Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From Martin Williams in the Herald today: Ministers pushed ahead with the purchase and redevelopment of a major Scottish ferry port despite an internal warning that the costs posed an affordability risk to future budgets of its Transport Scotland agency. The warning was made by an internal Transport Scotland Assessment in February as the Scottish Government prepared to take place Ardrossan harbour into public ownership and press ahead with plans to turn it into the main mainland port for Arran. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26573121.ardrossan-ferry-port-166m-redevelopment-faces-affordability-warning/ When I saw this, I thought – ‘Have … Continue reading Buy Ardrossan harbour! Don’t buy Ardrossan harbour! The Herald pivots to be always against the Scottish Government

Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From STV today: Calls for more life-saving naloxone kits to reverse opioid overdoses amid contaminated drugs supply fears : https://news.stv.tv/north/calls-for-more-life-saving-naloxone-kits-to-reverse-opioid-overdoses-amid-contaminated-drugs-supply-fears Entirely missing from the STV report, including perversely, the limp Scottish Government response of ‘The Scottish Government says the number of naloxone kits distributed is increasing and that its widening access to treatment and residential rehabs.’ is the grpah above and this: At the end of 2025/26 Quarter 4, the ‘reach’ of the NNP (percentage of people at risk of opioid overdose who have been supplied with THN) was estimated … Continue reading Nearly 90% (10 000) of those at risk of opioid overdose have been issued with the ‘world-first’ Scottish Government Naloxone reversal kit as drug deaths misinformation hits the headlines for and by the under-educated

Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From Homelessness in Scotland: full statistical time series published today at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/homelessness-in-scotland-full-statistical-time-series/ Regulars here and those already smart enough will know that one-year fluctuations in statistics are often of little value but 3 and 5 year averages can point more accurately to trends, in homelessness applications in this case. Five year average, Scotland – 57 074 Glasgow – 11 626 Five year average, Scotland – 41 246 Glasgow – 7 600 So, homelessness applications averaged 57 074 under Labour in their last 5 years, 15 828 and 38% more … Continue reading Under Scottish Labour average homelessness applications were nearly 40% higher and in Glasgow, more than 50% higher, than in last five years

Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From School estate statistics 2026 published today: Key points 37 school builds or substantial refurbishment projects completed in 2025-26. This brings the total number of school builds or substantial refurbishment projects completed since 2007-08 to 1,193. 2,270 (93.1%) schools in good or satisfactory condition, up 19 schools (1.1 percentage points) since 2025. 652,030 (93.9%) pupils in schools reported in good or satisfactory condition, up 3,656 (1.4 percentage points) since 2025. 2,148 (88.1%) schools with good or satisfactory suitability, down 35 (1.1 percentage points) since 2025. 617,557 (88.9%) pupils in … Continue reading Six times as many schools were in serious disrepair under Scottish Labour and three times as many still are in England

Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From West Coast Today, 17 September 2026, the above and: The new Arran ferry, MV Glen Sannox, leaked methane while carrying more than 80 passengers, just months after entering service. and: be…..? I’ll leave you to answer that, below. BBC Scotland 10 September 2026: A faulty valve on a CalMac ferry led to a sudden and uncontrolled release of highly flammable methane gas last summer, BBC Scotland News has learned.The operator’s investigation found that 700kg of the gas – enough to fill a four-bedroomed house – was vented from … Continue reading Transport Secretary and more than 5 million others were ‘oblivious’ OF this zero risk gas escape in an almost empty ferry

Help Talking-up Scotland keep goingCrowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-goingOr by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From the Times Colonist 15 September 2026: B.C. Ferries sailings cancelled on Tuesday due to mechanical problems – Two B.C. Ferries sailings between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen were cancelled, while problems with the Gabriola ferry saw multiple sailings cancelled. A mechanical issue with the Queen of New Westminster led to the cancellation of two B.C. Ferries sailings between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen on Tuesday, while problems with the Gabriola ferry saw multiple sailings cancelled. Source: https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/bc-ferries-sailings-cancelled-on-tuesday-due-to-mechanical-problems-12782392 The Queen of New Westminster is 62 years-old and still a core vessel! … Continue reading Broken-down 62 year-old Canadian ferry is 50% older than CalMac’s oldest