Child sexual exploitation operations and grooming gangs investigations in England & Wales find 71 times as many victims in ONE year as in Scotland over 16 years from 2010

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 Since 2010, Police Scotland investigations into child grooming gangs have found only 22 victims and 20 suspects compared to 17 100 victims and 700 suspects in just one year in England & Wales From Police Scotland: Child sexual exploitation operations and grooming gangs – no. victims and suspects identified Date and time of release: August 25, 2026 09:12: 1. A list of all Police Scotland operations into group-based child sexual exploitation and grooming gangs since 2010 (including Operation Cerrar, Dash, Cotswold, and any others). 2. … Continue reading Child sexual exploitation operations and grooming gangs investigations in England & Wales find 71 times as many victims in ONE year as in Scotland over 16 years from 2010

No Burnham bounce as NHS England waiting list extends 300 000, 30 000 proportionally beyond that in Scotland

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 Stage of treatment waiting times New outpatients, inpatients and day cases, published today: At 31 July 2026, there were an estimated 588,825 individuals on at least one new outpatient, inpatient or day case waiting list. This is equivalent to around 1 in 9 of Scotland’s population (mid-2025 estimates). Within this total, 460,238 individuals were estimated to be waiting for a new outpatient appointment, and 151,421 for an inpatient or day case admission. https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times/stage-of-treatment-waiting-times-new-outpatients-inpatients-and-day-cases-25-august-2026 All things being equal, per head, the NHS England figure … Continue reading No Burnham bounce as NHS England waiting list extends 300 000, 30 000 proportionally beyond that in Scotland

Burnham’s Manchester 25% more criminal than SNP’s Dear Glasgow

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 Asked yesterday by dependablechaos7d6e7ddfed, Kevin Keegan like: Do you have overall crime rate by major city, UK- wide, with sources? I would love to see London, Manchester and Glasgow compared. I would lov it too! But, like a man half my age, before I could think, I saw that Derek Scott had already done it, though unlike me, wizzened former prof that I am, with no links for dependablechaos to just click on. Let’s hope he’s young enough to ask AI to get the … Continue reading Burnham’s Manchester 25% more criminal than SNP’s Dear Glasgow

NHS England Dentistry in crisis!

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 By Liz S “Mobile dental services and urgent care rollouts in Peterborough have drawn heavy demand and long queues due to severe local shortages in NHS dentist access. (Belfast Telegraph). I was also told by someone who lives in Cambridge that when these mobile dentist visited Peterborough (this year) there were not enough dentists and not enough time for all of the hundreds of people who had queued to get seen by one of these (six) dentists offering NHS dental work via their mobile dental service. These mobile dentists also exist for other areas in … Continue reading NHS England Dentistry in crisis!

5 times the gas and 6 times the electricity Scotland needs is produced here yet a UK agency tells us the price and it’s going up

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 The above BBC Scotland report, part of their very short BBC Breakfast insert every 30 minutes, goes on to call for action by ‘Government’ and is careful not to remind you that this is a matter reserved to the Burnham Labour UK Government. Of course it does not have to be this way. I’m sure you remember why but here it is again, in case you need the evidence in your daily discourse with a Unionist neighbour or colleague. Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or … Continue reading 5 times the gas and 6 times the electricity Scotland needs is produced here yet a UK agency tells us the price and it’s going up

Why might BBC Scotland snub the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce’s big news about Scotland leading the UK?

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 BBC Scotland even before they lose any staff, above with space for several minor stories but apparently none for the one above, and: 402,000 new companies incorporated across the UK in H1 2026. Active company base grows to 5.66 million businesses. Startup activity continues across every UK region, with Scotland recording the strongest growth. Regional entrepreneurship also remained vibrant. Scotland recorded the strongest growth in startup activity, with incorporations rising 3.73% compared with H2 2025 to 20,900. https://www.edinburghchamber.co.uk/scotland-leads-the-uk-with-fastest-growth-in-new-startups-as-technology-startups-drive-a-new-wave-of-entrepreneurship/ Have any of those other media … Continue reading Why might BBC Scotland snub the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce’s big news about Scotland leading the UK?

SNP actions on destitution such as Scottish Child Payment reduce it to lowest level in UK

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 Ending Destitution Together: Phase Two Delivery Plan, published yesterday: What is destitution? Destitution should be unthinkable in a modern Scotland. However, it remains a daily reality for many people who have moved here to work, study, join family, or seek sanctuary from violence and persecution. Nobody should be forced into destitution. People who are subject to the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) condition are members of our communities and we should be able to support them at times of crisis. The Ending … Continue reading SNP actions on destitution such as Scottish Child Payment reduce it to lowest level in UK

Scotland does not leave care leavers alone at 18

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 the Guardian yesterday, the above and: David’s death is one of a number examined in a landmark review into the deaths of more than 100 care leavers aged 18-24 in 2025. The review findings suggest the death rate of this cohort is about 3-4 times higher than the death rate of the general population. One-fifth of all these deaths occurred at age 18, with experts saying a “care cliff” means young people experience an “immense drop off in support” as they transition from being a … Continue reading Scotland does not leave care leavers alone at 18

Independence cover-up: We would be rich

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 By Mark E. Saunders of “The Scottish Minuteman” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=61575625542197 You Can’t Handle the Truth! The above image is quite the newspaper clipping. Don’t you think?  It tells us something very important about how Scotland was being presented to itself before the Scottish National Party came to power. The date is 30 November 2006. The SNP had not yet formed a Scottish Government. Alex Salmond had not yet become First Minister. The independence referendum was still almost a decade away. This was The Glasgow Herald reporting on revelations that … Continue reading Independence cover-up: We would be rich

Overall crime in Scotland still lower than 15 years ago, far lower than in England & Wales with murders less than half that under Labour

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 2011-12 , in Scotland, there were 598 crimes and offences per 10 000 population with 121 murders, down from 142, when the SNP took over in 2007-08.1 Today, from Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending June 2026, we see the figure has climbed from a low of 525 in the pandemic to 583 last year but with 49 murders.2 The latest figures for England & Wales are 680 per 10 000 crimes and 522 murders.3 Sources: https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2011-12/documents/ https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-year-ending-june-2026/documents/ https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/latest Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going … Continue reading Overall crime in Scotland still lower than 15 years ago, far lower than in England & Wales with murders less than half that under Labour