Professor John Robertson OBA The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald seems to be currently following the party line that the Scottish Government has failed to upgrade the Ardrossan harbour which they don’t own and is keeping quiet about the decades-long neglect of the harbour by the Manchester billionaire and tax evading owner of Peel Ports. Last year however, James Walker had a piece in the local paper which exposes the same company of outrageous plans to charge everyone sailing on the Clyde, including those with boats as small as 6 metres.. Source: https://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/24672077.outrage-firms-proposal-charge-scots-sail-clyde/ Footnote – I see Troon, sticking out on … Continue reading I take it back – the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald has/had a real investigative reporter who exposed the rapacious nature of the English owner expecting us to pay to upgrade his harbour for the new bigger ferry, last year

Professor John Robertson OBA, Sadly at 73 and weakening, ‘a better investigative reporter than any of the young toadies working in ‘Scotland’s’ MSM’ The rest of this first reported in February 2025 at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/02/11/why-should-we-the-scottish-taxpayer-pay-for-the-upgrade-to-ardrossan-dock-fully-owned-and-neglected-by-a-manchester-billionaire-tax-exile/ Front page in the Herald today, 18 paragraphs putting responsibility for the maintenance of the Ardrossan dock, one of the two hubs for Arran crossings, onto the First Minister, based on the prompting of Katy Clark, MSP and Baroness of Kilwinning: After reading those 18 paragraphs, would any reader wonder who owns the dock? CalMac? Scottish Government? North Ayrshire Council? Nope, it’s James Whittaker, a Manchester billionaire. Read … Continue reading Protests erupt in beautiful Scottish ‘ghost town’ as Manchester billionaire harbour owner charges millions for decades of neglect and refuses to make it fit desperately needed bigger ferry

By Bob Lamont BBC Scotland’s Lisa Summers, Health Correspondent, sees all through the lens of Westminster, the usual anal aspect of her analysis, but she is far from alone in projecting that perspective.  In their report for BBC Health, Graeme Ogston of BBC Scotland News and Hugh Pym BBC Health Editor introduce the UK pay offer by the 4th paragraph, the impact on Scottish Governments budget by the 5th, Wes Streeting by the 11th, the “The pay review body” absent the usual nonsense adjective of “independent” by the 12th, and so it goes on. Were a poll to be conducted … Continue reading How BBC Scotland and BBC UK are coordinating their misrepresentation of Scotland’s nurses pay deal

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to rtpscott for alerting me to the above. Not a word on BBC Scotland nor on BBC Highland and Islands, on this story nor, of course, on one of the reasons such enhancement is desperately needed: Also, the UK Labour mistakes that have made life more difficult for Highland GPs: Continue reading Another story you won’t hear on BBC Scotland – ‘Thousands of additional procedures’ for Highlands thanks to £2.6 million SNP Government boost

Professor John Robertson OBA We’ve seen the chaos that is Labour-run Wales after decades of misrule, reported here, over and over. Labour-run UK will soon be revealed for the same. Today, in the Guardian, we see how 1.6 million people have now suffered from 40 years of Labour corruption and incompetence: Reform and the Tories are rubbing their hands with glee as residents once again pay the price for the disarray of the city’s Labour council. The failure of Birmingham’s leaders to get to grips with the situation is a symptom of the council’s deeper disarray. As far as dysfunctional … Continue reading Dysfunction, rats, rubbish is all that Labour offer you