearly 70 percent, France gives SMRs only limited, conditional support, treating them … Continue reading Labour’s small modular reactor strategy looks hopeless as Chinese prototype barely hits 20% productivity and French blow cold on whole thing
Scotland’s ambulances are between 2 and 3 times faster than in England, thousands of times but Daily Record repeats the same one case to to deflect you with
The Daily Record above today repeating a story from 2025. With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 In July 2026: On 26 June 2026: There are some minor problems in comparing the data for England and Scotland but you can be sure that were they to favour the former, they’d be widely reported. Here’s why they’re not: With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: … Continue reading Scotland’s ambulances are between 2 and 3 times faster than in England, thousands of times but Daily Record repeats the same one case to to deflect you with
Scottish midwives have lower absence rates than police officers and this merely ‘circumstantial’ evidence of a ‘crisis’ does not survive a collision with the real ‘forensic’ facts
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 The above, in the Scotsman, today, is an , by a journalist who has found evidence of missed shifts in maternity units, over three years, adding up to 39 978 and, then made that into a crisis otherwise completely imaginary based on the real evidence below. In Scotland, there are around 45 000 live births every year, 135 000 in the Scotsman period of counting. There are 3 939 registered … Continue reading Scottish midwives have lower absence rates than police officers and this merely ‘circumstantial’ evidence of a ‘crisis’ does not survive a collision with the real ‘forensic’ facts
Violence against women and girls in Scotland – a fraction of the cases but several times the media interest to keep us down
women and girls launches today…On average, more than 200 reports of violent crimes against women and girls are made here every day. The above BBC Scotland story is an insert in their repeated short BBC Breakfast reports which, as often happens is unique to the Reporting Scotland Down team and does not feature in their fuller online reports. With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 The ‘more than 200 reports every day‘, implies around 7 300 per … Continue reading Violence against women and girls in Scotland – a fraction of the cases but several times the media interest to keep us down
Scotland has far far fewer homes at risk of flooding after 19 years of SNP leadership
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 In the Guardian yesterday: Houses can be built on floodplains even if they fail a crucial safety test, according to a high court judgment that will be of “immense interest” to developers across England and Wales. The ruling clears the way for a highly controversial development of 190 new homes on north Somerset’s floodplains, despite the site being in “flood zone 3a”, the highest level of flood risk before land … Continue reading Scotland has far far fewer homes at risk of flooding after 19 years of SNP leadership
