With only 3 days left, 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 – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA, former schoolteacher, education lecturer, head of department, Associate Dean (Quality Assurance), Research Professor, research methods tutor, Masters and PhD supervisor, multiple peer-reviewed international research author, Faculty Research Ethics Chair I include, the above merely to compare with the ‘team’ at the Commission on School Reform, whose report forms the basis for the Herald’s piece today suggesting major problems in Scotland’s schools. Here are … Continue reading Brian Taylor platforms shoddy report on school discipline based on zero research evidence and written by known Labour/Lib Dem/Con supporters with absolutely no recent peer-reviewed output

With only 4 days left, 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 – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA Headlining for BBC Scotland today: A landmark agreement will be signed later concluding a five-year planning process to establish a green freeport in the Highlands. Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF) is expected to generate more than 11,000 jobs over the next 25 years. and: Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes described the signing as an “exciting milestone” that could bring up … Continue reading All freeports so far ‘encourage drug trafficking, trade in counterfeits, money laundering and a vast array of other crimes’ so can Scotland’s first ‘green’ one really be different?

With only 5 days left, 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 – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA In Parliament, yesterday: First Minister John Swinney has apologised to a young footballer who had to wait five hours for an ambulance after breaking her leg. Brooke Paterson, 19, was injured while playing for Linlithgow Rose away at Cumbernauld United in North Lanarkshire on Sunday. After the case was raised by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at First Minister’s Questions, Swinney said that … Continue reading Anas Sarwar should apologise for misrepresenting Scotland’s ambulance response times – more than 3 times faster than in England in 90% of cases

From KSNT yesterday: Federal officials say shrimp sold under the Kroger brand in more than 30 states are being recalled as they may be contaminated with radioactive material. The Food and Drug Administration posted the recall on Sept. 23 for a limited amount of Kroger bagged frozen shrimp and Kroger frozen shrimp products. The shrimp may have been prepared, packed or held under unsanitary conditions and be contaminated with cesium-137, a radioactive substance. Cesium-137 is created by nuclear fission for use in medical devices and gauges, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA reports that cesium-137 is also a byproduct of nuclear weapons testing … Continue reading Second US seafood recall due to radioactive contamination comparable to that found in shellfish from Scottish beaches, not recalled