By Liz S BBC website headline on main UK page: “Main ferry out of action until late September” “The Isle of Man main ferry will be out of action until late September for repairs, the operator has confirmed“. “The Manxman has been in drydock since 13 July, with back-up passenger vessel the Ben-my-Chree carrying out sailings between the island and Lancashire” “**The government-owned ferry operator ** said inspections of the affected components – which could only take place once disassembly process was underway – had enabled engineers to work out what needed to be done and how long it would take” … Continue reading Isle of Man ferry fiasco has not driven-off islanders it seems or encouraged BBC to blame Manx Parliament

I did wonder if BBC Scotland’s relentless propaganda against the SNP in the months before the May 2026 Holyrood election would have an effect but, in the end, we saw the party support still relatively resilient and, by contrast, support for Scottish Labour collapse regardless of the channel’s efforts to protect them and their leader from scrutiny. The graph above shows the lack of impact of the BBC Scotland channel as a source for news. More widely, we see how BBC Scotland has declined relatively: The reach of broadcast TV in Scotland declined in 2025, and remains the lowest of … Continue reading SNP resilience in 2026 election in part explained as nearly 70% of Scots reject BBC Scotland as a news source

From page 19 of Stage of treatment waiting times – new outpatients, inpatients and day cases published yesterday, the above graph which I feel sure you will never see on the pages of the media operating in Scotland. How have these dramatic falls starting a year ago in mid 2025, been made possible? In early November 2025, First Minister, John Swinney announced an additional £25.5m ‘to be given to health boards this year to help cut NHS waiting lists‘ on top of an extra £135.5m already promised. A fall from 65% to 15% in waits >52 week waits is 76.9%. … Continue reading NHS Scotland waits of over 1 year plummet by 77% only one year after Swinney makes major investment but media ignore this dramatic newsworthy newsm

Posted here yesterday, an accurate reporting of the latest NHS waiting list figures for Scotland and England. On the same day, across social media, from Conservative MSP Stephen Kerr, this utterly misleading and dishonest claim: Here’s what the Public Health Scotland report said: At 30 June 2026, there were an estimated 580,545 individuals on at least one new outpatient, inpatient or day case waiting list.  https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times-new-outpatients-inpatients-and-day-cases-28-july-2026 What have the Cons done to get the ‘Almost 800’ figure? They’ve ignored this on page 12 of the full report: Individual patients are counted more than once if they are waiting to attend … Continue reading Scottish Conservatives ignore Public Health Scotland warning on how to read waiting times statistics in an effort to get a bigger number to fool you with – utterly dishonest

You know what to do. Continue reading Reposted as the media front pages launch a feeding frenzy on ‘SNP’ GP Walk-in centres using dishonest selection of statistics

From Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) quarterly ​report July 2026 published today, the above revealing that Drug-related hospital admissions have dropped to around 75 in the last quarter. This is down from the previous lows of just over 100 and barely half of the March figures in 2024 and 2025. What has caused this very objective measure of Scotland’s drug problems, more reliable as a measure of the problem than either set of drug deaths? Continue reading Fantastic but hidden news as drug-related hospital admissions plummet to lowest level since records began after treatment service meets 90% target for last 15 years and world-first opioid overdose reversal programme enters 8th year

From Public Health Scotland – Stage of treatment waiting times New outpatients, inpatients and day cases published 28 July 2026 (Latest release), the above showing dramatic improvement in the last year, and: At 30 June 2026, there were an estimated 580,545 individuals on at least one new outpatient, inpatient or day case waiting list. This is equivalent to around 1 in 10 of Scotland’s population (mid-2024 estimates). Within this total, 450,998 individuals were estimated to be waiting for a new outpatient appointment, and 151,548 for an inpatient or day case admission. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times-new-outpatients-inpatients-and-day-cases-28-july-2026 NHS England seem only to have an estimate of … Continue reading Two years of Labour, zero strikes in Scotland and NHS England waiting list is now 7% longer with 400 000 still waiting who would not be if government oversight was as good as in Scotland