There’s the result for the ‘shock’ Labour win over the SNP in the Western Isles. BBC Scotland seem not to publishing the actual numbers, the raw data, though they do mention that, the winner: MacKinnon, who works in community development and manages a community-owned trust in Carloway on Lewis, won by 154 votes. Only 154? I can’t help but wonder how many voted for Kenny Mackenzie of the Alliance to Liberate Scotland? It was 159! Am I alone in being frankly p****d off by that? Continue reading Shooting ourselves in the foot – how a fringe group handed Labour an SNP seat in the fight against Reform UK

The Sunday Post, above today makes much, much too much, of one case of sepsis where diagnosis was later than it might have been. What does it tel us about the wider situation, the ‘news’ dare I say it? Nothing. There is, in the Post, of course, no fuller explanation of the situation with regard to sepsis, in Scotland, just the one wee story. Here it is: How under Scottish Labour, hospitals were ‘death traps’ of hospital acquired infections and how Nicola Sturgeon sorted it The prevalence of HAI was 4.9%, 2.5%, 6.1% and 1.2% in acute, non-acute, paediatric and … Continue reading Sunday Post fails to tell us how an SNP Health Secretary made sure hospital-acquired sepsis levels would fall way below the level under Labour

From Isle of Wight County Press yesterday, the above and: Conservative MP Joe Robertson has taken to social media to blast Isle of Wight ferry firm Wightlink after spotting a return vehicle ferry fare costing more than £500 during the Isle of Wight Festival. The Isle of Wight East MP said the operator had “smashed the £500 barrier” by charging £511.50 for a return car journey across The Solent. “It’s an absolute insult,” he wrote. “So, it’s around the Isle of Wight Festival time, but £500 shouldn’t be allowed at any time — and we know the ferry companies are … Continue reading Music festival-goers in England asked to pay TWELVE times the fare for a ferry crossing barely a QUARTER of the distance AND have less fun

From Epic Maps: https://x.com/theepicmap/status/2052329817929035945 Continue reading If all the ice caps melted, Scotland and Wales should agree to run remains of UK as devolved regions

The evil that never sleeps – the Daily Record ignores the election (Do they know Anas is gubbed?) and repeats an old story thanks to an intervention in the national debate by ‘Kenzo’ (17), above to get started right away undermining the ‘new’ SNP Government. Why is it mince? Continue reading ‘The teen knife death massacre’ – Does the Daily Record actually have a ‘new low?’

From pollsters Find out Now, the above and: We ask respondents how likely they are to vote in the Scottish Parliament election on 7th May. For those who give a 7 or above, we then ask their vote choice If a respondent answers ‘Don’t know’ they see an additional question, prompting them again to give an answer. If they then give a valid vote choice they are included in the final calculation, but if they answer ‘Don’t know’ again (or ‘Would not vote’) they are excluded from the final headline calculation. Source: https://findoutnow.co.uk/blog/scotland-vi/ Find Out Now is registered with the … Continue reading Latest poll today of only those likely to vote puts SNP up at 41% with massive lead