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The outcome and impact of this dependency [on UK decision-making] will be little different no matter how well the SNP does

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By stewartb There is more at stake than ‘just’ the number of pro-Independence MPs elected in Scotland, important as that is! The IFS report referenced below also makes for depressing reading, not least because in brings home (yet again) just how dependent on England’s political choices we are. And in the immediate future, the outcome and impact of this dependency – including on devolved matters – will be little different no matter how well the SNP does in the upcoming general election. That is a seriously limiting, constraining democracy! Source: Institute for Fiscal Studies (28 June, 2024) How would the parties’ tax … Continue reading The outcome and impact of this dependency [on UK decision-making] will be little different no matter how well the SNP does

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Ipsos SUB-POLL today cautiously suggests major swing back to SNP as John settles in

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Many thanks to https://x.com/SNPwindaes for alerting me to this. It’s only a telephone sub-poll of 203 Scots weighted down to 176 but, today on the day, Ipsos, the most trusted pollster because they’re based in Paris and have no dog in this fight, has: All: 90% to 100% certain to vote: I know. Recent polls are up and down but one or two full polls especially the usually unfriendly Savanta, have signs of an SNP recovery, as the the most popular party leader and his Tartan Army loyalist, Toblerone-loving, Westminster leader do well in TV interviews. Source: https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/labour-holds-18-point-lead-over-conservatives-final-ipsos-election-poll https://www.thenational.scot/news/24426651.new-general-election-poll-puts-snp-ahead-labour/ Continue reading Ipsos SUB-POLL today cautiously suggests major swing back to SNP as John settles in

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As outsourced cleaning results in deadly infection outbreak via basins and showers in an English hospital how this Scottish Health Secretary kept cleaning in-house 16 years ago to save uncounted lives

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By Professor John Robertson Today in the Health Service Journal: Frimley Health had 94 cases of CPE last year, due to a major outbreak at Wexham Park The trust has ordered a mortality and morbidity review but does not say if it has been completed CPE thought to travel through drains, affecting wash basins and showers. A hospital trust has ordered a review of potential death and harm caused by an outbreak of a serious healthcare-acquired infection, which is resistant to many antibiotics. Frimley Health Foundation Trust has seen outbreaks of carbapenemase-producing enterobacterales at both its Frimley Park and Wexham … Continue reading As outsourced cleaning results in deadly infection outbreak via basins and showers in an English hospital how this Scottish Health Secretary kept cleaning in-house 16 years ago to save uncounted lives

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UK Labour funded by the rich and US corporations have always let our children die on foreign fields from Korea and Malaysia to Iraq and Afghanistan only to test their new weapons. Vote for them again and begin down a new path to your grandchildren dying for nothing in foreign fields

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I hope the headline is message enough but may a song or two will push things further in: And, if you need some numbers: By Professor John Robertson In May 2020, after reading new research on Scotland’s share of UK war dead, I was able to write this: ‘Yet while the war dead of some countries were too numerous to count, we should be mindful that ‘Scotland is small enough to know all her sons by heart’ My headline comes from the conclusions to a thorough examination of the facts published in May 2019. I missed it at the time and, … Continue reading UK Labour funded by the rich and US corporations have always let our children die on foreign fields from Korea and Malaysia to Iraq and Afghanistan only to test their new weapons. Vote for them again and begin down a new path to your grandchildren dying for nothing in foreign fields

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Robbo’s TWENTY + reasons why Scots should vote for the SNP

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Apologies to Robbo for above uncertainty in image selection By Robbo All sourced from TuS: 1) Best NHS by country mile with more GP’s, Dr’s, Nurses, Dentists (95% Scots registerd with NHS Dentist), Police officers per head than rUK. 2) Social housing 6 times higher than rUK and 50% higher than Labour. 3) Child Payments that are protecting 100k Scots kids from poverty not available in rUK. 4) On average lowest Council tax than rUK. 5) GDP 30% higher in Scot than rUKI 6) Deadly Measles infections seven times more likely in rUK thanks to higher immunisation in Scotland. 7) … Continue reading Robbo’s TWENTY + reasons why Scots should vote for the SNP

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Why Ayrshire needs to know to keep Labour out

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For a full read with sources, click on this: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=Ayr For a full read with sources, click on this: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=Ayr For a full read with sources, click on this: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=Ayr For a full read with sources, click on this: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=Ayr Continue reading Why Ayrshire needs to know to keep Labour out

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14 recent reasons why everyone should vote SNP…in their own interest

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For all the evidence: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=SNP For all the evidence: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=SNP For all the evidence: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=SNP For all the evidence: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=SNP For all the evidence: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=SNP For all the evidence: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=SNP Continue reading 14 recent reasons why everyone should vote SNP…in their own interest

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Ayrshire Labour candidates refusing interviews to avoid scrutiny on their new Tory policies

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The SNP, Alba and Tory candidates have been interviewed by Ayrshire Daily News. You can hear them at: https://www.facebook.com/ayrshiredailynews/videos?locale=en_GB Why might the Labour candidates be hiding? This? Her boss and his love of Maggie Thatcher? This? His 26 u-turns to seduce Tory voters and betray working people? Continue reading Ayrshire Labour candidates refusing interviews to avoid scrutiny on their new Tory policies

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Thanks to SNP, student debt in Scotland is far too low to even make the lowest level in BBC survey

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Today BBC UK reported the above survey results: The SLC previously said the average balance for loan holders in England when they start making repayments was less than £45,000. New government data, external shows that amount has now risen to £48,470. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2xxp2gv4d1o In 2023, under the typically stupid headline – Scots education crisis, the Herald reported – Students from Scotland on average each owe £15,400 [less than a third of the level in England] when they started repaying in 2023. https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23636199.scots-education-crisis-student-debt-soars-record-7-6bn/ Continue reading Thanks to SNP, student debt in Scotland is far too low to even make the lowest level in BBC survey

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Why is BBC Scotland news editor James Cook ignoring Police Scotland alerts to another English-based drug gang operating here?

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From Police Scotland, last night, the above image and: Two men have been sentenced for their part in a County Lines drugs operation between the North East of Scotland and the West Midlands. Fleury Tsaty, aged 29, was jailed for three years and three months, at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Friday, 28 June, 2024. Wasem Sharif, aged 19, was issued an 18 month community payback order. They were arrested in September 2022 following the execution of warrants at a number of addresses in the Seaton area of Aberdeen and in Birmingham. Heroin, crack cocaine and herbal cannabis with an estimated … Continue reading Why is BBC Scotland news editor James Cook ignoring Police Scotland alerts to another English-based drug gang operating here?