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SNP invests in further reducing homelessness already much less common and severe than in England but gets no MSM coverage

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From the Scottish Government but getting no attention from BBC Scotland, STV, Herald, Scotsman or Record so far as I can see today, ten hours later, the above, and: First 100 days commitments continue to be met. Halfway through the first 100 days of the Scottish Government formed in May, the rollout of an expanded 10-year £50 million Homelessness Prevention Fund is underway. £1 million is being made available for a second year to enable social landlords and third sector organisations to support tenants to stay in their homes. The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations and Homeless Network Scotland are … Continue reading SNP invests in further reducing homelessness already much less common and severe than in England but gets no MSM coverage

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SNP buy Prestwick Airport for just £1, make £14 million profit and create 5 000 jobs in only 4 years while its sister airport in Kent goes out of business in only 6 months to become just a lorry park

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From Ian McConnell, the Herald‘s token unbiased, intelligent and ethical journalist but clearly not in control of the headlines, today, has the above and: Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26268301.prestwick-airports-flights-success-financial-results-revealed/?ref=ebbn&nid=1388&u=54f15f1382a35160f5f9fbd9de82faff&date=130726 We can add that £3.9m and 200 jobs to the figures I had last November. The Ayrshire Daily New’s Doug Maclean, has a fine piece of journalism serving the information needs of the community. Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Robert Martin for alerting me to this. Both Prestwick airport and its sister airport at Manston in Kent were available for sale in 2013. Both were losing money and the company that owned them were not able or prepared to … Continue reading SNP buy Prestwick Airport for just £1, make £14 million profit and create 5 000 jobs in only 4 years while its sister airport in Kent goes out of business in only 6 months to become just a lorry park

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Kevin McKenna – Scotland’s berserker of tabloid anti-SNP news

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WTF is Kev on these days? Day-after-day, another utterly fantastic tirade composed of raving decomposing shit. Unhealthily declaiming his largeness and worryingly proud that he’s ‘known these streets intimately over several decades’‘, he has all the signs of the extreme energy surges, paranoia and delusion, like a Viking berserker biting his shield, that results from too little whisky and too much cocaine, methamphetamine (meth), or other amphetamines. For my mental health, I’ve been refraining from engaging but, after a day without whisky myself, I cannot take it any more. What’s happening in the real Glasgow? You know that place the … Continue reading Kevin McKenna – Scotland’s berserker of tabloid anti-SNP news

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As youth violence and murder by minors plummet is this the Herald’s most inaccurate, misleading and unethical piece of clickbait ever?

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I know, I’ve already sorted the Herald‘s front page in an earlier report this morning but this email alert version above takes their dishonesty to a new level with the suggestion that ‘new data‘ from schools, on possession, exposes a rise in actual youth violence. It’s utterly untrue, a disgraceful lie aimed at clickbait at the expense of our mental health. So, to repeat: That claim of a rise in actual youth violence – What is the long-term youth violence trend in Scotland? Youth violence in Scotland involving individuals under 18 as victims, perpetrators, or both. Data come from sources … Continue reading As youth violence and murder by minors plummet is this the Herald’s most inaccurate, misleading and unethical piece of clickbait ever?

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£11bn Lower Thames Crossing – Put simply, in the end, Scotland still pays for another capital project it does not benefit from

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Yesterday, I wrote a post: Never mind Barnett, the Lower Thames Crossing to cost Scots taxpayers between £300m and £1bn! The full AI-assisted argument is at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/07/12/never-mind-barnett-the-lower-thames-crossing-to-cost-scots-taxpayers-between-300m-and-1bn/ In a comment, rogercolkett wrote While it’s clear that the UK government tends to spend more on big projects in the south of England than elsewhere, it’s not true that Scots are paying for it through their taxes. UK government expenditure is not funded by taxes or anything else. UK government expenditure works by instructing the Bank of England to create the money required and credit it to the relevant payee, just as … Continue reading £11bn Lower Thames Crossing – Put simply, in the end, Scotland still pays for another capital project it does not benefit from

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These are not school ‘knife’ incidents, the trend is down, the TWO actual stabbings took place OUT of school by gang members and knife crimes have plummeted here to only half the level under Labour/Lib Dems 20 years ago

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The Herald today, taking a turn on knife crime, to give the Daily Record a day off? It’s another naked piece of data fiddling to treat you like a fracking idiot. To be fair, they don’t hide the actual facts once they’ve set the scene falsely in the headline. They’ll be thinking no one reads beyond the headlines these days. What are the facts? Highlight of the report, not for the first time, comes from the mouth of Alex Cole-Hamilton! Let’s have a look at some real facts on knife crime in Scotland In Scotland in 2006/2007, there were just … Continue reading These are not school ‘knife’ incidents, the trend is down, the TWO actual stabbings took place OUT of school by gang members and knife crimes have plummeted here to only half the level under Labour/Lib Dems 20 years ago

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As Rochdale rape grooming gang returns to front pages be ready with these simple facts to rebut anything like it in Scotland

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Today BBC UK has the above. The press front pages were not posted as I write at 09:25am but seem likely to be trying to make money out of the image. In July, we saw the ‘Scottish’ Daily Express try to include Scotland in this horrific practice and readers will remember Scottish Labour MPs and MSPs insisting the same things does happen here. The Daily Express ‘Scottish’ 2 July 2026, above with an English/Pakistani rape gang leader and one of his victims in England on the front page. Below in the UK, where is the story? Why is this unacceptable propaganda? From the First Minister 9 February 2026, responding … Continue reading As Rochdale rape grooming gang returns to front pages be ready with these simple facts to rebut anything like it in Scotland

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Three veteran ferries to be sold though still serviceable exposes the Scottish media’s fake ferry news

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The Scotsman today has: Veteran CalMac ferries could be cruising the Med rather than the Minch under plans to give them a new lease of life after being finally retired from service in Scotland. Three of the west coast operator’s largest vessels, which are up to 42 years old, are due to be decommissioned over the next year before being sold or scrapped for recycling. This is simple re-treading of the notion that CalMac ferries are old and thus unreliable. It’s a myth undermined in the whole possibility of these same vessels still being usable in calmer waters. The ‘ageing fleet‘ line … Continue reading Three veteran ferries to be sold though still serviceable exposes the Scottish media’s fake ferry news

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Rapists and sex offenders among 5 000 prisoners to be released early only in England – SNP Government will not release any such offenders early in Scotland

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Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this. In the Guardian yesterday: Opponents of plans to release rapists and sex offenders early from prison have “no solutions” to halt the criminal justice system’s possible collapse, David Lammy has said. Under pressure from Labour MPs – including the former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips – to curb the early release scheme, the deputy prime minister said failing to implement it could leave no capacity across jails in England and Wales in November. Killers, rapists and sex offenders will be among more than 5,000 prisoners freed early from September. They include those convicted of manslaughter, rape, grievous … Continue reading Rapists and sex offenders among 5 000 prisoners to be released early only in England – SNP Government will not release any such offenders early in Scotland