YouGov’s naked bias still using the thousands who have passed since 2014 to make you think No could still win
The pollster YouGov above today still trying to tell us we don’t want independence. Below, telling with unerring regularity the same story in the face of a powerful trend telling us the opposite. It’s not just the last four or five YouGov polls, going back years they almost never get a Yes lead. YouGov is of course, Tory-owned. So how might they be doing this. Have a look at the way they have adjusted their initial sample to make a No result more likely. Typically, in June 2026: They have reduced the size of the declared SNP voters from 659 … Continue reading YouGov’s naked bias still using the thousands who have passed since 2014 to make you think No could still win
Too few people are ready yet to really go for it
Lesley Riddoch above telling viewers that the SNP leadership is too comfortable in their jobs and that ‘to too many people, they look like they’re behind an ivory tower.’ I know, there are those in the SNP leadership a bit too comfortable but I remain convinced that the party heads inevitably toward independence and I see little evidence for Riddoch’s claims. There is evidence from polls that voters think the SNP is out of touch but that is rarely on the push for independence. YouGov and Survation in early 2026, had Cost-of-Living (48%) and NHS (39%), Housing, Education and Crime, … Continue reading Too few people are ready yet to really go for it
Reform UK candidates will be vetted
By Liz S Calling Malcolm Offord & Thomas Kerr to ask them if they watched last night’s ITV news report on the racist & sexist comments made by Reform UK Councillors and Candidates in England (is it only there though ?). Reminds me of when the BBC reported on Reform UK on their BBC website in March 2026 via this headline “Reform UK suspends Scotland candidate over financial allegations” . That also, as an article , included other Reform candidates suspect opinions in one of them “spreading rumours about asylum seekers moving into a former school in Perthshire” and also … Continue reading Reform UK candidates will be vetted
Why UK Labour’s risky nuclear changes are just like Trump’s ‘pro-cancer’ agenda working on behalf of polluters and chemical makers to expose us all to more carcinogens
In the Scotsman, yesterday, in a sequence of anti-SNP pieces recently, the above from the woman below: Melanie Ward has worked for several charities, including Christian Aid, and ActionAid UK. For a time she chaired The Circle, which is a charity that Annie Lennox founded to empower women. By December 2015, Ward was the associate director of policy and advocacy for International Rescue Committee UK (IRC). She was still working for IRC in September 2021. In September 2022, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) announced that it had appointed Ward to become its new CEO. She took up her position in … Continue reading Why UK Labour’s risky nuclear changes are just like Trump’s ‘pro-cancer’ agenda working on behalf of polluters and chemical makers to expose us all to more carcinogens
Scotland’s drug deaths crisis IS a human rights scandal but it is also a fundamental consequence of our subjection still within a dying, dysfunctional but still dominant and brutal empire
From Third Force yesterday, the above, and: The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chair has challenged ministers over their response to the continuing drugs’ death toll, insisting the loss of life is neither acceptable nor inevitable. Professor Angela O’Hagan’s intervention follows figures showing 1,133 people died from drugs in Scotland during 2025 – an increase of 116 on the previous year and the sixth-highest annual total on record. The figures expose a devastating divide between Scotland’s richest and poorest communities, with people living in the most deprived areas 15 times more likely to die from drugs than those in the … Continue reading Scotland’s drug deaths crisis IS a human rights scandal but it is also a fundamental consequence of our subjection still within a dying, dysfunctional but still dominant and brutal empire
Sadly the Herald is not the only media outlet where failures, even war criminals, are kept on
I’ve sworn off and of Kev many times then find myself angrily coming back for more. WTF is he talking about now? This is clearly a case for AI. I have better things to do, like wipe my……………. Here you are, 34 seconds of Grok: Are there prominent demonstrably failed political figures in the UK or beyond who are then or later rewarded? Yes. There are multiple prominent examples in the UK (and a similar pattern elsewhere) of political figures linked to clear, measurable failures—election defeats, policy disasters with documented economic or institutional harm, scandals, or inquiries finding serious shortcomings—who … Continue reading Sadly the Herald is not the only media outlet where failures, even war criminals, are kept on
Fighting obesity with drugs – BBC Scotland’s one-sided, unbalanced reporting fails to tell you of a more sustainable, equitable, and cost-effective population-level approach and the really ‘leading’ Scottish doctor who knows all about it
effective since 2023. BBC Scotland‘s insert in BBC Breakfast this morning tell us that the weight loss drug ‘jabs’ (sic) Wegovy and Mounjaro are only being prescribed free, on the NHS, for ‘fewer than 800′ Scots, that at least 300 000 are accessing them privately, that this discriminates against the obese and that they have been approved as ‘safe and cost effective.‘ In some ways strangely, given their close ties, the BBC Scotland writers have forgotten this from the Herald in May 2025: A Scottish GP has warned about society’s potential reliance on weight loss drugs as he calls for … Continue reading Fighting obesity with drugs – BBC Scotland’s one-sided, unbalanced reporting fails to tell you of a more sustainable, equitable, and cost-effective population-level approach and the really ‘leading’ Scottish doctor who knows all about it
As twice as many wait more than 12 hours in NHS England’s A&E, Jackie Baillie rides the Scotsman off its readership cliff again
Scottish Labour’s unhealthy spokesperson seem to be a columnist at the Unhealthy Scotsman these days. Today, further riding the Scotsman off its readership cliff, she has: The shocking figures that reveal how bad Scotland’s A&E crisis has got under SNP – Jackie Baillie Emergency departments in two flagship hospitals can sometimes be forced to deal with more than double or triple the number of patients they are designed to treat And then this sickly rib-tickler Candour is so important in politics. Voters deserve to hear the truth from those in power and to know they understand their duty to get … Continue reading As twice as many wait more than 12 hours in NHS England’s A&E, Jackie Baillie rides the Scotsman off its readership cliff again
There has been a massive but unreported reduction in the number of children on the child protection register in Scotland and a widening gap with the other 3 nations despite the plague of English drug gangs using them as ‘mules’
In the Herald, today, the above and: and: Nowhere in this report is the question ‘Why is there an increase?’ even considered never mind answered. The answer is in existing MSM reports: First, there is a huge surge in child exploitation – carrying drugs in body cavities and sexual abuse – by English county lines drug gangs in Scotland From Human Trafficking NRM referrals re county lines – 10yrs published by Police Scotland today, that ‘referrals made by Police Scotland to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) where county lines and suspected criminal exploitation was a factor‘ was: Under 16 year-olds … Continue reading There has been a massive but unreported reduction in the number of children on the child protection register in Scotland and a widening gap with the other 3 nations despite the plague of English drug gangs using them as ‘mules’
Half the recorded rape offence rate but more funding in Scotland – THE News?
because of a funding shortage. Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis has launched an urgent appeal to raise more money in the next four weeks. It comes amid a series of protests about cuts to similar services across the country when the number of sexual crimes recorded here reached its highest since the 1970s. BBC Scotland leading off today, as often before, with a story not fully worked out on its webpage so we cannot check its accuracy and sources. There is, of course, no rape story across the other BBC broadcasts or websites, despite higher rape offences reported in each … Continue reading Half the recorded rape offence rate but more funding in Scotland – THE News?
