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 In the sad tradition of adding up wee numbers to get big ones and never putting them in context, the Herald has made up a wee ‘scandal’ for you. So, let’s have a look at the annual data and work out what percentage the amounts are? The maintenance bill for Trunk Roads (Directly Funded by Scottish Government via Transport Scotland), with the fines and the percentages the latter were, of … Continue reading Very good news for Scottish Government as road repair delay fines fall from only 0.09% of total budget to only 0.08%, way, way below cap of 5-10% typically built in to contracts

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 Today on BBC Birmingham & Black Country: Birmingham’s all-out bin strike brings six months of ‘absolute chaos’ Ah, surely that big strike in the 70s was worse? Nope The Glasgow binmen (refuse collectors) strike began as an unofficial walkout on January 6, 1975, involving around 350 workers protesting pay disputes with Glasgow Corporation. It ended on April 14, 1975 [13 weeks], when strikers returned to work after negotiations, … Continue reading Birmingham and Black Country (sic) Labour Council’s 6 months bin strike is already twice as long as the Great Glasgow Dustbin Men Strike of 1975 – Will someone ask Anas Sarwar if they need the Army called in?

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 With a headline utterly untouchable by the rest of the ‘Scottish’ media, The Scottish Farmer had this yesterday: Scottish farmers spared cliff edge as English face cuts – Scottish farmers have been assured they will not face a funding ‘cliff edge’, as new figures reveal thousands of their English counterparts could be left without support at the end of this year. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed that 5820 … Continue reading 5820 farmers in England ‘face uncertainty’ but none in Scotland will thanks to Scottish Government pledge reported only in The Scottish Farmer website