….violence during a debate in Parliament today. The First minister could personally (sic) finance the £2 million ‘Fund to Leave’ scheme which assists women and children to flee violence and danger in their own homes – as well as piloting GPS monitoring for suspected domestic abusers on bail awaiting court.

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The above is another of those BBC Reporting Scotland team inserts in BBC Breakfast which does not appear on the BBC Scotland website. It’s an editorial decision by the news editor to report it rather than other news items. It’s an unsettling topic and well-chosen if your agenda to make your audience anxious and as we know from research, small c conservatives.

Let’s unpack the statement and offer the evidence, from previous posts here to put in a perspective that BBC Scotland will not be offering.

Women victims of domestic violence

One more nightmare which only BBC Scotland headline and not one word to inform you of how Scotland is reducing violence against women and increasing rape convictions

Child victims of domestic violence

Proportionally 4 times as many children in England & Wales face domestic abuse compared to Scotland 

Monitoring of suspect abusers

As effectiveness of new UK Labour government plan to protect victims from released prisoners is questioned, a Scottish MP and former senior police officer explained the better Scottish system more than a year ago

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