Five days to go – Help Talking-up Scotland keep going
Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 At: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going?utm_campaign=sharemodal&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawUiQ49leHRuA2FlbQMxMDAAcGRvZgVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEepiF88HLXOSfCTrEjeVBYUuiBpqaLzzlttpoR1_kAr4uZyfjljjEyHVUi_L8_aem_QuBNL0SWqHXDf4dOzBYXYQ or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account 12266421 Our output in just the last 24 hours: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/ At: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/ Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Continue reading Five days to go – Help Talking-up Scotland keep going
Emergency hospital admissions due to assault with a sharp object fall by 33% in NHS Scotland and more than twice the 14% reduction in NHS England
Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Quarterly Report: September 2026 published today: Fall in emergency hospital admissions due to assault since 2015-16. In 2024-25, there were 1,554 emergency hospital admissions due to assault, including 376 due to assault with a sharp object. These were, respectively, 36% and 33% lower than in 2015-16. Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/safer-communities-and-justice-statistics-quarterly-report-september-2026/pages/statistics-on-community-safety/ There were about 3,500 hospital episodes for assault by a sharp object in English hospitals in 2024/25. That is a 10.4% fall on 2023/24 and a 4.1% fall on 2014/15. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04304/ From 2015-16 to 2024-25 … Continue reading Emergency hospital admissions due to assault with a sharp object fall by 33% in NHS Scotland and more than twice the 14% reduction in NHS England
Scots know that crime has decreased and far more feel safe walking home in their local area after dark than in last days of Labour
Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Quarterly Report: September 2026 published today: Public perception that the crime rate in their local area had decreased or stayed the same over the last couple of years has increased since 2008/09. The SCJS found that almost three quarters (72%) of adults in 2024-25 said that the crime rate in their local area had decreased or stayed the same over the last couple of years. This is higher than the 60% in 2008/09 but unchanged since 2023/24. Most adults feel safe walking alone … Continue reading Scots know that crime has decreased and far more feel safe walking home in their local area after dark than in last days of Labour
Property and violent crime has fallen by 42% in Scotland since 2008-09
Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Quarterly Report: September 2026 published today: Property and violent crime has fallen by 42% since 2008-09. Results from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) show that one-in-five (20.8%) adults were estimated to have experienced at least one crime in 2024-25. This included property crime (9.4% of adults), violent crime (2.5%) and for the second time fraud and computer misuse (11.5%). The latest findings show that the overall level of property and violent crime combined and the likelihood of being a victim of … Continue reading Property and violent crime has fallen by 42% in Scotland since 2008-09
Scottish clear up rate for all recorded crimes was 56.7% in 2025-26, up from 56.0%, many times higher than in England*
Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Quarterly Report: September 2026 published today: Increase in crime clear up rate. The clear up rate for all recorded crimes was 56.7% in 2025-26, up from 56.0% in 2024-25. Crimes against society (91.5%), non-sexual crimes of violence (68.5%) and sexual crimes (61.2%) continued to have higher clear up rates in 2025-26 than crimes of dishonesty (36.7%) and damage and reckless behaviour (32.5%). Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/safer-communities-and-justice-statistics-quarterly-report-september-2026/pages/statistics-on-crime-in-general/ *The sharp differences between reported clear-up rates in Scotland and in England & Wales, above, point to differences in … Continue reading Scottish clear up rate for all recorded crimes was 56.7% in 2025-26, up from 56.0%, many times higher than in England*
Homicide in Scotland lowest since 1976 and among very lowest in the World
Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Quarterly Report: September 2026 published today: Number of victims of homicide at the lowest level since 1976. There were 45 homicide victims recorded by the police in Scotland in 2024-25, a 21% decrease from 2023-24 and a 24% decrease from 2015-16. Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/safer-communities-and-justice-statistics-quarterly-report-september-2026/pages/statistics-on-crime-in-general/ How does Scotland 45 homicides in 2024/2025 compare with other parts of the UK, Europe and beyond? Scotland recorded 45 homicide victims in 2024–25, the lowest figure since comparable records began in 1976. That is a 21% drop from 57 … Continue reading Homicide in Scotland lowest since 1976 and among very lowest in the World
Real experts do not predict waste piling up on streets but BBC Scotland rely on two ‘company men’ to scare you
BBC Scotland this morning, telling us that experts are predicting a waste crisis. ‘Experts?’ David Balmer ‘Landfill manager’ Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 They have one more – ‘Waste consultant Alasdair Meldrum, of Albion Environmental, says he has not seen such a looming crisis in almost 40 years of working in the industry.’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlymw74g20ro These people have vested interests, are ‘company men’, and are not impartial nor are they ‘experts’ in the sense of being researchers in higher education. Does this BBC report accurately reflect recent impartial academic research on their suggestion of a … Continue reading Real experts do not predict waste piling up on streets but BBC Scotland rely on two ‘company men’ to scare you
How long do ‘Vietnamese’ trafficking gangs have to live and work in England until they become ‘English’ before 16 years later they spread into Scotland?
BBC Scotland today reporting ‘Vietnamese’ people trafficking gangs operating in Scotland, leaving viewers to think they came directly from and are managed from, say, Hanoi. Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Readers will know that County Lines gangs terrorising Scotland from Dumfries to Wick, arriving here as ‘heavies’ from Liverpool, Birmingham, Bradford or London are never referred to in Scottish media, as Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Somali, Irish, Jamaican or, heaven forfend, ‘English’ though the communities they come from are described as such in England. So, why is BBC Scotland so comfortable with ‘Vietnamese’ when refugees from … Continue reading How long do ‘Vietnamese’ trafficking gangs have to live and work in England until they become ‘English’ before 16 years later they spread into Scotland?
As BBC UK report a real breast cancer scandal, a reminder of how Lisa Summers made one up all by herself to unfairly demonise oncology staff in Dundee
Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 This is a story on BBC Breakfast this morning based on a BMJ study, of: Twenty women had mastectomies unnecessarily while being treated for breast cancer at County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust, it has emerged. In a briefing paper presented to the board, the trust stated that 32 women received excessive surgery when a wide local excision would have been appropriate. Of these, 20 had a mastectomy without clinical need, the trust confirmed. Delayed diagnosis of breast cancer was also identified in 20 women during a review of … Continue reading As BBC UK report a real breast cancer scandal, a reminder of how Lisa Summers made one up all by herself to unfairly demonise oncology staff in Dundee
As Maggie’s ‘broken children’, drug users from the teenage wasteland of the 1980s, fall off the graph, Scotland’s drug deaths will fall below those of England in ten years or less
Channel 4 News tonight reminded me of something important, positive, about Scotland’s drug deaths – age. Look at this – Age-specific mortality rates of drug use deaths by broad age group, registered in 2000 to 2025: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/drug-related-deaths-in-scotland-2025/ There were 21.4 drug use deaths per 100,000 people in 2025, after adjusting for age. However, when you have a think about the rate in each of the 5 age groups, you should be able to see signs of a tipping point coming when overal drug deaths plummet. This drama all started more than 40 years ago, in the years after Margaret Thatcher … Continue reading As Maggie’s ‘broken children’, drug users from the teenage wasteland of the 1980s, fall off the graph, Scotland’s drug deaths will fall below those of England in ten years or less
