The very first words of BBC Scotland’s series of news inserts between 6aM and 9am, this morning: It won’t be viable for two thirds of pubs to re-open on the 26th April Yesterday morning on BBC Radio Scotland: The day before dominating their website page and on Reporting Scotland: There was none of this: In sharp of contrast BBC Wales favoured the Welsh Government position over that of bar owners: BBC Scotland is campaigning against the SNP by its choices of what to report and which position to foreground/headline. Continue reading Eat out to die out: BBC Scotland is campaigning against the SNP by its choices of what to report and which position to foreground/headline

From SNP Press Office The SNP will use today’s (Wednesday) debate on lobbying to ramp up pressure over the Tory cronyism rife in Westminster – demanding that the Ministers involved in the Greensill scandal come before Parliament to disclose their exchanges immediately. Speaking ahead of the debate, SNP MP Brendan O’Hara said the Greensill scandal – the most recent in a long list of Tory cronyism scandals – has revealed the extent of access granted to government departments to firms with close links to the Tory party. David Cameron lobbied the Chancellor and Health Secretary, as well as senior Government officials, to … Continue reading SNP RAMP UP PRESSURE OVER GREENSILL SCANDAL

Comparing the reporting of BBC Wales with that of BBC Scotland is one of the more convenient and objective measures of the biases in the latter. Today BBC Wales has foregrounded an academic supporting the Welsh Government’s more cautious approach to coming out of lockdown and questioning the approach in England. In Sharp contrast, BBC Scotland took a pub-owner’s side and headlined this yesterday: This morning they invited the public to call in to their radio show on the initial premise that Scotland is ‘missing out’ on the benefits of the approach in England It’s their preferred position. Earlier evidence: … Continue reading BBC Wales exposes BBC Scotland’s agenda once more

At the end of his introduction to Resist, reform or re-run: Scotland and independence referendums in the long and short term, Professor Ciaran Martin’s much trumpeted presentation on the constitutional issues related to the referendum, Professor Tom Devine says: If you consider almost all of the three-hundred plus years of the Anglo-Scottish Union, what we have been seeing since 2016 and in particular since Brexit and subsequent developments is a real, major rupture in the way how things used to be done in order to manage a stable, successful and indeed friendly association between England and Scotland. Throughout, Devine makes much of the respect … Continue reading The Union was very bad for most Scots long before 2016

Today with Jackie Brambles above and yesterday this: It’s hard to stay cool at times like this when the propaganda is both naked and evil. Is this what they want? Relaxing like England? Infected like England? Dying like England? Continue reading Do you think that Scotland is missing out on family bereavements?

In February 2021, in Scotland: 86.2% of attendances at A&E services were seen and resulted in a subsequent admission, transfer or discharge within 4 hours. https://beta.isdscotland.org/find-publications-and-data/health-services/hospital-care/ae-activity-and-waiting-times/ In England only 77.4% were seen within 4 hours. https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/ae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2020-21/ The gap is probably even greater because. BBC Scotland has accused NHS England of fiddling the figures by selection which departments are included: https://fullfact.org/health/fiddled-accident-emergency-statistics/ NHS England starts the clock again after patients are admitted while NHS Scotland counts from arrival in A&E: https://inews.co.uk/news/health/nhs-england-covering-up-true-scale-of-12-hour-hospital-waits-1335856 Continue reading NHS Scotland Accident and Emergency departments much faster than NHS England

The son of an unelected governor in Pakistan cares little for the democratic will of the Scottish people? Who’d have thought? From SNP Media today: The SNP has challenged the Labour Party to “stop denying democracy” and back a post-pandemic independence referendum, to give people in Scotland a choice over their future. It comes as former Labour First Minister Henry McLeish urged Anas Sarwar to ditch the party’s opposition to a referendum because it “will happen some time” and Labour’s decision to side with the Tories has “never been a vote winner”. Commenting, SNP Deputy Leader Keith Brown said: “The … Continue reading Sarwar accused of anti-democratic values

The above graph shows that great equality is the most effective way to close attainment targets. It’s from: From SNP Media today: Deputy First Minister John Swinney will today (Tuesday) pledge to tear down barriers to learning as he unveils a package of practical measures designed to reduce the cost of the school day. The Education Secretary will confirm that an SNP government will end the practice – common in practical subjects such as art and design, music, home economics, hospitality and technology – of pupils being expected to pay fees for materials or provide their own. Mr Swinney will … Continue reading SNP to push for greater equality in Schools

From the SNP Press Office today: Boris Johnson’s Tory government is under mounting pressure over the “rampant cronyism” driving his government, with the SNP demanding senior Cabinet ministers come before Parliament to disclose their full exchanges with David Cameron. SNP MP Stewart Hosie warned that the Tory government was “rotten to its very core” as revelations around the Greensill scandal continue to develop. The Greensill episode has so far revealed that David Cameron lobbied the Chancellor and Health Secretary, as well as senior Government officials, to try and secure access for Greensill Capital to taxpayer funded Covid loan schemes. He exchanged casual text messages … Continue reading SNP MP Stewart Hosie: Tory government “rotten to its very core”