Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks once more to rtpscott for alerting me to the above. Surge in violent crime and drug deaths? Inverness – from 88 cases in 2018 to 326 in 2022, a 270% increase. Consider the contrast with large urban areas such as Glasgow which only saw a 6% increase in crimes of violence [1 563 to 1 651] to illustrate the appalling consequences of the County Lines gang penetration of small town Scotland. Drug deaths in Highland have continued to climb, despite a national decline, … Continue reading ‘Endless supply of young men from larger cities in England’ fuelling Scotland’s drug deaths and a surge in violent crime