BBC Scotland continues with another of its selective readings of the latest statistics to suggest a worsening situation in Scotland. We’ve had alcohol deaths ‘the highest since 2008‘, carefully avoiding the 2006 figures, the last year of Labour rule, when they were far higher then than today and are actually plateauing after a pandemic spike. Also, we’ve had ferry cancellations supposedly spiralling over 5 years but ignoring the 20% fall in the most recent year, to give 97.2% reliability. Now we have: Child homelessness in Scotland hits new record high. In total, there were 29,652 open homelessness cases in March, … Continue reading Homelessness applications were almost twice as high under Labour/Lib Dems in 2006