Burnham not doing politics differently as he bins opinion polls supporting independence
By Liz S The National reports “The UK Government has been carrying out secret taxpayer-funded Scottish independence polls and are refusing to release the results”. Apparently “Since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister, the Cabinet Office has conducted a secret Scottish independence polling operation” Now this reminds me of the time when Michael Gove, when he was a part of a former Tory UK government, did something similar. The money Gove used for his polling was originally to be designated for pandemic messaging. In June 2019, “SNP MP Tommy Sheppard requested secret polling data from January 2018 to June 2019 regarding … Continue reading Burnham not doing politics differently as he bins opinion polls supporting independence
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Women’s right to have a midwife oversee their baby’s birth is protected in Scotland as ‘shocking denial’ of rights surges in England
From the Guardian yesterday: NHS officials are shutting growing numbers of birth centres in a “shocking” denial of a woman’s right to have a midwife rather than a doctor oversee their baby’s birth, say campaigners. Twelve birth centres – midwife-led maternity units – have closed in England since 2019. Birth centres play a key role in ensuring that women can choose whether to have their baby at a unit in a hospital run by doctors, at one where midwives are in charge, or at home. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/nov/07/nhs-birth-centre-maternity-unit-closures-england-womens-rights Despite have 10 times the population, NHS Scotland has 29 midwife-led units while NHS … Continue reading Women’s right to have a midwife oversee their baby’s birth is protected in Scotland as ‘shocking denial’ of rights surges in England
Multinational study of 308 297 nuclear workers finds a SIGNIFICANT association between red bone marrow dose and the risk of leukaemia and between colon dose and the risk of solid cancers to seriously question Labour energy policy
From: first published in 2016 but for some reason beyond me, included in a Google alert for me today: The International Nuclear Workers Study (Inworks): A Collaborative Epidemiological Study to Improve Knowledge About Health Effects of Protracted Low-Dose Exposure INWORKS is a multinational cohort study, gathering 308 297 workers in the nuclear industry in France, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, with detailed individual monitoring data for external exposure to ionising radiation. Over a mean duration of follow-up of 27 y, the number of observed deaths was 66 632, including 17 957 deaths due to solid cancers, … Continue reading Multinational study of 308 297 nuclear workers finds a SIGNIFICANT association between red bone marrow dose and the risk of leukaemia and between colon dose and the risk of solid cancers to seriously question Labour energy policy
The Scottish Lib Dems are gathering disaffected right-wingers
By Liz S Well here’s something else worthy of our contempt in that there is a constant demonising of the SNP from a certain party and their party branch office manager, while they (and he) acts as if they (and he), among all parties and all party leaders in Scotland, were the only true political moral crusaders at Holyrood. To whom do I refer ? The Lib Dems and Alex Cole-Hamilton. Firstly we had the ex Tory MSP Maurice Golden who chose not to stand as an MSP in this year’s Scottish elections, however in July 2026 The Courier newspaper … Continue reading The Scottish Lib Dems are gathering disaffected right-wingers
BBC Scotland’s editorial agenda means Turkish ultras ‘bottling’ Glasgow cops is not news but Scots neds burning their van most certainly is, thank you very much!
Did BBC Scotland cover the above? I can find not a mention in their reports in the last few days. Many did: On 1 April 2026, they did mention them: This year’s Bonfire Night will see police coping with two further challenges – both in Scotland’s biggest city. Celtic will take on Turkish side Beskitas in a Uefa Europa League match at Celtic Park. Officers say they are also aware of images circulating online, suggesting “planned protest activity” will take place in Glasgow the same night. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmgqwgpjpjngo Why have they not returned to these dramatic reports of violence by Turkish … Continue reading BBC Scotland’s editorial agenda means Turkish ultras ‘bottling’ Glasgow cops is not news but Scots neds burning their van most certainly is, thank you very much!
A simple BBC Scotland lie – ‘1,700 police officers were on the streets to deal with a ‘unique combination of safety concerns’ and not just Bonfire Night
From BBC Scotland yesterday: Deploying 1,700 police officers on the streets to deal with Bonfire Night violence cannot be accepted as normal, the Scottish Police Federation has said. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5wyrr3wwlzvo This is frankly dishonest and BBC Scotland could easily have corrected it in a report of more than 1 000 words. From a BBC Scotland report on 1 November 2026: Scotland’s biggest police operation since the visit of President Donald Trump last year is to take place on Bonfire Night, in the face of a “unique” combination of safety concerns. As many as 1,700 officers could be deployed on and around … Continue reading A simple BBC Scotland lie – ‘1,700 police officers were on the streets to deal with a ‘unique combination of safety concerns’ and not just Bonfire Night
Demonising Glasgow and Scotland – Despite overall picture being ‘better than in recent years’ and ‘several’ more police officers injured in Newcastle than in Glasgow BBC Scotland get the headline UK news space for the second day
Despite several pockets of disorder, the overall picture was better than in recent years. We saw this yesterday, the foregrounding of bonfire night violence in Glasgow as an example when there was a more notable one to be had in England. From BBC Tyne yesterday: Six people, including three teenage boys, have been arrested after a night of violence saw fireworks and bricks launched at emergency services on Bonfire Night. Northumbria Police said its crews had been attacked after responding to reports of anti-social behaviour in the Waterville Road area of Meadow Well in North Tyneside at about 21:00 GMT … Continue reading Demonising Glasgow and Scotland – Despite overall picture being ‘better than in recent years’ and ‘several’ more police officers injured in Newcastle than in Glasgow BBC Scotland get the headline UK news space for the second day
Neil Oliver in the limelight with Russell Brand reminds me of his cancerous presence
Neil Oliver today, siding with Russell Brand in the wake of the latter’s multiple guilty verdicts. Here he is in 20215: and in 2021: and in 2023: Continue reading Neil Oliver in the limelight with Russell Brand reminds me of his cancerous presence
Grooming readers and viewers to believe there are mass rape grooming gangs in Scotland
They all use the term ‘grooming gangs’ so what’s wrong with that? Well, the inquiry terms of reference do not, ever, use either word: Child sexual abuse and exploitation: Jay Inquiry: The aim of this inquiry, established under the Inquiries Act 2005, is to make recommendations to better protect children from group-based sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) both now and in the future. These will be informed by the experiences of survivors, examining responses, investigating system failures and assessing the extent to which group-based CSAE in Scotland occurred during the period from 1 January 1996 to the setting up date … Continue reading Grooming readers and viewers to believe there are mass rape grooming gangs in Scotland
