The Shieldhill Prelimary Works, [Pre-sedimentation] at the end of Hospital Boulevard, on the right, a few hundred metres from the QEUH main entrance with the Royal hospital for Children where a much-reported cancer ward death linked to bacterial infection took place. Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Thanks once more to Anonymous for this idea and link. He writes: This is the Gate 3 Shieldhall Waste Transfer Station…sign visible on right, lorry emerging might be carrying un-processable waste from ’pre-sed’. Up ahead hospital entrance on right. Shieldhall WWTW on left … Continue reading Thanks to Glasgow Labour – From your child’s hospital bed, so close you can smell it and see where the ‘highly putrescible primary sludge’ first comes on site

Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Herald of Free Enterprise’s Maritime Williams today, the latest in his wrecking yard of journalism on ferries: Ferry fiasco 2.0? Why is £20m more needed for Turkish ships? After the ferry fiasco of Ferguson Marine, the Scottish Government and its ferry procurement wing, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL), looked abroad for a shipyard that could build new vessels on time and at a price the taxpayer could stomach. and: Aye, right! We know who they are. Try asking a representative sample instead and watch your … Continue reading Swinney accused by Herald of starting wars to distract from his Ferry Fiasco 2

Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Industry statistics: Economic statistics for industry sectors in Scotland published today, the above data: From 2010, just before the first majority SNP Government in 2011 and until 2025, major parts of the Scottish economy, industry sectors increasing wealth and reinforcing the case for full autonomy, have been growing in number at a phenomenal pace. You can see the percentage increases above in red but the 98.6% increase, almost 100%, of businesses operating and employing in the Energy sector, is notable. Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/industry-statistics/ Help Talking-up … Continue reading Massive growth in key economic sectors since early days of SNP administration

Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Headlining on BBC Scotland‘s inserts to BBC Breakfast every 30 minutes this morning, making it onto the national UK broadcasts, illegal tobacco products and vapes in Inverness. Inverness isn’t the sort of place where you’d expect organised crime, but the increase in illicit tobacco there demonstrates the long arms of the gangs involved. Trading Standards and HMRC recently raided a shop there suspected of selling illicit tobacco. It was the 11th time Trading Standards had been at the premises since 2024 and the ninth … Continue reading Blaming the Scottish Government for the plague of English organised crime gangs

Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 July 2026 NHS Scotland’s full, consultant led, Type 1 emergency departments, 148 029 attended and 65% were treated within 4 hours. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/healthcare-system/urgent-and-unscheduled-care/accident-and-emergency/interactive-charts/number-of-attendances/ In NHS England the equivalent figure was 61.7% treated within 4 hours. https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/ That 3.3% difference seems at first small, but when you consider it in the context of the 148 000 attending, it matters. Had they lived in England, 3.3% of that 148 000, 4 884 would have not been treated in time. Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank … Continue reading Nearly 5 000 Scots treated in A&E within 4 hours who might not have been had they lived in England as demand climbs above pre-Pandemic level

Help Talking-up Scotland keep going 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 Psychological therapies waiting times Quarter ending June 2026 published today: In the quarter ending June 2026: 80.7% of people started treatment within 18 weeks of referral, which is an increase from 78.7% in the previous quarter, and from 78.5% for the quarter ending June 2025. The Scottish Government standard states that 90% of people should start their treatment within 18 weeks of referral to PT. The chart below illustrates performance in relation to this target over the past 4 years. 19,389 people started … Continue reading More than 80% begin psychological therapies within target, for 17th quarter in a row despite increased demand