Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Stage of treatment waiting times New outpatients, inpatients and day cases, published today: At 31 July 2026, there were an estimated 588,825 individuals on at least one new outpatient, inpatient or day case waiting list. This is equivalent to around 1 in 9 of Scotland’s population (mid-2025 estimates). Within this total, 460,238 individuals were estimated to be waiting for a new outpatient appointment, and 151,421 for an inpatient or day case admission. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times-new-outpatients-inpatients-and-day-cases-25-august-2026 All things being equal, per head, the NHS England figure … Continue reading No Burnham bounce as NHS England waiting list extends 300 000, 30 000 proportionally beyond that in Scotland

Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Asked yesterday by dependablechaos7d6e7ddfed, Kevin Keegan like: Do you have overall crime rate by major city, UK- wide, with sources? I would love to see London, Manchester and Glasgow compared. I would lov it too! But, like a man half my age, before I could think, I saw that Derek Scott had already done it, though unlike me, wizzened former prof that I am, with no links for dependablechaos to just click on. Let’s hope he’s young enough to ask AI to get the … Continue reading Burnham’s Manchester 25% more criminal than SNP’s Dear Glasgow

Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 above BBC Scotland report, part of their very short BBC Breakfast insert every 30 minutes, goes on to call for action by ‘Government’ and is careful not to remind you that this is a matter reserved to the Burnham Labour UK Government. Of course it does not have to be this way. I’m sure you remember why but here it is again, in case you need the evidence in your daily discourse with a Unionist neighbour or colleague. Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or … Continue reading 5 times the gas and 6 times the electricity Scotland needs is produced here yet a UK agency tells us the price and it’s going up

Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 BBC Scotland even before they lose any staff, above with space for several minor stories but apparently none for the one above, and: 402,000 new companies incorporated across the UK in H1 2026. Active company base grows to 5.66 million businesses. Startup activity continues across every UK region, with Scotland recording the strongest growth. Regional entrepreneurship also remained vibrant. Scotland recorded the strongest growth in startup activity, with incorporations rising 3.73% compared with H2 2025 to 20,900. https://www.edinburghchamber.co.uk/scotland-leads-the-uk-with-fastest-growth-in-new-startups-as-technology-startups-drive-a-new-wave-of-entrepreneurship/ Have any of those other media … Continue reading Why might BBC Scotland snub the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce’s big news about Scotland leading the UK?