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As the Herald claims ‘Tipping point for maternity services’ why that is a dangerous, irresponsible lie, in just over one minute!
‘Tipping point’ with more midwives and far lower deaths? Police investigate over 1 000 avoidable baby deaths in NHS England but none in Scotland and NHS England pays out twice as much for maternity failings!
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. The Herald today has ‘Tipping point’ for maternity services. It’s nonsense. Why? This: NHS England has to pay out more than twice as much as NHS Scotland for ‘maternity failings’ £1.3 billion was paid out in Scotland in 2024/205 compared to £27 BILLION in England. Per head, that £1.3 billion becomes £13 billion, less than half the NHS England pay-outs of £27 billion. Sources: https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/publications/media-release-inspection-report-royal-infirmary-of-edinburgh-nhs-lothian/ https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1983476698260623709 https://www.cwj.co.uk/site/newsandevents/legalnews/costs_of_NHS_maternity_care_claims_revealed.html NHS Scotland caring for 8% of the population but with not one of the five major maternity crises and a system that is ‘equitable’ … Continue reading ‘Tipping point’ with more midwives and far lower deaths? Police investigate over 1 000 avoidable baby deaths in NHS England but none in Scotland and NHS England pays out twice as much for maternity failings!
BBC ‘Bloody’ Scotland all violence and death to hide the secret that Scotland has lowest murder rate ever and even lower than Denmark!
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. BBC Scotland today having to travel thousands of miles to the genuinely violent, murderous, USA to get a headline story and a traumatised mother to film for your….paraphilia? Last September, the Scottish crime figures revealed another fall in the murder rate but it was largely ignored. Imagine, it had gone up. Imagine Jackie Baillie and Anas Sarwar shouting at John Swinney. Sorry, I shouldn’t have asked you to do that. Now in January, Scotland’s media continue to utterly ignore the murder rate in Scotland falling to the lowest level ever in … Continue reading BBC ‘Bloody’ Scotland all violence and death to hide the secret that Scotland has lowest murder rate ever and even lower than Denmark!
People in working-class neighbourhoods across Scotland feel loathed by Labour and can see what the SNP has done for them
Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy We’ve been here before with Kevin, perhaps the least convincing convert from Labour to some kind of nationalist. He writes a lot but clearly researches little. Is the above claim based on any substance like a poll? It doesn’t look like it. Two January 2026 polls had a class breakdown. In the YouGov poll, the SNP has exactly the same support 34% from Social groups ABC1 and C2DE. Only Reform UK are better supported in C2DE, by 22 to 17. Labour are notably better supported … Continue reading People in working-class neighbourhoods across Scotland feel loathed by Labour and can see what the SNP has done for them
Scottish prison releases leading to only 5% re-offending, ten times lower than in England, thanks to more staff
Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy From the Daily Record today: Criminals are set to be released from Scots jails automatically after serving just 30 per cent of their sentence in the latest desperate attempt to ease an overcrowding crisis. and of course: Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader, said: “Two decades of SNP government has left Scotland’s justice system at crisis point. “Prisons are dangerously overcrowded, hundreds of criminals have been set free early and now Angela Constance wants to cut sentences for more dangerous prisoners. “Violent criminals and drug dealers are … Continue reading Scottish prison releases leading to only 5% re-offending, ten times lower than in England, thanks to more staff
The strange case of YouGov’s shrinking Glasgow samples confirms their polls to be purely propaganda
Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy I’ve written before about YouGov‘s unerring and almost unique (Survation too) ability to pluck a No lead out of a trend dominated by Yes leads, found by various other pollsters. It’s been a long time since they found a Yes lead. They seem to prevent it by adjusting (weighting) their sample to have 55% No voters and 45% Yes voters as in 2014 and thus get the same result ten years later. James Kelly of Scot Goes Pop has already reported on this at: https://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/02/why-is-yougov-under-representing-yes.html … Continue reading The strange case of YouGov’s shrinking Glasgow samples confirms their polls to be purely propaganda
As unelected Lib Dem MSP imagines ferry disruption but what 1 064 real users actually think? 80% satisfaction and half-empty car decks
Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy In the Ardrossan Herald two days ago: WEST Scotland Liberal Democrat [List] MSP Jamie Greene has hit out after it was revealed the cost of Arran’s newest ferry had now hit £197.5 million. It was confirmed last week that MV Glen Rosa, originally due to enter service in 2018, would now face an extra cost of £12.5 million. Nationalised [bad, to a newsrag owned by a corporation] shipyard Ferguson Marine confirmed last year that the vessel would not hit the waters until late 2026. That … Continue reading As unelected Lib Dem MSP imagines ferry disruption but what 1 064 real users actually think? 80% satisfaction and half-empty car decks
German Minister of Environment rules that mini-reactors of kind proposed by Scottish Labour are ‘not an option’
Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at https://t.co/xFcIcegHTy Thanks to Dottie for alerting us tothis: From World Nuclear Industry Status Report 1 February 2026: Berlin (energate) – The gap between the hype and industrial reality surrounding nuclear energy is widening. This applies in particular to the smaller nuclear reactors, Small Modular Reactors (SMR). This is the conclusion of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report, which was commissioned by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, among others. According to the … Continue reading German Minister of Environment rules that mini-reactors of kind proposed by Scottish Labour are ‘not an option’
Short video – Crosshouse maternity unit inspection report requires no formal inquiry or police investigation, 16 trusts in England do, so BBC Scotland twist the inspection report to suggest ongoing worries though these were dealt with by Scottish Government 10 years ago
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. Fuller report at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/04/maternity-unit-inspection-report-requires-no-formal-inquiry-or-police-investigation-sixteen-trusts-in-england-do-so-bbc-scotland-twist-the-inspection-report-to-suggest-ongoing-worries-though-these-w/ Continue reading Short video – Crosshouse maternity unit inspection report requires no formal inquiry or police investigation, 16 trusts in England do, so BBC Scotland twist the inspection report to suggest ongoing worries though these were dealt with by Scottish Government 10 years ago
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