From BBC Scotland today, the above and: Less than two years ago Katie Bain almost died when she went in septic shock after her appendix ruptured. The swimmer, who was just 24 at the time, spent three weeks in an induced coma as doctors fought to save her life. There is, of course, no fuller explanation of the situation with regard to sepsis, in Scotland, just the one wee story. Here it is: Not anywhere in the quite long report, important context which even student journalists are taught to include. How under Scottish Labour, hospitals were ‘death traps’ of hospital … Continue reading BBC report a sepsis survivor in Scotland but fail to tell you how the SNP Government made it so likely

In the National today: Scottish islanders fume as ‘lifeline’ food delivery removed off CalMac ferry. CALMAC has been warned that island communities are at “breaking point” after a hauler carrying needed perishable foods was “bumped” off a ferry for passengers allegedly for the “first time ever”. OMG was that the last ferry for weeks and they’d run out of food in the shop? Well, no, there’s a ferry every day at this time of year and five a week in winter. It was cancelled on Tuesday this week, so with being ‘bumped’ on Wednesday, the shop had to last for … Continue reading Only two days without a ‘perishable food’ delivery and island rep says they are at ‘breaking point’ due to lack of…..’fresh cream cakes?’

Key ferry-flippers Neil Bibby (Lab) and Russell Findlay (Con There is no comment in the above top BBC Scotland story today from opposition parties, as they sail, rudderless, toward their extinction event in May. The reason is clear. They don’t want their historical hypocrisy in ferry flipping exposed. Early criticism: “Don’t rig contracts to favour Ferguson.” Later flipped criticism: “Why aren’t you favouring Ferguson?” Here is a quick AI-assisted (Chatgpt) account of that flipping. You’re right to focus on that—it’s one of the more striking features of the whole ferries saga. The positions of opposition parties (especially the Scottish Conservatives … Continue reading This latest media ferry feeding only serves to highlight the opposition parties’ hypocritical ‘ferry flipping’ – from “Don’t rig contracts to favour Ferguson” to “Why aren’t you favouring Ferguson?”

BBC Breakfast this morning has peer-reviewed research on NHS England operations cancelled in the last 24hrs, often because patients could not be prepared for them in time. In February 2026, 10% of these operations were cancelled, around a third of those avoidably. This is, of course, wasteful of resources and potentially life-threatening for those patients. The media operating in Scotland are not, of course, covering this because there’s nothing in it for them here. What’s BBC Scotland’s headline story today? You know. Another desperate ferry story to try to stop Anas Sarwar having to ‘walk the plank’ in May. Why? … Continue reading More than 3 000 fewer operations NOT being cancelled ‘at last minute’ in NHS Scotland