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 or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA As the inquiry resumes into the deeply tragic Southport knife murders, it’s worth reminding ourselves of the progress that has been made in Scotland these last nearly two decades from a position when Scotland was a darker more violent place. From Knife crime statistics: FOI release published in October 2024 asking: The number of knife crime offences [homicides], broken down by offence, age of suspect, and ethnic appearance of suspect, … Continue reading As the Southport inquiry resumes today, official figures reveal a dramatic fall in murder by knives in Scotland overall AND by young people, rubbishing the media reports here