Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 By Liz S The Herald posted the above yesterday, mainly I suspect , because the video they attached to their post was of a UK politician , Wendy Chamberlain, highlighting this in the HOC. I suspect that she, Chamberlain, only raised it in the HOC as she has certain Distilleries within her constituency which could be impacted with this below announcement. I also suspect that had she not had any distilleries in her constituency then, as a Lib Dem MP elected in Scotland , she probably would not have even bothered to … Continue reading English single malt whisky fails the test

[e-bikes and e-scooters] were taken off Scotland’s streets in 2025. Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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, four days ago, put its finger on the underlying factor in the above surge of e-bike police confiscations: Beyond local anti-social behaviour, they have become the preferred transport for county lines drug-running and street robbery, offering escape for criminals. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/take-back-control-e-bike-37654208 While many of the children riding these e-bikes to deliver drugs are local, the entire drug distribution operation in Scotland has been colonised by a violent culture that emerged in large … Continue reading As Police Scotland confiscate more of this ‘preferred transport for [English] county lines drug gangs’, how Scottish Government caution on rental schemes has limited e-bike/scooter chaos, injury and death

Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 Sun today, the above and: A COUNTY lines gang leader who flooded communities in Scotland with heroin has been jailed for more than six years. Lee Campbell ran the county lines operation which transported the Class A drug from his home city of Liverpool to Aberdeen. Merseyside Police carried out an investigation where the 36-year-old was identified as running the network using his mobile phone. Cumbria Constabulary assisted in his arrest on 15 July this year where officers intercepted Campbell as he drove his Land Rover Defender … Continue reading For at least 8 years now – English drug gangs bringing misery to Scotland from Liverpool but ignored by the media operating here

Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 Tri-City Herald (Washington State) two days ago: The estate of a delivery driver who died of complications of cancer is suing the federal government for $10 million, saying it did not adequately protect a man during his deliveries to the Hanford nuclear site. The lawsuit claims Bradley W. Peterson’s metastatic prostate cancer was caused by exposures to radiological and toxic materials when me made deliveries from 1982 to 1998 to the nuclear reservation adjacent to Richland in Eastern Washington. Read more at: … Continue reading How families of UK workers find it impossible to sue for cancer deaths in nuclear facilities

170 supporters of Talking-up Scotland have made donations via the crowdfunder app or by direct bank transfer. Many of these have been, to my mind, particularly generous. I’m very grateful to them all and they can be sure that we will continue for them and for those who I know were not able to donate. The 170 represent 10% of the TuS subscribers who get an email link for every post and around 1% of those who see the headline content across social media. We get get regular positive comment across all platforms. Sometimes it’s very heart-warming. Once more, it’s … Continue reading Talking-up Scotland to continue despite sobering figures

BBC Reporting Scotland in BBC Breakfast today and on their website, below: Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 text, ‘Scot’ appears only once in the 700 plus word report, 17 paragraphs down: Both projects had already been given the go-ahead under the previous Conservative government but were successfully challenged in the Scottish courts on environmental grounds. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c65ym93p73xmo ‘UK’ appears 19 times. What percentage of UK gas and oil is or could be raised in Scottish waters? 82% Source: https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2019/09/oil-and-gas-production-statistics-2018/documents/oil-and-gas-production-statistics-2018-summary/oil-and-gas-production-statistics-2018-summary/govscot%3Adocument/oil-gas-production-2018-summary.pdf So 82% of the oil and gas but only … Continue reading Only 8% of the population but 82% of the oil and gas yet ‘UK’ gets 20 times the mentions in a BBC Scotland report