The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS and Scotland’s only half-decent Ferry Correspondent The Herald‘s Martin Williams, today, has : Campbeltown anger at three-year cut to ‘lifeline’ CalMac ferry service – Ferry operators have come under fire … Continue reading How can a ferry be a ‘lifeline’ to a mainland town when there’s a road that’s more than one hour quicker than the ferry?

The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS  Thanks to Jim Draper for alerting me to this. In the Independent today: Almost four in five NHS doctors have been forced to provide care in the likes of corridors, chairs … Continue reading Less than a third of one percent of ‘UK’ doctors and not even one in Scotland has said they’ve ‘been forced to provide care in the likes of corridors, chairs and waiting rooms’ yet ‘4 in 5’ elsewhere in the UK ‘have?’

The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS  Note: We all know crime reporting figures fell during the pandemic measures, such as social distancing and lockdown in 2020 to 2022, so there’s little point in comparing the … Continue reading LATEST – As crime falls across the board in Scotland in 2024, ignored by media, it’s now more than THREE times as common in England & Wales and violent crime is now 60% more common in England & Wales

The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS  From NHS waiting times – diagnostics Waits for key diagnostic tests, published today, the above chart reveals a dramatic reduction, for 5 consecutive months, in the time waited for … Continue reading Diagnostic waiting times fall steadily since end of pandemic measures