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That ‘Scottish’ Daily Express?

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By Liz S Is this same Daily Express (drop the ‘Scottish’ part) that was reported as those who: “consistently and heavily criticized the SNP’s “Named Person” scheme, often referring to it as an “Orwellian,” “totalitarian” “state guardian” or “snoopers’ charter”.  Flip Flop Journalism also , where black becomes white and then we see that anything , indeed everything, is consistently to be disagreed with and so then condemned within Scotland especially when it is something that is generated from the Scottish government under the SNP. How many times does the gutter press contradict themselves just to get one over on someone…….they are consistently wrong, deliberately … Continue reading That ‘Scottish’ Daily Express?

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Going, going, gone? Nope, still there

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By Liz S BBC headline Scottish pages : ‘Our kids are killing each other – we need to do something’ Meanwhile what was formerly and very recently the top article on the main Scottish page of the BBC website on the 5th December, that is now no longer there and it was also formerly the top article on the Scottish Politics page, but now it has descended to being the 6th article on the Scottish politics page. It was earlier today the 11th article on the Glasgow & West Scotland page but now it has gone from that page. (at 15.36pm). So it’s gonna be a case of that article ……Going , Going and then … Continue reading Going, going, gone? Nope, still there

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Our kids now hardly ever kill each other but BBC Scotland is killing our spirits with these distortions of reality

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BBC Scotland, careful to put the above as a quote but still hitting readers with the same message and one that does not inform us about the reality of our world. They know the scared and the anxious don’t vote for change. The family of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in Glasgow say police should be given more powers to search young people for knives. Kory McCrimmon’s family were speaking after BBC research showed that Police Scotland’s use of stop-and-search on under 18s increased by 38% last year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0x4k2xyw2o Before I go any further, isn’t that sequence … Continue reading Our kids now hardly ever kill each other but BBC Scotland is killing our spirits with these distortions of reality

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‘Scottish’ Daily Express front page claim on grooming gangs loophole applies ONLY in England where things are less strict

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John Robertson OBA The ‘Scottish’ Daily Express front page claim that ‘unregistered emergency carers are able to operate on a short-term basis with no regulatory oversight due to a legal anomaly might place children directly into the hands of predators‘ is in the Scottish context, a complete lie. The English edition makes that clear.1 A quick AI question gets an unambiguous response: In Scotland are unregistered emergency carers able to operate on a short term basis or is this a loophole only in England? No, in Scotland, unregistered emergency carers are not permitted to operate on a short-term basis—registration with … Continue reading ‘Scottish’ Daily Express front page claim on grooming gangs loophole applies ONLY in England where things are less strict

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There are no reports of GP referrals not being added to waiting lists in Scotland but the latest case today is only the latest in FIVE examples of NHS England deliberately under-reporting cases

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Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian today the above and: One in seven people in England who need hospital care are not receiving it because their GP referral is lost, rejected or delayed, the NHS’s patient watchdog has found. Three-quarters (75%) of those trapped in this “referrals black hole” suffer harm to their physical or mental health as a result of not being added to the waiting list for tests or treatment. Communication with patients is so unreliable that seven in 10 (70%) only discover they have not been put on a waiting list after chasing up the NHS because they … Continue reading There are no reports of GP referrals not being added to waiting lists in Scotland but the latest case today is only the latest in FIVE examples of NHS England deliberately under-reporting cases

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NHS England’s high risk repair bill backlog is FIVE times greater per head than NHS Scotland

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By stewartb The Herald amplifying and elaborating upon – on its front page no less – Tory health spokesperson, Dr Gulhane’s sighting of buckets catching rainwater from a hospital’s leaking roof, presents a fine, cutting-edge example of the best of mainstream news media serving Scotland – doesn’t it? In its article The Herald reports: ‘Earlier this year, it was revealed that the NHS in Scotland has a high risk repair bill totalling £64,490,724.’ (As an aside, don’t you admire the journalist’s attention to detail here? Crucial to get that last £4 a mention!) Note that the c.£64.5m figure quoted is for … Continue reading NHS England’s high risk repair bill backlog is FIVE times greater per head than NHS Scotland

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“We’ve had a lot from Scotland but the tail cannot go on wagging the dog any longer” 

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By Liz S “Nigel Farage was once run out of Edinburgh . Now Scottish voters are embracing his rabble rousing”. Really ? Which scottish voters (with a small ‘s’)? Is it not really, in reality , just actually some scottish (with a small ‘s’) voters ? Some who may live in Scotland and so then get to vote in various elections. However their allegiance is not with Scotland but instead it is elsewhere. So of course they , some scottish (with a small ‘s’) voters, vote for the party that they think will ensure Scotland stays within their UK ….as a part of England. So for Ms Garivelli to write the … Continue reading “We’ve had a lot from Scotland but the tail cannot go on wagging the dog any longer” 

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SNP ordered separate NHS app because of need for Scotland’s better-funded, better-delivered and more integrated social care not for reasons given by Telegraph

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Professor John Robertson OBA In the Daily Telegraph, 24 November 2025: SNP ministers decided to create their much-delayed Scottish NHS app from scratch after being warned against the “political optics of adopting” the existing English version. An assessment prepared for the Scottish Government on whether to “re-use” the English NHS app admitted that it was an “already usable and scalable digital platform”. It’s not clear who did the above assessment nor is it likely that the Telegraph is reporting all of it’s views give that they have missed a key factor – integration with social care services. Perhaps reflecting England’s failure to properly develop … Continue reading SNP ordered separate NHS app because of need for Scotland’s better-funded, better-delivered and more integrated social care not for reasons given by Telegraph

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Road accident rate per head in England nearly THREE TIMES as high and casualty rate more than TWICE as high as in Scotland

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Professor John Robertson OBA From the Scotsman on 30 November 2025: ‘Ridiculous’ SNP failure to introduce speed awareness courses despite success in England. SNP ministers’ failure to introduce speed awareness courses despite their success in England has been condemned as “ridiculous” and “deeply concerning” by opposition parties. MSPs are frustrated at the lack of progress, a decade after the Scottish Government indicated support for re-educating speeding drivers as an alternative to prosecution, having considered them for even longer. Not in the Scotsman report: Accident rate per million -Scotland 766; England 1 982, approaching 3 times as common. Total casualty rate per million – … Continue reading Road accident rate per head in England nearly THREE TIMES as high and casualty rate more than TWICE as high as in Scotland

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Scotland’s natural gas surplus is worth more than £40 billion per year

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Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian yesterday, the above and: Without secure supplies and adequate subsurface storage, the UK has come close to running out of gas, most notably in March 2013, when we were within hours of doing so. Given that 85% of the roughly 30m homes in the UK currently rely on gas for heating and cooking, pivoting away from the energy source is not going to happen soon. Furthermore, gas provides more than half of our electricity base load on cold, windless and dark days, meaning it’s critical that we have supplies for national security. As … Continue reading Scotland’s natural gas surplus is worth more than £40 billion per year