Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From BBC UK in October 2025: New vocational courses called V-levels will be rolled out for 16-year-olds under government plans to simplify a “confusing landscape” of qualifications in England. Skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith said V-levels aimed to simplify options for students. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyzjp5n5kro By cuckooshoe The last paragraph in Summary Statistics for Attainment and Initial Leaver Destinations, No. 8: 2026 edition shows a 33.2% increase in the number of mainstream and special school leavers achieving one or more … Continue reading As UK Labour BEGIN to push education toward a vocational/skills-based emphasis with a Skills Minister and new curricula simplification, Scotland’s surging results over three years already are ignored

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Talking-up Scotland has 1 600 subscribers and a further 20 000 followers across Facebook, Twitter (x), BlueSky and Tik Tok. The posts are all based on transparent, checkable, sources and, on a daily basis, rebut the lies of Unionist media and report the positive news being hidden from you. Despite this effort and the many encouraging verbal comments received, only a tiny number seem prepared to contribute – 16% of subscribers, 1.2% of followers. It’s hard not to … Continue reading Talking-up Scotland posts 168 fully researched rebuttals and encouragements in February 2026 alone – More than 50 000 visit to read more than 100 000 times – please join the 251 who have contributed so far

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON In their ‘Will walk-in GP clinics deliver one million extra appointments?’ yesterday, BBC Scotland were keen to direct the response with information like the above revealing increasing demand on GPs. They have not mentioned that the rate in NHS England is 2 220 patients per GP, a shocking 32% higher! https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/nhs-delivery-and-workforce/pressures/pressures-in-general-practice Other reasons why they’re lucky to be working in Scotland: Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – … Continue reading Each GP in England must care for 538 more patients than his Scottish counterpart – just one of many reasons why Scottish GPs are lucky to be in Scotland

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON In their ‘Will walk-in GP clinics deliver one million extra appointments?’ yesterday, BBC Scotland were keen to direct the response with information like the above and respondents revealing a fall from 87% satisfaction to 76% satisfaction with ease in contacting a GP. They have not compared the NHS Scotland results for 2024 with those for NHS England: The Scottish average, though having fallen, was 76% while for NHS England, carried out by Ipsos, was 51% Satisfaction with ease … Continue reading Satisfaction with ease of access to a GP is still 50% higher in NHS Scotland than in NHS England