Professor John Robertson OBA From: Two days ago, in the Independent: A terrifying discovery was made at a nuclear facility in South Carolina: radioactive wasps. Radiological Control Operations found a wasp nest on a post close to a tank at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Energy I’m terrified. I’ve been out there. I’ve had the bites. Even several of my father-in-law’s Senior Service fags could not deter them. There are up to 200 trillion midges in Scotland: https://outaboutscotland.com/midges-in-scotland/ That’s more than 300 000 for each of us! Even if only a fraction get … Continue reading Terrifying prospect of Scotland’s 200 TRILLION midges spreading radioactivity from Labour’s new wee reactors

Professor John Robertson OBA Police Scotland today, report: I refer to your recent request for crime data, made in accordance with the Clery Act. Unfortunately, Police Scotland is unable to assist with your request. Having reviewed the ‘Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting’ from the US Department of Education, it is noted that the Act has strict recording and counting criteria and we are unable to compile data that would be directly comparable or applicable to the requirements of the Act. https://www.scotland.police.uk/access-to-information/freedom-of-information/disclosure-log/disclosure-log-2025/july/25-2256-clery-act-request-usa-university/ This follows an identical request and response in April 2025 with no named source – the US Department of Education … Continue reading Scottish university campus safety – the good news that Police Scotland could not provide for the US Department of Education handbook

Professor John Robertson OBA The ‘Scottish’ Daily Mail frontpage headline today is ‘ANGER AS SNP BACKS BIGGEST WIND FARM ON PLANET.’ I can’t help but think they may have misjudged their readers on this one – ‘What, we’ve got the biggest wind farm on the planet? BRILLIANT!‘ Where’s the supposed anger coming from? Well, Donald Trump and ‘conservation groups’, they say. There’s an unusual coalition. Doesn’t the Mail regularly bash such groups for ‘squeezing taxpayers’, obstructing ambulances and just dressing funny? Not for the first time, you’re left to wonder what Mail readers would think if they got more information. … Continue reading Daily Mail misreads most of its readers on energy generation that will keep their lights on

Professor John Robertson OBA Chancellor Rachel Reeves is all over ‘Scottish’ media today with promises of ‘billions‘ to be invested in the Scottish economy via increased defence spending. Leaving aside the fact that much of the spending will be on new hunter-killer submarines built in Cumbria, the reporting fails to mention this key fact: From Grok AI: Scotland’s share of UK defense spending is approximately 3.7% to 3.9% based on recent data. In 2021/22, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) spent £2.01 billion in Scotland out of a total UK defense expenditure of £53.9 billion in 2023/24. This equates to roughly … Continue reading Rachel Reeves fails to mention that with 8.1% of the population Scotland only gets 3.9%, less than half, the defence spending it deserves

Professor John Robertson OBA Today, the UK Energy Minister, above, appeared to claim credit for the approval of the massive 300 plus turbine, 4.1GW, windfarm off the Scottish coast near Fife and East Lothian: Even the Scotsman knew who had actually approved it: One of world’s biggest wind farms with 307 turbines approved near Edinburgh by SNP ministers though they are hoping it will kill lots of seabirds. Milliband and his boy from Scotland, below, clearly think this new project will help with their unimpressive achievement: 50%? Is that all? How is the SNP doing? What’s happening to the surplus … Continue reading Ed Milliband tries to take credit for new Scottish offshore windfarm, approved by SNP, to boost billions-worth of electricity already being transferred to England