Scottish media accept that Israeli interference against the SNP may be true and accurate in 2026 while that from Russia on referendum irregularities in 2014 was clearly ‘fake and ‘inaccurate’
Covered fairly widely in the Scottish MSM and by BBC Scotland last week: Scotland’s first minister was targeted by an Israeli firm spreading online disinformation before the Holyrood election, a French government agency has claimed. John Swinney and the SNP were allegedly targeted in accounts linked to BlackCore – a tech company claiming to “shape narratives” who French authorities accused of trying to smear pro-Palestine election candidates. Disinformation detection service Viginum said hundreds of fake accounts would leave co-ordinated comments on Swinney’s social media posts.Swinney had described the conflict in Gaza as a “man-made humanitarian catastrophe” and said a genocide by … Continue reading Scottish media accept that Israeli interference against the SNP may be true and accurate in 2026 while that from Russia on referendum irregularities in 2014 was clearly ‘fake and ‘inaccurate’
Surge in e bike offences is exacerbation of wider county lines drug gangs plague from England
From Aberdeenshire Live, last week: Fifty people have been charged in connection with a Police Scotland crackdown on illegal e-bikes in Aberdeen. The city’s Community Action Team identified 154 crimes during a three-week crackdown on illegal e-bikes, with dozens of people charged. Between Monday, May 18 and Friday, June 5, officers working on Operation Armour patrolled known crime hotspots, targeted offenders and gathered intelligence. The initiative followed an increase in reports from the public about illegal vehicle use across the city. https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/50-people-charged-amid-huge-11007759 This is a further exacerbation of the county lines drug gangs plague, based in English cites, now into every corner of Scotland and … Continue reading Surge in e bike offences is exacerbation of wider county lines drug gangs plague from England
My Party, My Choice – SNP Donors Speak Out
By Jim Mennie Following Peter Murrell’s guilty plea for embezzling over £400,000 from SNP funds, opposition parties and sections of the media have called for a public inquiry and the “return of funds to donors”. A petition launched by SNP donors in 2024 made one clear point: donations to the SNP are voluntary, unrestricted gifts under UK law. Thousands of us who donated have already said publicly and privately that we do not want our money back. In fact, donations to the SNP have increased since the case concluded. This short ‘Have Your Say’ gives every member and donor the … Continue reading My Party, My Choice – SNP Donors Speak Out
As Starmer doubles down on extra waste-generating new nuclear – the safest place by far to bury it is in the deep clay beds of the South-East around London
In London Daily today, the above and: Keir Starmer, leader of the UK Labour Party, has proposed an ambitious initiative to increase the development of nuclear power in the United Kingdom, emphasizing the construction of small modular reactors (SMRs). https://londondaily.com/keir-starmer-advocates-for-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-amid-environmental-concerns One of the biggest problems for these SMRs is: The study shows that SMRs could generate two to thirty times more spent fuel per unit of energy than today’s large reactors. Their smaller cores leak more neutrons, which activates surrounding steel and creates more long-lived radioactive material. Some designs produce waste streams that have never been handled before, such as … Continue reading As Starmer doubles down on extra waste-generating new nuclear – the safest place by far to bury it is in the deep clay beds of the South-East around London
Scottish independence shouldn’t give you that sinking feeling
This report will no doubt draw accusations of ‘whitabootery‘ being taken to its logical conclusion, complete daftness, but, if the facts told the opposite story, the media operating in Scotland would just love to give you a sinking feeling to store with all the other ‘Scotland is sh**te‘ narratives they feed you daily. How can the SNP run a country if they can’t stop your house sinking? Luckily, for us at least, it’s the South-east of England, the most affluent and effluent, it has to be said, part of the UK has serious problems. From the Guardian, still opposed to … Continue reading Scottish independence shouldn’t give you that sinking feeling
Where it counts, NHS Grampian is not ‘troubled’
BBC Scotland, in their BBC Breakfast insert today, making much of NHS Grampian as ‘troubled‘, misses these key statistics below. The Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio is a reliable measure of the extent to which a hospital is operating normally and safely. The large Aberdeen Royal is only 0.04% above the Scottish average of 1. Smaller hospitals can have less predictable figures but, again Dr Gray’s is within the normal, safe, range shown below: From Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios January 2025 to December 2025 published today, the above chart and: No hospitals [including those of NHS Grampian] had a significantly higher standardised mortality ratio … Continue reading Where it counts, NHS Grampian is not ‘troubled’
Corridor care still shocking 3 times more common in NHS England than in NHS Scotland almost two years into this Labour government
BBC Breakfast had the above, this morning based on another RCEM survey, in NHS England. It seems to reinforce ITV’s own survey findings in March (below) and to remind us of the very different picture in NHS Scotland, a picture not being used by the media operating in Scotland. From ITV News at 6.30pm March 16th 2026, based on their own survey, the above graphic: A special report on the corridor care crisis in Wales where it appears to be more common than in anywhere else in the UK. 89 000 treated in corridors in one health trust. and on their website: … Continue reading Corridor care still shocking 3 times more common in NHS England than in NHS Scotland almost two years into this Labour government
‘£38.6 million in party funding coming from unknown sources’
By stewartb There are critical voices raised regarding the financing of politics in the UK but the issue seems to gain little immediate and certainly no sustained MSM attention. (A bit like wider electoral reform?) The Electoral Reform Society on February 19, 2026 published this: ‘Briefing on Political Finance’ (https://electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-news-and-research/parliamentary-briefings/briefing-on-political-finance/ ) It’s very revealing about political financing in the UK, and worrying for UK democracy especially in the context of Westminster’s FPTP voting system that can give so much power to a party achieving a minority of the popular vote, enabled by huge and often ‘dark’ donations and loans. Examples from the … Continue reading ‘£38.6 million in party funding coming from unknown sources’
Something Wicked This Way Comes – Labour’s funding via hidden donation routes
By Mark E. Saunders of “The Scottish Minuteman” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=61575625542197 Something Wicked This Way Comes Fraud within a political party is serious. Any organisation can suffer from a rogue individual abusing trust, and when that happens it should be investigated properly. But what should concern us more is not money disappearing from political party coffers through ordinary light-fingered theft, but money quietly entering through darker channels. There is a difference between a “dark element” of human nature and what is commonly referred to as “dark money”. The first is familiar. It arises through greed, dishonesty, or opportunism. The second is more corrosive. Put simply, it … Continue reading Something Wicked This Way Comes – Labour’s funding via hidden donation routes
For seven years now – Aberdeen Police disrupt illegal drugs ‘from England causing misery in our communities’
The P&J and in Aberdeen Live, this story: Two men have been arrested and charged after a county lines drug bust in Aberdeen. On Monday, June 8, officers from Police Scotland raided a high rise flat block in the Grandholm Court area of the city. Drugs with an estimated street value of £80,000 were recovered along with almost £4,000 in cash.Two men, aged 26 and 27, have since appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Tuesday, June 9 in connection with the recovery.Detective Constable Nick Bowyers said: “Working alongside other forces, we will continue to target and disrupt those involved in county lines drug supply from England to … Continue reading For seven years now – Aberdeen Police disrupt illegal drugs ‘from England causing misery in our communities’
Talking-up Scotland 