Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON I know it has a tiny audience, but Michael Marra of ‘Scottish’ Labour had a rant on BBC Scotland’s Debate Night, of such hysterical dishonesty and fear for the near extinction event they face in May , I feel obliged to respond. We have the fastest A&E departments, other than that one long waiting list for non life-threatening conditions, wheeled out every time, we have the shortest and falling waiting lists for all procedures, for cancer, heart … Continue reading Absolutely appalling – Michael Marra’s frothing, fearful, false rant on the best NHS in the UK is easily dealt with

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Once more, the Times‘ supposed Scotland edition does not just not do Scotland, it misrepresents it. There are no directly comparable data for 18 to 24 year-olds but there are for 16 to 24 year-olds and they’re shockingly different which may explain why no Scottish media are going there. Scotland – Skills Development Scotland (SDS) – Economy, People and Skills: January 2026 (published January 20, 2026): Reports the 16-24 youth unemployment rate in Scotland as 10.2% for … Continue reading Youth employment nearly 60% higher in England than in Scotland

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON The Herald today has – Warning of rising pressure on GPs – by Andrew Buist, supposedly a ‘senior doctor‘ but really just a former shop steward. Here’s the opening text: I don’t need to tell you what this supposed journalism is – a Scottish Labour election pamphlet, no more. How are things for GPs really in Scotland? Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – … Continue reading As Herald platforms former GP’s shop steward, now apparently Labour Party activist, to warn of ‘rising pressure on GPs’, EIGHT stories revealing how lucky they are to be in Scotland