We have many friends here and they are all deeply appreciated but I feel sure that no one will be surprised to see that, over the years, Arty Hetty has often been there, and quickest there, to back us up.
The above figures seem huge but bear in mind they only represent the period from around mid 2019, when perhaps in reaction to my recovery from arthritis-triggered opioid painkiller addiction, I changed the blog’s name from the apparently off-putting ‘Though Control Scotland’ which it had been titled since early 2014. The totals from 2014 would be around 11 million views, 4 million visitors and 14 000 posts.
Of particular interest here is productivity – posts per month. WordPress does not do a graph but it can be calculated manually from the totals.
Our first crowdfunder in February 2025 and the two since have significantly enabled us to cover more issues, up 56.45% from 2024.
Many thanks to all of you.
John
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Good heavens! I’ve got a lot of catching up to do!
Congratulations John and all BTL contributors for providing a vital service, an oasis of facts in the media desert.
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Ah, you’re a youngster….here anyway.
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Awww, that’s amazing. My comments are not always of a very good standard, but I hope they add some perspective, well opinions mostly.
I was told by my dad to take what the Brit news spouted with a large pinch of salt and when I was at technical college studying art, for why I don’t know, but we had to study other subjects one being communication or something, and that’s where I learned about how propaganda is used against the populations of this world.
John your work here is invaluable to Scotland and all of us, thanks! 🙂
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Encouraging comments like yours have been more important than you might realise, some days.
John
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We are all very grateful for what you do John also having traveled to many countries in my younger days had to remind people that to equate Britain as England was not right and always let them know I was from Scotland not Britain or England.
The frenzy from the Unionist shower over Murrell is there way to get at the SNP nothing more to me it shows they are getting very frightened that Independence is coming.
Thank you John keep up the good work.
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A pleasure
Thanks for your frequent useful sources.
John
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Very impressive stats. Well done and well done to the list of responders.
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Thanks
I feel sure you’ll be present in the top 20 commentators
John
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Not so sure about that. I visit your site several times per day but my comments can be few and far between at times.
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Thanks John.
I found TuS a year or two ago and read every post every morning. It should be required reading in all Scottish schools.
An excellent way of rebutting British State anti-Scottish propaganda and regaining some perspective on Scotland’s place in the world.
John Lawson
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Thanks John
Appreciated
John
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As I am not in the premier position in the table I would like my 364 aliases taken into account when stats are being recorded .
Well done everyone in making John’s site one of the best/most important in the fight for a fairer media in Scotland .
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