Today, BBC England return to their greasy school kitchens strangely located next to, according to the junk statistics of Pisa, high achieving classrooms. It doesn’t add up. 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 BBC England, today has the above. BBC Scotland does not. Here’s why: Scotland has its own statutory framework under the Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) Regulations 2020. These cover food and drink standards across the whole school day plus nutrient standards for analysed primary lunches, secondary analysed lunches, and secondary hostel evening meals. … Continue reading Pisa’s in the bin, Pizza too? England lags years behind Scotland’s school dinner menus

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 Guardian today, the Labour Party rails against the apparent injustice of another political party getting bigger donations than they get and, thus damaging democracy. According to the Electoral Commission, in Quarter 1 of 2026, UK Labour received from private donors just over £4 million, the Tories – £4.2m, Reform UK – £9.2m, the Lib Dems £2.3m and the SNP just £125k. Sources: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre/political-parties-accept-ps247m-donations-q1-2026 and So, the Labour Party has had 32 times as much as the SNP with no apparent concerns about … Continue reading Reform UK’s funding lead over Labour is far less than Labour’s over the SNP – does the latter damage democracy too?

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 BBC England today: University applicants in England will be given clearer information about student loans before they take them out, the government has said. Ministers said they would spell out that governments can change repayment rules and that different career choices can affect how much borrowers repay. They agreed to some but not all of the recommendations made by MPs after an inquiry into student loans, and did not say whether they would reverse a freeze to the repayment threshold for some graduates. … Continue reading Student loans in England to be tweaked so they know earlier of a life in debt

The above dynamic map adds the new power lines (yellow) often from the bottom (south) to the top (north) as if to imply that the power might ever flow that way in this United Kingdom. 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 Guardian today, the above, and: Tens of billions of pounds are being spent on new pylons, subsea cables and converter stations to connect a growing fleet of wind and solar farms and carry clean power to where it is needed. It comes after successive global shocks – Russia’s invasion of … Continue reading Metering the Border

This is essential. Read it in full at: England v Scotland, the battle of the PISA tests John Continue reading Scotland’s glowing report from Pisa – this is a must read – from Jackie Kemp