From the Tusker’s Epidemiology Correspondent, Brenda Steele
| N Ireland | 1 in 135 |
| Scotland | 1 in 155 |
| Wales | 1 in 165 |
| England | 1 in 80 |
This picture was made from data in this publication: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/20november2020
Do you notice anything different about the picture in this tweet?
This picture gives figures for all four component parts of the UK. When the UK publishes data, Wales Scotland and Ireland are shown separately by country but England is always broken down into regions – not as a whole country figure. That can be seen here https://www.travellingtabby.com/uk-coronavirus-tracker/
As the tweet says
Devolved Celtic countries have performed much better than Westminster.
Is that what this way of publishing data is designed to obscure?
Does Westminster want the devolved Governments to be seen as regions rather than countries or provinces?
It might not work that well here in the UK, but just take a look at this Reuters piece
Special Report: 50,000 COVID-19 deaths and rising. How Britain failed to stop the second wave
There is no mention anywhere of Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales at all
There is no mention that the devolved Governments had their own locally based test and Trace operations.
There is no mention that the devolved Governments had their own Apps.
Reuters is an International News Agency so that report is likely to appear in many newspapers worldwide.
Look again at the figures:
| Country | Rate | Land Border | Connections |
| N Ireland | 1 in 135 | no land border with the UK | Ferries to Scotland Wales England and England via IoM [1] |
| Scotland | 1 in 155 | Scotland 96 miles (155 km) | 1 Motorway [2*], 2 rail crossings [3], 25 roads [4] |
| Wales | 1 in 165 | Wales 160 miles (260 km) | 3 Motorways [2], 7 rail crossings [5], unknown number of roads |
| England | 1 in 80 |
It looks like the closer and more numerous the connections, the higher the rate of infections.
How much better off would we be if Scotland was Independent and could control the border and close it when necessary?
[1] https://images.marinelink.com/images/maritime/UKferriesroutemap-22319.jpg
All Ferries including to Europe
*Note that the A74(M) and the A1(M) are not full motorway so strictly speaking Scotland has NO Motorway Crossings
[3] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Scotland_rail_map.png
[4] No official source. My calculations is 25 which I have seen matched by others.
Large stretches of the border are Kielder Forest Park and Northumberland National Park
[5] http://www.projectmapping.co.uk/Reviews/Resources/170228-tw-consultation-docu.jpg
Transport for Wales map – Rail
Talking-up Scotland 
The best and most effective propaganda is always subliminal,subtle and more importantly Not telling your people the actual facts but appearing to actually give the facts
All this can be drawn from Dr.Goebells play
Book and in particular when the real facts will
Be turned very firmly against you and critically could lead to your demise and defeat
So it becomes vital that you maintain as much
As possible complete control over all sources
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John
Please take a wee look at The Guardian web site with regards a article on how England,s
Excel spread sheet error led to 16000 deaths being removed from the Death toll
But is now being attributed to increase needless cases and deaths as a result
Which in main led to test and trace not being able to contact many of those assoc.with the removed deaths
Wished i was more tech savvy and could attach a direct link for you
How any in authority could fail to realise
That they were using a outdated 2013 Excel spread sheet and further more also failed to comprehend the disastrous effects going forward without rectifying the contract trace
Errors that have arisen
This is gross mis conduct and incompetence under any definitions whatsoever
One thing for sure you will not hear any of this from ABC & Other MSM
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The Welsh FM is calling for a 4 Nations approach to continue after the Christmas Relaxation ends. Is he off his trolley. Putting politics ahead of Welsh folk?
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Although he has shown remarkable independence from the UK Labour position, Mr Drakeford is a British Nationalist and does not support independence for Wales. However, he is for more powers for the Welsh Government and, is probably the nearest thing Labour actually has to a ‘federalist’ (Gordon Brown is a piss-artist). So, since the Christmas arrangements, for the first time, England actually worked genuinely with NI, Scotland and Wales, I think his call should be understood in the context that the ‘Celtic’ nations have been given parity of esteem in devolved matters, so, let us continue that.
I disagree with him – I want Scotland to be independent. Westminster represents what is rightly called ‘Perfidious Albion’.
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Thanks Alasdair. . . . . Sounds right. He’s definately a unionist.
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If you imagine you are alone in thinking the BBC/BBC Scotland give a poor service to Scotland, think again.
The latest OFCOM Annual Report—–
“The proportion of people in Scotland giving the BBC a positive rating for its range of content representing (41%) and portraying Scotland (38%) continues to be below the UK average”.
OFCOM is also concerned the BBC lacks a serious methodology to identify audience satisfaction or what it proposes to do to improve audience perceptions.
“We expect the BBC to set out in its strategy how it will measure and evaluate audience perceptions in future”.
I expect Glen is on the case right now1
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Is that why Beatit is always asking fir folk to text , message the programme they are at it on GMS also
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