Coincidentally on the same day that one of the UK’s nuclear submarines came close to sinking the Cairnryan to Belfast ferry, the First Minister had just written, in moving terms, to make clear Scotland’s rejection of nuclear weapons. Neither that day nor in the days that followed did BBC Scotland report this. They were busy trying to push the First Minister’s ‘rift’ with Alex Salmond and the idea that she was using the daily briefings to push the case for independence. So, the First Minister of a devolved nation writes to oppose in the strongest terms the UK Government’s central … Continue reading The First Minister’s letter to nuclear holocaust victims ignored

Grade distribution of the 2019 Estimates and Results at National 5. In both the National 5 (above) and Higher results (below), there is little sign of discrimination by teachers in favour of white groups. White Scots tended to do less well than all other groups except the African/Black/Caribbean group. While the differences are mostly not significant, the results for the Chinese and Indian groups are significantly higher. Grade distribution of the 2019 Estimates and Results at Higher. Continue reading Chinese and Indian Scots do best in school exams

It’s now two weeks since the Scotsman generated over two days the most appalling heap of rancid anti-SNP propaganda. I wrote to the editor to complain but he has not responded: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2020/08/08/complaint-scotsman-on-saturday-7th-august-2020/ Today, they’re in full septic flow again with Brian Wilson leading the scurry with a disgraceful attack on hospital staff, the First Minister and Professor Sridhar. Joining his pals in the Scottish Conservatives he has only personal insults to throw at a highly-esteemed academic whose advice is sought by many governments. We’re lucky to have her but somewhat cursed by his presence. Ignoring as he must, as his … Continue reading The Scotsman: Maybe I should just leave it alone now?

By Worstie Kirk and Crusty Work but blame me for the headline: In the field of industrial relations it is good practice when dealing with cases of alleged misconduct to have a formal procedure that sets out the process to be taken and allocates roles to skilled, trained individuals. The process is divided into stages. The first stage involves investigation to establish the facts.  The second stage (if there is need for one) is the hearing. The employee involved will already know the allegations against him/her.He or she will have offered his/her side of  the matter and will be able … Continue reading Tainted by bias: Scotland’s parasitical class

The thought of these as the faces of the No campaign 2021 or 2022 fills me with unbridled glee (Unbridled? Where did that come from?). The Four ******men of the *************? Fill in the gaps Continue reading Photo of the Day 2

I didn’t pay much attention to this point in the story of St Albert’s in Pollokshields, at the time (19th August): The council confirmed that arrangements have been made so that any pupils required to self-isolate can continue working online. STV and the Record used largely the same words. The Herald had: Each child at the Polloksheilds school has been issued with an iPad so that lessons can continue to be taught remotely but made little of it. It was only reading Libby Brooks in the Guardian today that I saw: When an entire primary class in Glasgow was asked to … Continue reading Scottish Primary School staff show how to look after children’s learning in a time of infection and our media cannot bear to credit them

In a stunning performance only just lower than the 99.7% of contacts made in community outbreaks in Scotland, Public Health Scotland‘s teams have contacted 98.14% of all tourists who should have isolated after visiting high risk countries. True to form Alex Cole-Hamilton, Lib Dem MSP, and Herald writer Elle Duffy do not seem to have calculated the percentage figures required to put the crude numbers (36 140 out of 36 826 could be traced) into context. Cole-Hamilton said: People will be rightly puzzled at the glaring gaps in the numbers when it comes to quarantine orders for those coming in … Continue reading Scottish tracers contact more than 98% of tourists who should quarantine

On a whim, seeing this, I’ve decided to add a new feature to the Tusker – Photo of the Day. Send me your favourite. The image must make us pro-Indy folk feel good! My decision is final unless you can prove it’s wrong. Continue reading Photo of the Day

In the Herald, where else, today, Richard Leonard continues his badly-acted nodding melodrama in which he attempts to score points over his tribal foes in the SNP and to make Nicola cry if he can. Setting the scene mawkishly with the story of his Dad’s death in an English care home, the Herald‘s Alistair Grant writes: With a grudging recognition that the care homes who decide who to admit, who charge around £1 000 per week per resident, who often fund the local Tories, who rarely pay corporate tax, who are responsible for infection control and for staffing, he charges … Continue reading Former hard left socialist shields tax-avoiding corporations in pursuit of SNP