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Nothing in Scotland looks anything like the mass child grooming rape gangs in England but Paul Hutcheon and Jimmy Reid’s granddaughter seem to think it’d be great for Scottish Labour’s campaign

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Professor John Robertson OBA The Record‘s Paul Hutcheon and Labour‘s Joani Reid are at it again today desperate to have rape grooming gangs here too in the hope that the SNP can be blamed for them and just in time to save Anas for the May 2026 Holyrood elections. I’ll repeat the evidence that totally refutes the notion but first, look at that frontpage from October 2025 on the right. Why would you want a photo of yourself smiling in that context and use the phrase ‘we need?‘ I’m no psychologist but is the smile not a bit sociopathic and … Continue reading Nothing in Scotland looks anything like the mass child grooming rape gangs in England but Paul Hutcheon and Jimmy Reid’s granddaughter seem to think it’d be great for Scottish Labour’s campaign

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Dangerous weight-loss drug being pushed by Jackie Baillie and Wes Streeting ‘to get the obese back to work’ and prescribed carefully by health boards associated with 100 hospitalisations and 10 deaths

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purchased weight loss jabs (sic), according to new data. That’s five times the number accessing them via the NHS. The figures come form Glasgow-based Simple Online Pharmacy, one of the UK’s largest providers. Regulators have stressed prescribers must check patient details. The Scottish Government say health boards decide access. Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland has already attempted, last year (see below), to pin one possible weight-loss drug death onto the Scottish Government despite the victim’s awareness of the drug resulting from UK Labour Government’s attempt to use it to drive the obese back to work. Today they’re back at … Continue reading Dangerous weight-loss drug being pushed by Jackie Baillie and Wes Streeting ‘to get the obese back to work’ and prescribed carefully by health boards associated with 100 hospitalisations and 10 deaths

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Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults – Scotland leads in and other countries could benefit from dedicated, accessible funding for preventative community work

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Professor John Robertson OBA From the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults – Year 4 – Monitoring and reporting summary published today: Key Findings – Reach of Funded Projects: Number of awards: 1,462 grants have been awarded in Year 4 which has resulted in funding for 1,446 organisations. This means 6,192 awards have been made across the first four years of the Fund. Balance of new and existing projects: Of the project data returned, 41% were new projects, 56% were existing projects, and data was not available for 3% of projects. Small grants: Overall, most grants (56%) were for £10,000 or … Continue reading Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults – Scotland leads in and other countries could benefit from dedicated, accessible funding for preventative community work

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Winter is here and Welsh Labour is not prepared, as TWICE as many wait more than 12 hours in A&E than in Scotland

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stewartb “Winter is here and the SNP is not prepared. Waiting times are too long, corridor care is too common, and it will only get worse as winter continues. It is time for a new direction.” These British Labour Party politicians in Scotland really take the biscuit, really are egregious and hypocritical when it comes to the NHS. These are characteristics the mainstream media in Scotland – the BBC, STV, The Herald, the Daily Record etc. – allow them to display without much detriment.. From a press statement from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) on November 21 : “Dismaying”: … Continue reading Winter is here and Welsh Labour is not prepared, as TWICE as many wait more than 12 hours in A&E than in Scotland

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Jackie Baillie apparently blowing a big bubble of lies as Scotland leads the rest of the UK on winter preparations with more flu vaccines delivered, more GPs, more nurses and more beds

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Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Reporting Scotland last night had the above, missing key facts on vaccine uptake and the resilience of NHS Scotland. Here they are: Scottish Government significantly widened access to free flu vaccine to give more than twice as many, per capita, protection from worrying new mutation First, availability in England – you can get the free NHS flu vaccine if you: Source: https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/flu-vaccine/ In Scotland, significantly wider free availability is in place This includes: Source: https://publichealthscotland.scot/population-health/health-protection/immunisation-vaccine-and-preventable-disease/seasonal-immunisations/flu-immunisations/adult-flu-immunisations/eligible-groups/ Second, uptake-levels in key groups are already significantly lower in key >65 group in England. For 2024-2025, early trends show Scotland with stronger uptake among over-65s … Continue reading Jackie Baillie apparently blowing a big bubble of lies as Scotland leads the rest of the UK on winter preparations with more flu vaccines delivered, more GPs, more nurses and more beds

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Early learning and childcare workers minimum pay now higher in Scotland than than in England

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Professor John Robertson OBA From the Scottish Government today: From 1 April 2025, the minimum rate of pay for childcare workers delivering funded early learning and childcare (ELC) in Scotland is £12.60 per hour. This is in line with pay rates for adult social care workers and children’s social care workers. https://www.gov.scot/publications/early-learning-and-childcare-minimum-pay/ There is no lower rate in Scotland for younger workers. In England, there is no equivalent, only the National Living Wage of £12.21, which ‘most’ adult childcare workers, 21 and over, receive. 18-20 year-olds receive only £10.5. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/minimum-wage-rates-for-2025 So Scottish adult childcare workers receive 3.2% more and under 21 year-olds receive … Continue reading Early learning and childcare workers minimum pay now higher in Scotland than than in England

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Scottish Government’s Funded Early Learning and Childcare project – 97% engagement, 72% increase in reported good health and greater benefits for those in deprived areas

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Professor John Robertson OBA The Scottish Study of Early Learning and Childcare: Phase 6 report, published today is a very sober, careful, modest piece of work giving no quick sign of success or failure. I’ve had to read in carefully to extract the good news. What is it all about? This report outlines findings from the 6th phase of the Scottish Study of Early Learning and Childcare (SSELC), focusing on 3-year-olds who were accessing up to 1140 hours of funded ELC. The SSELC forms a major part of the strategy for the evaluation of the expansion of funded ELC in … Continue reading Scottish Government’s Funded Early Learning and Childcare project – 97% engagement, 72% increase in reported good health and greater benefits for those in deprived areas

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As Trump suggests Ukrainian territory loss to Russia is he all wrong?

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Professor John Robertson OBA As a pro-independence Scot, I’ve been interested in the breakaway movement in eastern Ukraine, for some time, since well before Putin’s brutal exploitative invasion, just as I have for those in Quebec, Catalonia and the Basque Country. I generally avoid comment on trans, the Rangers and Ukraine. I get enough personal abuse on the ferries. However, I like a survey, so hopefully to add some light. As I understand it, opinion polls in that febrile world are not too reliable. However, this 2020 survey [n1 666] from the Center for Insights in Survey Research, a US … Continue reading As Trump suggests Ukrainian territory loss to Russia is he all wrong?

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Increased taser use by Police Scotland officers justified by significantly declining rate of injuries resulting from assaults, 20% in only 3 years!

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Professor John Robertson OBA There has been a clear increase in the use of tasers by police officers as reported somewhat hysterically by the Daily Record, above, but at the same time we see a significant decline in the number of assaults on officers resulting in injuries. As taser use began to climb, from 500 in 2020/2021, to 2 084 in 2023/2024 (latest confirmed data) assaults on officers resulting in injury, in the same period, have fallen from 2 100 to 1670, a very significant 20% reduction in only 3 years. While there may have been other factors at play, … Continue reading Increased taser use by Police Scotland officers justified by significantly declining rate of injuries resulting from assaults, 20% in only 3 years!