Nottingham, Sussex, Shrewsbury and now Leeds – Why England’s national maternity scandal is not coming to Perth or anywhere in Scotland
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 In the Guardian today, the above image and: Bereaved parents to give evidence at independent review of Sussex maternity services Review led by Donna Ockenden launches after campaign by families and media investigation into deaths. The review launched on Saturday with a public meeting in Brighton after months of campaigning by bereaved Sussex families. In February, a joint investigation between the New Statesman and the BBC revealed the deaths of at least 55 babies might have been avoidable if they and their mothers had received better care from … Continue reading Nottingham, Sussex, Shrewsbury and now Leeds – Why England’s national maternity scandal is not coming to Perth or anywhere in Scotland
Attacks on NHS Scotland staff plummet by 27% in only 4 years
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 The UK media today have blanket coverage of a Royal College of Emergency Medicine survey suggesting: The RCEM are now calling for the Government to take “immediate action” after quizzing 2,126 staff in emergency departments. They found 96% have experienced violence or aggression from patients or other members of the public. And some 73% said this happened weekly or even daily. Two thirds said the incidents involved discrimination against them. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-emergency-doctors-nurses-attacked-37631145 I can only see the media coverage and not the full report to … Continue reading Attacks on NHS Scotland staff plummet by 27% in only 4 years
The Power of Nightmares Episode 147 – ‘A [one] mother whose son was murdered in a knife attack’
the First Minister today. Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 BBC Scotland’s Reporting Scotland team’s wee insert in BBC Breakfast, several times today, returns to Scotland’s supposed knife murder crisis, exploiting another traumatised parent shamelessly to misrepresent this country. This is yet another of those reports, we’ve grouped together under the term ‘The Power of Nightmares.’ The most recent example was their ‘Welcome to Glasgow’ report. For our analysis, see: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/08/24/the-power-of-nightmares-the-real-reasons-why-the-bbc-made-that-glasgow-documentary/ Is there a fuller report at the website? When a story headlines Reporting Scotland but does not appear on … Continue reading The Power of Nightmares Episode 147 – ‘A [one] mother whose son was murdered in a knife attack’
Only 1% of sewer overflows is sewage, 100% of rivers are clean but Scottish Lib Dems try to muddy the waters for you
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 In a TuS comment yesterday: Scottish Water is being attacked for releasing data that shows a four-fold rise in ”overflows” in the last year . What the data also shows – but which is not reported – is that there has been 1000 new monitoring points added to the system , which naturally shows an ”increase” in overflows . The Scottish LibDem and The Sunday EXcess are reporting these ”overflows ” as ” sewage being dumped into our rivers and lochs ”. Scottish Water … Continue reading Only 1% of sewer overflows is sewage, 100% of rivers are clean but Scottish Lib Dems try to muddy the waters for you
The UK State is ‘ducked’ and cannot now be salvaged
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 By Liz S BBC website : “Disruption at Port of Dover as masked men hold protest“ “masked men” and then according to the BBC they were holding a “protest“. More like thugs on the loose disguising themselves but why ? What’s that saying again “if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck” etc etc Hey BBC why not say it like it really is . The article states: “Hundreds of protesters, dressed in black and wearing face coverings, blocked roads and were heard chanting “stop the boats”. “Traffic was stopped from going … Continue reading The UK State is ‘ducked’ and cannot now be salvaged
Anas ‘No shame’ Sarwar is a perfect fit for the Lords and the ugliest building in the ugliest style in the world, in Glasgow
Did the new Baron of Maxwell Park, Anas Sarwar, like the look of this pile? Scottish Baronial is one of Scotland’s most embarrassing contributions to the world. It’s by miles the ugliest architectural style in the world and that above Burgh Hall in Maxwell Park is the bloody ugliest example of it I’ve ever seen. Appropriate for the c…………..ountry gentleman? Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 By Liz S New peer Anas ‘no shame’ Sarwar will soon be doing the media circuit in him appearing as a guest on various … Continue reading Anas ‘No shame’ Sarwar is a perfect fit for the Lords and the ugliest building in the ugliest style in the world, in Glasgow
Brian Leishman’s very shiny brass neck doesn’t blind us
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 By Liz S Yesterday, Brian Leishman, accused Neil Gray of promoting a “pack of lies.” Surely we (and he himself) needs to remember that he, Leishman, together with Anas Sarwar, once promoted a “pack of lies” on behalf of the Labour party. In 2024 he, together with Anas Sarwar, assured Scotland and the constituency of Grangemouth that Labour would save jobs ay Grangemouth Oil refinery. On 27 June 2024 in his campaign for the UK GE he posted this on ‘X’: “Only @ScottishLabour has … Continue reading Brian Leishman’s very shiny brass neck doesn’t blind us
Crashed ‘unseaworthy’ CalMac ferry is yet another built in England for some shady reason
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 The entirely ‘unworthy’ Herald has another of it’s ‘hatchet jobs’ on CalMac today, above, about its 40 year-old , MV Isle of Loch Linnhe, built with its 4 sister ships in 1986, at Richard Dunston’s Hessle yard on the Humber. European Commission rules apprently meant they had to go out to open tender and the contract was won by the English yard in the constituency of right-wing Tory MP, Sir Patrick Wall. Wall had supported white minority rile in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. No doubt … Continue reading Crashed ‘unseaworthy’ CalMac ferry is yet another built in England for some shady reason
Talking-up Scotland struggling to keep going despite increased output and 80% more readers attracted
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going at: https://crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account 12266421 Many thanks to the 111 supporters so far. In August 2026 and August 2025 our figures were: 32% more researched reports published and 80% more visitors yet only around £6 000 raised by today compare to this last September: I know this crowdfunder has not yet finished but donations tend to be front-loaded and have now almost stopped. John Continue reading Talking-up Scotland struggling to keep going despite increased output and 80% more readers attracted
Another desperate attempt to drag us into the surging violence and hatred of the UK
Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Headlining for BBC Scotland today above, and: A 25-year-old Scottish man has been jailed for racially-motivated “violent disorder” linked to rioting in Belfast during the summer of 2024. Reece Dunnett, from Dunfermline in Fife, pleaded guilty to rioting and criminal damage offences at Laganside Crown Court on Friday. He received a 27-month sentence – half of which to be spent in prison and half on licence after his release. Dunnett committed the offences after trouble arose in the Sandy Row and Donegall Road areas … Continue reading Another desperate attempt to drag us into the surging violence and hatred of the UK
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