‘Humza Yousaf has invited the hugely controversial President of Turkey to Scotland, The Herald can reveal.’ TuS can now reveal that he seems to be the only leader in UK history to prefer shaking hands with democrats. See these: Blair and Gadaffi, after he [Gadaffi!] orders the killing of hundreds in Scotland. Thatcher and Pinochet, responsible for thousands of deaths among the democratic opposition in Chile. He’s pointing to a good site for Thatcher to intern lefties like Michael Foot. The Queen and the leader of the IRA in Northern Ireland, responsible for the deaths of many of her ‘servants.’ … Continue reading Yousaf accused of shaking hands with elected leader of a democracy!

From YouGov today: Only 45% across the UK prefer a monarchy to an elected head of state, at 31% and with don’t knows at 24%. In Scotland, the figures were 33, 43 and 24. Only the South had 50% for Charlie and his crew. The decline since the handover from his mum? In June 22, also from the same pollster, YouGov, this: Time for the SNP to go full republican? Continue reading 2 out of 3 Scots say Charlie is not their darlin’

From the Guardian today: NHS across UK spends a ‘staggering’ £10bn on temporary staff Ministers are facing calls to tackle the NHS’s chronic lack of staff as figures reveal that the bill for hiring temporary frontline workers has soared to more than £10bn a year. Hospitals and GP surgeries across the UK are paying a record £4.6bn for agency personnel and another £5.8bn for doctors and nurses on staff to do extra “bank” shifts to plug gaps in rotas. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/16/nhs-across-uk-spends-a-staggering-10bn-on-temporary-staff Read on and, of course, these are figures from NHS England only. So, £10.4bn in total. All things being equal, … Continue reading NHS England spending nearly twice as much proportionally as NHS Scotland on temporary staff

Submitted the above today. No doubt, they’ll defend the notion that the rates were similar in Scotland and England but don’t see how they get out of having claimed Wales was better. This, of course, will never see the light of day: The gap may be far wider. See this Channel 4 fact check: The UK government often states that the national death toll only covers those who have died in hospital, but this rule is only strictly true of England. The governments of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have all told FactCheck that they include deaths of people who have tested positive and died outside hospital … Continue reading Scotland’s lower Covid death rate – BBC complaint