Scotland’s stroke survival rate is roughly the same as that in England and the EU average, better than that in the USA but worse than Ireland after independence
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON The Herald‘s top ferry correspondent today has the above and: Ministers are under pressure after Scotland was branded one of the worst countries in Europe for delivering a life-saving stroke treatment — leaving patients facing death or lifelong disability. ‘Damning’ analysis has revealed that fewer than 3% of Scots suffering a severe stroke receive thrombectomy, the emergency procedure that removes clots from the brain – the lowest rate available in Europe. Though with inside information after a TIA … Continue reading Scotland’s stroke survival rate is roughly the same as that in England and the EU average, better than that in the USA but worse than Ireland after independence
Shock as proportionally 4 times as many children in England & Wales face domestic abuse compared to Scotland
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From BBC England today: An 11-year-old boy who had both legs amputated after being assaulted by his birth parents has won his campaign for a new child safety register. Parents guilty of neglect will face similar monitoring to sex offenders following an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, which the government said it expects to table “shortly”. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3gxkn453ro Does Scotland also need such a register? Currently in Scotland, child protection operates differently: There is a Child Protection … Continue reading Shock as proportionally 4 times as many children in England & Wales face domestic abuse compared to Scotland
Massive fall in number of children in care as progressive policies work to reduce poverty and as violent crime reduces but, hey, you don’t need to know that do you?
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Prompted by today’s news of a planned child cruelty register for England, this: From Children’s Social Work Statistics: Looked After Children 2023/24 published 22 April 2025, we can see that the number of children requiring to be in the care of the local authority in Scotland has fallen from 15 600 in 2014 to 11 842 in 2024, a 24% fall. Looked after children are defined as those in the care of their local authority (Children Scotland Act 1995). There … Continue reading Massive fall in number of children in care as progressive policies work to reduce poverty and as violent crime reduces but, hey, you don’t need to know that do you?
Scotland IS different as it protects unaccompanied children seeking asylum
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Prompted by today’s news of a planned child cruelty register for England, this: In the Guardian, November 2nd 2025, the above and: More than 50 lone child asylum seekers who disappeared soon after arriving in the UK [sic] and while in the care of the authorities are still missing, according to data obtained by the Guardian. Many of the missing children arrived in small boats or hidden in the backs of lorries and are thought to have been taken … Continue reading Scotland IS different as it protects unaccompanied children seeking asylum
There are NO places in Scotland where anything close to this horrific claim of ‘almost 100% of children live in poverty’ but there are 73, SEVENTY-THREE, in England
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Prompted by today’s news of a planned child cruelty register for England, this: Thanks to Dottie for alerting us to this. In the 31 October 2025, the above and: Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families, according to new measures that factor in the impact of soaring rents. Changes to official measures reveal the neighbourhoods where in effect all children live in low-income households. Of these, 31 are in inner London boroughs with high housing costs … Continue reading There are NO places in Scotland where anything close to this horrific claim of ‘almost 100% of children live in poverty’ but there are 73, SEVENTY-THREE, in England
Scottish fishing industry value is at highest value in the last ten years but still hampered by lack of control over £189m worth of landings abroad
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2024 published yesterday: The Scottish fishing industry value in 2024 was £734 million. This is the highest value (adjusted to 2024 prices) of the last ten years. Scottish fishing vessels landed 532 thousand tonnes of sea fish and shellfish, the greatest tonnage of the last ten years. A summary of the headline numbers are: Scottish vessels landed 532 thousand tonnes of sea fish and shellfish in 2024. An increase of eight per cent compared … Continue reading Scottish fishing industry value is at highest value in the last ten years but still hampered by lack of control over £189m worth of landings abroad
SNP Government gives islanders around £5 000 each more than the rest of us in grant subsidies but are they grateful? Do they even know?
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Look at the massive generosity of the SNP Government’s grant subsidies per person , above, for those living the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland – around £4 to £6 000 per person more than the rest of us get but are they grateful, are they heck? Western Isles is Labour , Orkney and Shetland are Lib Dumbs. Of course, thanks to the ‘Scottish’ media, they don’t know. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer … Continue reading SNP Government gives islanders around £5 000 each more than the rest of us in grant subsidies but are they grateful? Do they even know?
Wildlife crime plummets to half the level only four years ago in Scotland and to just over one third of that in England & Wales, per head, with 25% more police officers
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From Wildlife Crime in Scotland 2024, published yesterday: Recorded wildlife crime offences fell for fourth year in a row to just over half the level from the peak in 2020/2021. Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/wildlife-crime-in-scotland-2024/ All things being equal, the rate last year might have been expected to be around 1 860 in England & Wales but was, in fact 4 819, pushing 3 times higher. Source: https://www.wcl.org.uk/docs/2025/WCL_Wildlife_Crime_2025_Executive_summary.pdf This is remarkable given Scotland’s large wild areas, rivers and coastal waters, popular with … Continue reading Wildlife crime plummets to half the level only four years ago in Scotland and to just over one third of that in England & Wales, per head, with 25% more police officers
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Geriatrician called ‘Elder’ is clearly ‘having a laugh’ when the FACTS tell us NHS Scotland is barely privatised at all compared to NHS England
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON The above threat is not the result of the gathered opinion of thousands of Scottish ‘doctors’ but just the views of Geriatrician, Professor Andrew Elder of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, above. He clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about. NHS England is more than 100 times, 10 times per head, more privatised than NHS Scotland in England were delivered by private hospitals and clinics in the last 12 months – that’s almost 500 000 higher … Continue reading Geriatrician called ‘Elder’ is clearly ‘having a laugh’ when the FACTS tell us NHS Scotland is barely privatised at all compared to NHS England
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