The SNP CE and the Yorkshire Ripper Professor John Robertson OBA, Crime Correspondent The Yorkshire Ripper investigation ran from August 1975 to January 1981, 5 years and six months, before Peter Sutciffe was charged with the murder of thirteen women. The excessive length of the investigation is attributed to the lack of a computerised system, DNA evidence or mobile phone evidence. Several tents were employed to cover the scenes of the bloody murders. Yorkshire and national media were extremely critical of the police performance. Operation Branchform, an investigation into possible fundraising fraud by the SNP began in July 2021 and … Continue reading Despite computerised systems, DNA evidence from Nicola’s hairbrushes, mobile phone records and a big blue tent, the police investigation into ‘SNP fraud’ will soon take longer than the Yorkshire Ripper case

From the above in the TuS Stats page for 2025 so far, you’ll see that far more folk still come to TuS posts from Facebook and from Twitter (X) than from any other platform. Bluesky, which friends urged me to join, is still very far behind. A particular thanks to Wee Ginger Dug for the strongest support of any other pro-independence blog. Continue reading Why Talking-up Scotland cannot leave Facebook or X/Twitter

Professor John Robertson OBA Tucked away on the BBC Health website today, with a small presence and a euphemistic headline, on BBC UK but nowhere else other than in the Guardian, which has the more accusatory headline I’ve quoted above. The BBC Health report makes no mention of the health secretary at the time of these events in early 2024. Even an out-of-government UK party gets no blame. Does the BBC fear their return at some time in the future? The deaths? Just this, in the 3rd paragraph: About 10 people are thought to have since died, but it is … Continue reading ‘Ten died of cancer after NHS England blunder meant they were not invited for screening’ but no politician is blamed

Professor John Robertson OBA I remember the constant threat of violence in my pupil days from 1956 to 1969. I wasn’t imagining it. All parts of Scottish society then were much more violent than they are now. I’m not doubting that a degree of violence persists, for pupils and teachers and that it remains a priority for all involved but facts matter and those facts tell us whether politicians are having any effect. The Mail, above, is platforming Miles Briggs MSP [Con] to blame the SNP directly for it. So, I accept that school violence persists and needs to be … Continue reading Factcheck – School violence is in decline along with youth violence generally, in Scotland