Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON On BBC Scotland‘s insert in BBC Breakfast at 6.30 and 8.30 am so far, after the Glasgow fire report, for the first time since 2019, BBC Scotland news broadcasts specifically locate a long-running plague of drug abuse across Scotland in origins entirely in large English cities. I’ve been following this for years and was, understandably shocked, especially as we approach the May elections. The link with England is not headlined but appears quite quickly: Police have made 43 … Continue reading Seven years after the County Lines drugs and violence plague begins and for the first time ever, BBC Scotland tells viewers that it is because of specifically ‘English’ crime groups

The Herald today has: The Scottish Government faces a new transparency row over civil servants working from home as statistics are set to be withheld until after the Holyrood election. Pressure is mounting on SNP ministers to crack down on officials who refuse to work from the office as part of the Scottish Government’s hybrid working policy. Where is this ‘mounting pressure’ coming from? Anyone else? Nope, that’s it. Pathetic. Is there any evidence that any half-decent journalist might easily access and use in her writing? From a UK Government study of 25 290 civil servants with a 98% response rate across 34 departments, published in … Continue reading Major research funded by Conservative Government in 2020 reveals ‘home working generally supports productivity’ but Scottish Cons, all by themselves, are causing ‘mounting pressure’ on SNP ‘secrecy’ about it according to journalist who has not read the research

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From BBC Leicestershire today, the above and: A youth worker has warned girls in a market town are being lured into drug running by gangs operating across county lines. Kate Champneys has worked with several teenagers in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, who she said were groomed with gifts and affection. Champneys, of the Engage Youth and Family Service, which supports vulnerable young people, said: “They’ll end up being runners for the men who get hold of them, they’ll give … Continue reading County lines gang members who ‘have been through the justice system in England’ target vulnerable women in Highlands months before they do same in England?

if he misses the Government’s child poverty reduction target. The Scottish Government is publishing its ‘Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan for the next five years. Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said the Government’s plans will focus on ‘tackling the root causes of child poverty. Anti-poverty charities say progress ahs been made but there is still significant distance between where we are now and targets which are meant to be met by 2030. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON BBC Reporting Scotland in the BBC … Continue reading Do BBC Scotland’s unnamed ‘anti-poverty charities’ doubting that John Swinney’s child poverty targets will be met, five years from now, include the one whose head says the revolutionary Child Payment and SNP’s commitment to reverse two-child limit is just ‘doing the same things day after day’ as she continues to campaign for Labour and aims for an honour like Pam Duncan Glancy

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Many thanks to cuckooshoe for reminding us of the above and seeing through what the London-based IFS is up to in this election period. Source: https://www.sqainternational.org.uk/sqa/114509.html The earlier TuS posts on this topic: Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Continue reading Why the London lads at the IFS are regurgitating the unreliable 2022 Pisa results and trying to forget the 2025 ‘landmark year’ in an election year