Professor John Robertson OBA STV News, almost exactly 24 hours earlier, as I write: Scots homes ‘likely to be flooded’ as amber weather warning for ‘very heavy rain’ issued – The alert comes into effect from midnight on Sunday and remains in place until 11.59pm. The same hopeful claims were everywhere in Scotland’s media with the same optimism, on their part, we see when such NHS waiting times or drug deaths figures are anticipated. As of now (Sunday 14th December, 12:20), there are no confirmed reports of homes flooded in Scotland in the last 24 hours. There had been 6 … Continue reading Not even one one report of a flooded home – I wonder why? Surely not Scottish Government investment in flood defences?

Professor John Robertson OBA Yesterday’s tragic killings at Brown University in the USA are only the latest in a sequence of 43 such incidents. Ironically, in July this year Police Scotland answered a Freedom of Information request from the US Department of Education on crime data for Scotland’s Higher education campuses, in a surprisingly unhelpful way: I refer to your recent request for crime data, made in accordance with the Clery Act. Unfortunately, Police Scotland is unable to assist with your request. Having reviewed the ‘Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting’ from the US Department of Education, it is … Continue reading Campus shootings – how Scotland’s campuses, safest in the UK, could not be reported to US Department of Education yet in every English university town you are significantly more likely to be a victim of violent crime than in any Scottish one.

Professor John Robertson OBA From Scotland’s Marine Economic Statistics 2023 published yesterday, the more positive extracts which may well be selectively ignored by MSM. Scotland’s marine economy includes activities dependent on the marine environment. They provide an important source of income and employment across Scotland. Some key points are: In 2023, the marine economy generated £5.6 billion in approximate Gross Value Added (aGVA), 3% of the overall Scottish economy. In 2023, the marine economy employed 75,900 people (headcount), 2.9% of the total Scottish employment. Between 2022 and 2023, the marine economy’s aGVA increased by 4%. In the longer term, from … Continue reading Marine economy sees major growth including massive 2 024% increase in turnover from offshore wind farms

Professor John Robertson OBA In the Salt Lake Tribune, two days ago, we see a local paediatrician warning his community of the dangers nuclear waste storage poses for children, in particular: This represents just another piece of evidence on top of the pile we already have, to expose Scottish Labour’s complacency: UK Labour‘s electricity-demanding creature Ed Milliband has clearly seen this: Roughly half of the SNP’s voters believe nuclear power should be part of Scotland’s mix of clean energy generation, a poll suggests, despite the party’s longstanding opposition to it. Polling for the campaign group Britain Remade, founded by a former energy and climate adviser to Boris Johnson, … Continue reading US paediatrician repeats warning of the deadly dangers our children face living near nuclear waste sites like those Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour seem to have accepted as a price of their loyalty

Professor John Robertson OBA From Industry statistics published today, we see significant, 13%, growth in the number of enterprises operating in Scotland, with the majority smaller and owned in Scotland. From the first SNP Government in 2007/2008 to this year, we also see more than 100 000 more in employment, including major growth in life sciences (43%). This evidence contrasts markedly with media narratives focusing on business closures and on those not in work Source – https://www.gov.scot/publications/industry-statistics/ Continue reading Scotland gets 20 000 new enterprises in last 5 years and more than 110 000 new employees since 2009, illustrating SNP competence in government