Professor John Robertson OBA From the Ipsos Scotland Political Pulse survey, taken between 21st and 26th February 2025, these little-reported facts, at the time, in response to the question – To what extent, if at all, do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of the following politicians and political parties? Adding Very and Fairly Favourable scores: Source – https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/public-critical-scottish-governments-record-arent-convinced-labour-would-do-better-job#:~:text=A%20new%20Ipsos%20Scotland%20Political%20Pulse%20survey%2C%20taken,it%20has%20done%20a%20good%20job%20of%20this. This was some time ago but does anyone image any major improvements for any of the above apart from the SNP and Reform UK? Look at the recent polls: Talking-up Scotland’s special crowd funder has closed but you can support … Continue reading SNP and Swinney more favourably viewed than anything else in Scot’s political world

Professor John Robertson OBA The Sun today has the above, based on research by the Women’s Rights Network – HOW SAFE ARE OUR SCOTTISH HOSPITALS? THE CONCERNING EXTENT OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND RAPES IN SCOTTISH HOSPITALS 2019-2024 which carefully does not reveal what the trend is. From Grok AI: While, of course, not wishing to understate the appalling nature of such crime, it remains important to know what the trend is so that we may best consider how to tackle it. Source: https://www.womensrights.network/post/how-safe-are-our-scottish-hospitals#:~:text=Between%202019%20and%202024%2C%20288%20sexual%20assaults%20including,Boards%E2%80%99%20lack%20of%20systematic%20and%20coherent%20data%20gathering. Talking-up Scotland’s special crowd funder has closed but you can support at any time at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or … Continue reading Sexual attacks on hospital wards likely to be reducing since post-pandemic spike

Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald is headlining today under yet another tasteless, clickbait image of someone holding their head in a darkened room: Exclusive: Charities question £16m gap in Scottish mental health budget Further down, they give us the background for scale of the alleged cut. 1.07%. Even further down we see: The Herald piece is an awesome attempt to confuse with Byzantine accounting procedures. I have no idea what they’re on about much of the time but I think it’s just about the level of detail being provided, as in this: I feel sure there is a TuS … Continue reading There may or may not have been a 1% cut in the mental health budget

Professor John Robertson OBA Not for the first time, one time half-decent journo, now full-time Tory Gammon, Ian Macwhirter, cannot conceal his glee when he thinks he’s found evidence that Scots are just as nasty as Essex Tories. He bases his latest on the Sunday Times/Norstat poll on 22-25 September 2025, revealing that 60% of the sample (1 010) support mass detention sand deportation of those who arrive in the UK, without permission, for example on small boats? There’s a problem. The sample of 1 010 has been adjusted, ‘weighted‘, to match the vote in the 2014 referendum, 11 years … Continue reading Poll suggesting to a gammon that majority of Scots support mass detention and deportation has same sampling flaw as those suggesting a No majority in a referendum on independence