Swinney announces plans for 40 GP-led walk-in centres as attendance surges
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Scottish Government today: First Minister John Swinney has announced 24 more areas will benefit from new GP-led walk-in services across Scotland, bringing the number of centres planned or operational to 40. Work is underway with health boards to establish new walk-in services for communities including Angus, Dumbarton, East Kilbride, East Renfrewshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow, Inverness, North Ayrshire, Paisley, Shotts, Tweeddale and West Lothian. Many will be able to open within a year. Proposals are also in development for walk-in services in communities … Continue reading Swinney announces plans for 40 GP-led walk-in centres as attendance surges
Police Scotland seizing twice as many e-scooters to reduce death and injuries due to English County lines drug gangs
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Police Scotland – FPN/TORs & Seizure stats – E Scooters -2023-25– published today, the above data. This suggests determined efforts by Police Scotland to stem the increase in illegal use of imported e-scooters and to reinforce the effects of the Scottish Government’s track record in limiting their presence on the streets. What’s my evidence that these e-scooters are largely being used by English drug gangs? We know from England that this is the basis for e-scooter and e-bike injury spikes there and we … Continue reading Police Scotland seizing twice as many e-scooters to reduce death and injuries due to English County lines drug gangs
Exclusive: SNP council fills 400 empty Aberdeen homes in six months in vacant housing crackdown thanks to SNP Government initiatives.
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 P&J, on 23 August 2026: Aberdeen’s housing boss Miranda Radley has lifted the lid on her battle to do up hundreds of empty properties to save the council cash and get people off the waiting list. Aberdeen City Council has brought 400 empty council homes back into use in just a matter of months as part of a major drive to cut costs and ease pressure on the housing waiting list. In February, a shock government report revealed Aberdeen had more council … Continue reading Exclusive: SNP council fills 400 empty Aberdeen homes in six months in vacant housing crackdown thanks to SNP Government initiatives.
That’s six US (Cleary Act) requests for data on campus safety that could not be provided by Police Scotland despite on every English university campus you are significantly more likely to be a victim of violent crime than on any Scottish one
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Today Police Scotland, has posted these two FoI responses: These are the 5th and 6th such responses I’ve seen from Police Scotland, not able to provide the information. Previously, I have shared what follows below with hotels but with no response. What is the Clery Act (USA)? The Clery Act (officially the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, formerly the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act) is a U.S. federal law that requires colleges and universities participating in federal … Continue reading That’s six US (Cleary Act) requests for data on campus safety that could not be provided by Police Scotland despite on every English university campus you are significantly more likely to be a victim of violent crime than on any Scottish one
Good news for Scotland shall never be reported in the supposed ‘news where we are’
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 “Why might BBC Scotland snub the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce’s big news about Scotland leading the UK”? Well I think we all know , it’s because when it comes to any good and/or positive news connected to Scotland against any less good and/or less positive news elsewhere within the UK then the golden rule is that it, as good/positive news for Scotland, shall never be reported in the supposed ‘news where we are’ . (just as it also being suppressed as news if it is not so good/positive for the rest of the UK). That is sadly … Continue reading Good news for Scotland shall never be reported in the supposed ‘news where we are’
Class may not ‘determine’ how you vote but only the ‘better-off’ in Scotland significantly support Labour
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Scotsman yesterday: Politics is “deeply fragmented”, the UK’s leading polling expert has said, with social class no longer determining how people vote. Sir John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde University, said age and educational background are now much more important than in the past. There’s much wrong with this and I’m not sure if it’s what the reporter has said or what the Sir Professor Emeritus actually said. No one I know has ever thought that social class determines how you … Continue reading Class may not ‘determine’ how you vote but only the ‘better-off’ in Scotland significantly support Labour
The Power of Nightmares – Why BBC Scotland made Dear Green Glasgow into a horror story
Sources: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/08/24/the-power-of-nightmares-the-real-reasons-why-the-bbc-made-that-glasgow-documentary/ Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Continue reading The Power of Nightmares – Why BBC Scotland made Dear Green Glasgow into a horror story
Child sexual exploitation operations and grooming gangs investigations in England & Wales find 71 times as many victims in ONE year as in Scotland over 16 years from 2010
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Since 2010, Police Scotland investigations into child grooming gangs have found only 22 victims and 20 suspects compared to 17 100 victims and 700 suspects in just one year in England & Wales From Police Scotland: Child sexual exploitation operations and grooming gangs – no. victims and suspects identified Date and time of release: August 25, 2026 09:12: 1. A list of all Police Scotland operations into group-based child sexual exploitation and grooming gangs since 2010 (including Operation Cerrar, Dash, Cotswold, and any others). 2. … Continue reading Child sexual exploitation operations and grooming gangs investigations in England & Wales find 71 times as many victims in ONE year as in Scotland over 16 years from 2010
No Burnham bounce as NHS England waiting list extends 300 000, 30 000 proportionally beyond that in Scotland
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Stage of treatment waiting times New outpatients, inpatients and day cases, published today: At 31 July 2026, there were an estimated 588,825 individuals on at least one new outpatient, inpatient or day case waiting list. This is equivalent to around 1 in 9 of Scotland’s population (mid-2025 estimates). Within this total, 460,238 individuals were estimated to be waiting for a new outpatient appointment, and 151,421 for an inpatient or day case admission. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times-new-outpatients-inpatients-and-day-cases-25-august-2026 All things being equal, per head, the NHS England figure … Continue reading No Burnham bounce as NHS England waiting list extends 300 000, 30 000 proportionally beyond that in Scotland
Burnham’s Manchester 25% more criminal than SNP’s Dear Glasgow
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Asked yesterday by dependablechaos7d6e7ddfed, Kevin Keegan like: Do you have overall crime rate by major city, UK- wide, with sources? I would love to see London, Manchester and Glasgow compared. I would lov it too! But, like a man half my age, before I could think, I saw that Derek Scott had already done it, though unlike me, wizzened former prof that I am, with no links for dependablechaos to just click on. Let’s hope he’s young enough to ask AI to get the … Continue reading Burnham’s Manchester 25% more criminal than SNP’s Dear Glasgow
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