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Headlining a single but common rural care home placing to platform local Tory MSP and the untrustworthy Lisa Summers

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With only 1 day left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at:Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 BBC Scotland today, milking another single medical case in an effort to undermine the reputation of the SNP in government: The family of a man stuck in hospital for 16 months have been told he could be placed in a care home 100 miles away. John Russell, from Oban, was admitted to the town’s Lorn & Islands Hospital last year after he suffered a stroke. His wife Teresa, 79, said she was … Continue reading Headlining a single but common rural care home placing to platform local Tory MSP and the untrustworthy Lisa Summers

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Top research bodies reveal Scotland’s care system is years ahead of any plans Andy Burnham has

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With only 1 day left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at:Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 As the new PM is pressed on England’s failing social care system, we sometimes hear, not on BBC Scotland of course, that though still challenged, Scotland system after nearly 20 years of centre-left government by the SNP is well ahead. What’s the evidence? What has the SNP done differently? Let’s ask the Nuffield Trust and the IFS? In Scotland, there is free personal care for all adults assessed as needing it. This … Continue reading Top research bodies reveal Scotland’s care system is years ahead of any plans Andy Burnham has

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Former social worker and therapeutic animal farm owner in Brittany is platformed by media to attack ‘Sturgeon’s care promise and downplay life-saving achievements

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With only 1 day left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at:Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From BBC Scotland today, the above and: A report has found a flagship SNP policy – championed by Nicola Sturgeon – is running out of time to improve the care system. The Scottish government signed up to The Promise in 2020 to make the lives of care-experienced children and young people better by 2030. An update on its progress, external reveals too much of the pledge made to Scotland’s children, families and … Continue reading Former social worker and therapeutic animal farm owner in Brittany is platformed by media to attack ‘Sturgeon’s care promise and downplay life-saving achievements

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Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. England’s care system based on unregulated companies making cash stopped in Scotland because of Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘promise’ in 2016

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With only 1 day left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at:Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Before anyone accuses me of being duped, read my trenchant criticism of Nicola Sturgeon’s apparent views on Hilary Clinton and US foreign policy at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/03/04/sturgeon-and-clinton-does-being-a-woman-any-woman-trump-sic-her-war-crimes-her-murder-and-betrayal-of-the-poor/ That matters to me, a lot, but nothing can deny her massive achievements on the home front. In the Guardian 5 June 2026, from George Monbiot, quite an heroic figure for me and often well-tuned into to Scottish affairs: Bring your suitcase, your bin liner, your dumpy … Continue reading Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. England’s care system based on unregulated companies making cash stopped in Scotland because of Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘promise’ in 2016

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Short video – Shock as drug deaths among young plummet in Scotland but not in England or Wales

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With only 1 day left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at:Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Full details at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/26/drug-related-deaths-among-the-young-plummet-in-scotland-but-climb-in-england-wales-to-herald-the-end-of-scotlands-dark-reputation-before-long/ With only 1 day left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at:Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Continue reading Short video – Shock as drug deaths among young plummet in Scotland but not in England or Wales

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Real crisis in NHS England as they report 198 times as many critical incidents than in Scotland in just one year

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With only 1 day left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at:Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Full details at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/27/in-one-year-nhs-england-declared-217-times-as-many-critical-and-major-incidents-as-nhs-scotland-did/ With only 1 day left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at:Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Continue reading Real crisis in NHS England as they report 198 times as many critical incidents than in Scotland in just one year

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Last call – Help Talking-up Scotland keep going for another six months rebutting the lies and revealing the truth

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Scotland’s movement for independence faces massive disinformation from Unionist politicians and their media chums. Our task, since 2014, up to 20 000 times since then and currently surging to 6 or more fully researched reports, almost every day of the year, is to provide you with the irrefutable proof of our strength. you can use these to confidently fight your corner with doubters. We have the best public services in the UK, the lowest crime, the best schools and the best hospitals contrary to disgusting media reports that do not survive a collision with the evidence. To help us going … Continue reading Last call – Help Talking-up Scotland keep going for another six months rebutting the lies and revealing the truth

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Think, Andrew! If a Scottish teacher has 29.6% fewer pupils than a Welsh teacher which one’s headteacher should be able to manage reduced contact time better?

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With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 In the Herald today: and: Ah, just secondary teachers, eh? What’s their ratio then? 12.6 to 1 – https://www.gov.scot/publications/summary-statistics-for-schools-in-scotland-2024/documents/ So, with by far the lowest pupil contact workload in the UK, Scottish heidies can’t organise things? Says who? School Leaders Scotland. They’ll know about those ratios. You have to feel for the heidies in Wales, England and Northern Ireland don’t you? How important is the funded level of staff per … Continue reading Think, Andrew! If a Scottish teacher has 29.6% fewer pupils than a Welsh teacher which one’s headteacher should be able to manage reduced contact time better?

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Cancer is a concern with increasing nuclear power in Iowa and everywhere else especially in Scotland

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With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From the Des Moines Register yesterday, the above, and: Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Nuclear Energy Task Force released a final report that encourages more nuclear power plants in Iowa. This report makes no mention of cancer increases in communities that are near nuclear power plants. At a time when Iowans are deeply concerned about having one of the nation’s highest rates of increases in cancers, the last thing we need is … Continue reading Cancer is a concern with increasing nuclear power in Iowa and everywhere else especially in Scotland

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How Scotland’s drug deaths title owes much to Liverpool and to Burnham’s Manchester

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With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 The Daily Record yesterday had the above and: but left something important out, or as far as I can see past their paywall, this: FrostJacket (also written Frostjacket) was the shared EncroChat handle of Remez Caffrey (then 24, from Moston/Manchester) and John Chean (then 33–34, from Kirkby, Merseyside). They used it in 2020 to buy and sell cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis across the UK, including swapping a 20-plate Mercedes for … Continue reading How Scotland’s drug deaths title owes much to Liverpool and to Burnham’s Manchester