about a growing number of high value thefts….it’s become lawless…not enough police presence..
BBC Scotland today and all day, headlining a story based on a few Edinburgh shopkeepers who have approached, or have been approached by BBC Scotland, for comment.
One of them:
Galab Singh Gold, who owns dozens of shops on and around the Royal Mile, told BBC News he had lost £15,000 worth of stock to theft in the last three months.
Is that a huge, increased, amount from ‘dozens’ of shops or just the usual costs of shoplifting?
The Gold Brothers family are worth a wee Google search.
In 2012, the Scotsman had:
THREE members of the Gold Brothers tartan tat empire have been cleared of abducting and beating an employee who stole from the firm.
Galab Singh, Bulhar Singh and Dildar Singh Gold were found not guilty of terrorising staff member Emrah Raza to admit the thefts.
The trio had been accused of driving Mr Raza to an isolated field before attacking him and threatening to break his legs with a baseball bat.
https://www.scotsman.com/news/tartan-tat-trio-cleared-of-kidnapping-employee-1604234
Lawless?
Scotland – 55 crimes per 1 000 people
England – 89.7
Edinburgh?
Crimes of dishonesty which include shoplifting, down 25% since 2018:
Not enough police?
Scotland – 316 officers per 100 000 people.
England – 228.
So, Scotland is 27.8% better staffed.
Talking-up Scotland 
Interesting that you should find a historical article about these shop owners, that is, to say the least , somewhat strange, for the want of a better word Ha Ha.
Although they were cleared, based on what I do not know , it does still then make them a strange choice for the BBC to use as a supposed ‘prime’ example that proves what exactly ?
There are indeed many many depths to which BBC Scotland will willingly descend to prove #SNPBAD yet they never rise to the challenge of proving that England , in many areas, is far worse than here in Scotland.
The reasons of course being so obvious , as with them, the BBC, ever attempting to actually research, compare and then highlight the fact that Scotland performs better than England , that would perhaps hinder the chances of any British Nationalist political party taking over at Holyrood .
It would also perhaps prevent them, British Nationalist parties, from getting more MP’s elected in Scotland to sit in England’s parliament at WM than the SNP.
The method to the BBC’s British Nationalist madness is now firmly entrenched , with the clue being in their title as a corporation, British first and foremost always.
Is there not an even bigger story on “Crimes of dishonesty” than that which the BBC themselves are at the forefront and also are the masters of deception in , with all that they broadcast as so called “news where we are” within Scotland.
Why do they always actively seek out #BAD stories in relation to Scotland which portrays our country in such a awful light .
Why indeed.
I think that is self explanaTORY (Red and Blue).
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The BBC have assured me they don’t just cover negative stories, here’s their reply to one of my complaints last month
In choosing which stories to cover each day and the extent to which they’re covered, our editors base their decisions on the editorial merits of all the stories at hand, looking at a variety of factors. We accept that not everyone will agree with each decision.
It’s one of the BBC’s key public purposes, specifically stated in our Charter, that we must provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them. It is in the nature of news that it may be considered more negative than positive, and it’s not the role of the BBC to manage its news reporting so that audiences are protected from the harsh realities of the world. Neither is it the BBC’s role to support political parties or governments; we report impartially, reflect a range of opinions, and take no position ourselves.
It’s inaccurate to suggest that we don’t cover stories about “successes”. We have and continue to feature a range of stories that could – depending on one’s point of view – be described in this way. For example…
Family welcomes funding for pre-eclampsia test after son’s death – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2gdkgw964o
The NHS clinic trying to wean patients off painkillers – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy7jkpknwwo
The team trying to cut down on ambulance call-outs – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2gpy2vy2ro
Eva ‘doing really good’ after spinal surgery – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clwwzyjx98ro
You specifically mention positive news about cervical cancer. We would highlight the following stories which cover this topic and highlight positive developments:
‘I’ve invented an alternative to uncomfortable smear tests’ – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckkkgvl59x3o
No cervical cancer cases in HPV-vaccinated women – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c19132k8ke0o
We very much value your feedback. Complaints are sent to senior management and we’ve included your points in our overnight reports. These reports are among the most widely read sources of feedback in the BBC. This ensures that your concerns have been seen by the right people quickly, and helps to inform decisions about current and future content.
What do you mean you’re not convinced???
brobb
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Hi there. I’m one of the admins of NHS for Yes FB page. Almost all of your blogs we share on our page get removed by FB AI as “spam”. Clearly something wrong here; we suspect it’s a technical glitch, though we are not sure how to fix this. Has anyone else of your followers come across this? Any ideas at all how to remedy this? We’d really like to continue to share your posts, but obviously this is a pain in the arse… Keep up the good work! AYE! Marcel
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Yes Marcel, I’m lead Admin for “We Support an SNP Government” on Facebook and my reposting of John’s blogs are sometimes taken down and marked as “spam”.
I’ve tried Appealing their arbitrary decisions and they say “We’ll get back to you in a couple of days” but they never do.
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Thanks. Any idea how to get around this? BW M
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I’ve just reposted this:
The least lawless part of the UK has the most police yet BBC Scotland headline a handful of Edinburgh shopkeepers to tell you otherwise when crimes of dishonesty there have fallen 25%
If you saw my post earlier commenting back to The Edinburgh Evening News on their totally disgusting headline “Communities Broken By 17 Years of SNP Rule” written by the Tory MSP Sue Webber I picked up on a blog by Prof. John on Talking Up Scotland titled as above on the same subject..
I posted it earlier but Facebook police took it down and marked it “spam”.
So as an experiment I’m posting it to comments so you can read ………..
I then posted John’s blog to comments …. so far so good
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…. and true to form they’ve just taken it down and marked it “spam”
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John
Even worse from Edinburgh Evening News. They headline “Communities Broken By 17 Years of SNP Rule” …. Written by none other than Tory MSP Sue Webber!
I replied:
“Total rubbish! The same problem exists down south in England/Wales and did so under the previous Tory Government. Why does The Edinburgh Evening News allow subliminal Party Political garbage like this?”
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O/T The website of the trade union, Unite has a press statement with this headline (November 14, 2024): ‘Bus drivers victims of historic high levels of abuse as majority say they don’t feel safe at work’.
It reports on a survey of 1,100 bus driver members in Scotland. The statement includes this: ‘84 per cent said the number of instances of abuse at work increased in the last 12 months’.
The union goes on to make this observation: ‘The union has highlighted that anti-social behaviour has been widespread for years on buses and that the problem pre-exists the extension of the bus travel scheme. However, bus drivers are reporting that the rate of incidents has increased with the scheme’s extension.’ An article in The Herald repeats the latter point.
The Unite website has this from April. 21, 2024): ‘Britain’s bus drivers facing a tsunami of abuse, warns Unite’.
It reports on a survey of 1,800 bus driver members from across the UK. Results include: ’82 per cent of bus drivers were subject to abuse last year’ and ‘79 per cent of drivers stating that abuse has increased in the last year’.
The methodologies used in these surveys are not published as far as I can see. So we can’t examine the sample size relative to the relevant population; we can’t determine statistical significance.
But more crucially in this instance, we can’t examine the questions that elicited responses in both surveys reporting increased abuse over the recent past. Was the same question asked in each survey about change over time or did the Scotland survey’s question specifically mention the bus travel scheme? Is the (carefully crafted?) implied causal link justified or manufactured? What then has led to the increase in abuse across the UK in the last year?
Given protection of bus drivers from abuse is – RIGHTLY – a matter of concern for Unite and should be for all of us, will the union now be undertaking a second round of larger surveys in England and Wales to find out what is causing increased abuse of drivers there. (I’m sure it will not be swayed by perceived partisan political advantage of restricting further survey work just to Scotland.)
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