Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Bob Lamont for suggesting this. I can’t believe I’ve missed out on the regular large-scale surveys of CalMac ferry performance, published but ignored by MSM, as they pursue a different agenda regardless of the facts, and fully transparent. Any journalist can scrutinise these surveys, demand all information, and report on any debates within them. Notably none ever do. If you don’t trust these surveys, challenge CalMac for details of who did them, how they were done and get the raw data. They cannot refuse you. If you have something and can present it honestly, I promise to publish … Continue reading Even on Arran, nearly 80% satisfied with CalMac ferries and dangerous weather is to blame for 96% of cancellations to once again expose the media stories as whopping fibs

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Bob Lamont for suggesting this. I can’t believe I’ve missed out on the regular large-scale surveys of CalMac ferry performance, published but ignored by MSM, as they pursue a different agenda regardless of the facts, and fully transparent. Any journalist can scrutinise these surveys, demand all information, and report on any debates within them. Notably none ever do. If you don’t trust these surveys, challenge CalMac for details of who did them, how they were done and get the raw data. They cannot refuse you. If you have something and can present it honestly, I promise to publish … Continue reading 87% of 30 000 satisfied with CalMac’s Outer Hebrides services

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Bob Lamont for suggesting this. I can’t believe I’ve missed out on the regular large-scale surveys of CalMac ferry performance, published but ignored by MSM, as they pursue a different agenda regardless of the facts, and fully transparent. Any journalist can scrutinise these surveys, demand all information, and report on any debates within them. Notably none ever do. If you don’t trust these surveys, challenge CalMac for details of who did them, how they were done and get the raw data. They cannot refuse you. If you have something and can present it honestly, I promise to publish … Continue reading 87% satisfaction for 15 000 Clyde ferry-users and 94% on time for Millport visitors casts serious doubt on the media reports

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Bob Lamont for suggesting this. I can’t believe I’ve missed out on the regular large-scale surveys of CalMac ferry performance, published but ignored by MSM, as they pursue a different agenda regardless of the facts, and fully transparent. Any journalist can scrutinise these surveys, demand all information, and report on any debates within them. Notably none ever do. If you don’t trust these surveys, challenge CalMac for details of who did them, how they were done and get the raw data. They cannot refuse you. If you have something and can present it honestly, … Continue reading 84% of 15 000 CalMac ferry users satisfied with service in 6 month long survey to upturn politicised, shoddy, media reporting

Professor John Robertson OBA From the Scottish Government today, we see that grants totalling £600 million, up from 510 million last year have been allocated to council to plan their affordable housing supply.1 The grant funding is broken down as: How is Scotland doing with the building of affordable homes compared to the rest of the UK? This: Sources: Continue reading News you won’t hear today – SNP Government increases grants to local authorities for affordable housing by nearly 20% in just one year

By stewartb Emulate Singapore? What would this take: what would it cost us? From a profile of Singapore published in 2021: https://freedomhouse.org/country/singapore/freedom-world/2021 ‘Singapore’s parliamentary political system has been dominated by the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) and the family of current prime minister Lee Hsien Loong since 1959. The electoral and legal framework that the PAP has constructed allows for some political pluralism, but it constrains the growth of opposition parties and limits freedoms of expression, assembly, and association.’ ‘The current prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong, has been in power since 2004 and secured a new mandate after the July 2020 parliamentary elections. … Continue reading Tom Hunter – Scotland should emulate Singapore? What would this take: what would it cost us?