With only 4 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA Headlining for BBC Scotland today: A landmark agreement will be signed later concluding a five-year planning process to establish a green freeport in the Highlands. Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF) is expected to generate more than 11,000 jobs over the next 25 years. and: Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes described the signing as an “exciting milestone” that could bring up … Continue reading All freeports so far ‘encourage drug trafficking, trade in counterfeits, money laundering and a vast array of other crimes’ so can Scotland’s first ‘green’ one really be different?

With only 5 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA In Parliament, yesterday: First Minister John Swinney has apologised to a young footballer who had to wait five hours for an ambulance after breaking her leg. Brooke Paterson, 19, was injured while playing for Linlithgow Rose away at Cumbernauld United in North Lanarkshire on Sunday. After the case was raised by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at First Minister’s Questions, Swinney said that … Continue reading Anas Sarwar should apologise for misrepresenting Scotland’s ambulance response times – more than 3 times faster than in England in 90% of cases

From KSNT yesterday: Federal officials say shrimp sold under the Kroger brand in more than 30 states are being recalled as they may be contaminated with radioactive material. The Food and Drug Administration posted the recall on Sept. 23 for a limited amount of Kroger bagged frozen shrimp and Kroger frozen shrimp products. The shrimp may have been prepared, packed or held under unsanitary conditions and be contaminated with cesium-137, a radioactive substance. Cesium-137 is created by nuclear fission for use in medical devices and gauges, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA reports that cesium-137 is also a byproduct of nuclear weapons testing … Continue reading Second US seafood recall due to radioactive contamination comparable to that found in shellfish from Scottish beaches, not recalled

With only 5 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA From Freedom of Information (FOI) statistics: FOI release published today: Information requested – The total number of FOI responses issued by the Scottish Government. We have interpreted the timeframe requested as from the 1 January 2024 to the 17 June 2025 when your request was received – 8796 FOI and EIR Requests and Reviews have been issued within this timeframe. https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202500471350/ How much did … Continue reading Opposition party, BBC Scotland and press freedom of information (dirt-digging) requests cost Scottish taxpayer £2.6 million in only 18 months

Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald today has the above carefully-worded front page report on the Aberdeen to Glasgow train derailed at Carmont in Aberdeenshire on August 12, 2020 after hitting a landslide following heavy rain in an area where a drainage system was incorrectly installed. The use of the term ‘The Crown’ to refer to the UK Government in this legal context is accurate, but also archaic and deceptive in media reporting supposedly aimed at informing readers when what matters is that hte UK and not the Scottish Government is responsible. Throughout there is no mention at all of the key fact that … Continue reading Hiding the UK Government responsibility for the three Stonehaven derailment deaths behind ‘The Crown’

With only 5 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA BBC UK is worrying about anti-social behaviour in England today. BBC Scotland have not followed their lead. Perhaps this is why: From Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2024-25 published in June 2025, we see massive reductions in all forms of anti-social behaviour, an overall halving and major reductions in every type. In 2007, while classification differed then, the figure was around 94 000, TWICE … Continue reading As BBC UK worries about it in England, anti-social behaviour in Scotland plummets to half what it was under Scottish Labour in 2007

With only 6 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA From CBC in British Columbia, Canada, two days ago: B.C. Ferries told CBC News that the Queen of Surrey vessel is expected to be back in service along the Langdale-Horseshoe Bay route for Monday’s 1:15 p.m. sailing. The ferry operator said it has reinstated some previously cancelled sailings as it works to restore regular sailing schedules out of Horseshoe Bay. B.C. Ferries has cancelled a … Continue reading Affluent British Columbia has to replace one 44 year-old broken-down ferry with another 44 year-old ferry in a fleet on average 13 years older than those of CalMac