Scotland’s movement for independence faces massive disinformation from Unionist politicians and their media chums. Our task, since 2014, up to 20 000 times since then and currently surging to 6 or more fully researched reports, almost every day of the year, is to provide you with the irrefutable proof of our strength. you can use these to confidently fight your corner with doubters. We have the best public services in the UK, the lowest crime, the best schools and the best hospitals contrary to disgusting media reports that do not survive a collision with the evidence. To help us going … Continue reading Last call – Help Talking-up Scotland keep going for another six months rebutting the lies and revealing the truth

With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 In the Herald today: and: Ah, just secondary teachers, eh? What’s their ratio then? 12.6 to 1 – https://www.gov.scot/publications/summary-statistics-for-schools-in-scotland-2024/documents/ So, with by far the lowest pupil contact workload in the UK, Scottish heidies can’t organise things? Says who? School Leaders Scotland. They’ll know about those ratios. You have to feel for the heidies in Wales, England and Northern Ireland don’t you? How important is the funded level of staff per … Continue reading Think, Andrew! If a Scottish teacher has 29.6% fewer pupils than a Welsh teacher which one’s headteacher should be able to manage reduced contact time better?

With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 The Daily Record yesterday had the above and: but left something important out, or as far as I can see past their paywall, this: FrostJacket (also written Frostjacket) was the shared EncroChat handle of Remez Caffrey (then 24, from Moston/Manchester) and John Chean (then 33–34, from Kirkby, Merseyside). They used it in 2020 to buy and sell cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis across the UK, including swapping a 20-plate Mercedes for … Continue reading How Scotland’s drug deaths title owes much to Liverpool and to Burnham’s Manchester

With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists on 25 September 2026: Many countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Sweden, are gripped by a frenzy of enthusiasm for small modular reactors (SMRs). But France does not buy into the hype. Despite remaining staunchly pro-nuclear, with the world’s largest share of electricity generation from nuclear reactors at nearly 70 percent, France gives SMRs only limited, conditional support, treating them … Continue reading Labour’s small modular reactor strategy looks hopeless as Chinese prototype barely hits 20% productivity and French blow cold on whole thing