As Starmer and Gove fight to appear the toughest on violent crime, the above data suggest they have a fight on their hands to win the war on violent crime in England and that, after 16 years in power, Sturgeon and the SNP might actually be leaving a nice wee legacy to her successor. See that ‘serious?’ I smell a get out for when they fail. Note that robbery is stealing with threat of violence or of actual violence. Starmer has promised to halve serious violent crime. I know where he can find out just how to do that; look … Continue reading Robbery in Scotland is lowest in UK and one of lowest in Western Europe

With the lack of self-awareness typical of the man, Anas Sarwar is all over the MSM with this sort of notion: The winner of the SNP leadership race will have no mandate to govern as first minister, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has insisted. Speaking to BBC Scotland’s The Sunday Show, he repeated his call for a snap Holyrood election. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-65080560 He probably does remember that Gordon Brown replaced Blair, unopposed, in June 2007 and was only forced to the polls in May 2010. Some may remember that this did allow him to claim that he had ‘saved the world’ in … Continue reading Sarwar forgets he was there when Brown had no mandate…..for three catastrophic years

brobb Ha, first thing I did was to scroll down to see! This was before I fired off the following response to the latest guardian editorial re the SNP, feel a bit better now “Sadly your editorial commenting on the SNP leadership campaign and its implications for the wider UK is shallow and lacks any serious analysis. Given your coverage of world wide events I am astonished at your perspective on Scottish politics and your reliance on lazy assertions which show no awareness of the complexity of Scotland’s reliance on Westminster decisions. You say “Yet Ms Sturgeon’s success concealed divisions … Continue reading ‘Lazy assertions which show no awareness of the complexity of Scotland’s reliance on Westminster decisions’

In July 2022, in the Express it was this: Outrage as Nicola Sturgeon forces Ukraine refugees onto CRUISE SHIP in ‘betrayal’ of plan Three days before, it was this: Sturgeon’s cruise ship with rooms smaller than prison cells takes first Ukrainian refugees and even the Guardian went with: Calls for Ukrainians living on cruise ship in Scotland to be quickly rehoused. MS Victoria is temporary solution to host refugees but there are concerns about small rooms and seasickness Seasickness in harbour? Today, BBC Scotland headlines: Last 50 Ukrainians to leave Glasgow cruise ship and inform us: The most recent monthly figures showed that – as of … Continue reading Joy as Nicola Sturgeon enables thousands of Ukraine refugees to be settled

BBC NE, Orkney & Shetland clearly feel we don’t need to know which party this offender represented. It’ll be in the text below? Let’s see: An Aberdeenshire councillor who admitted shouting and swearing at another man during an altercation has been given an absolute discharge. Robbie Withey, who represents Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford, became involved in the incident during a social gathering in Alford. The 42-year-old admitted acting in a threatening or abusive manner last April. A plea of not guilty to a charge of assault was accepted by prosecutors. The court heard Mr Withey shouted and swore … Continue reading Guess which party?

On Question Time, last night, Scots Tory MP, Andrew Bowie, claimed the above. Across the country, he was so wrong. From 2010, in England, crime has almost doubled. In Scotland, where his constituency is (WTF voted for this?), it has fallen by around 50%. I suppose no one with any great level of talent is going to work as a researcher for people like him. Continue reading Scots Tory on Question Time borrows Scotland’s falling crime rate to use as cover for England’s soaring crimes

In the absence of full polls, another sub-poll gives us at least an indication of the extent to which the recent media carpet-bombing of the SNP, is having any effect. No sign. People Polling based on data gathered only 2 days ago, has: SNP 44% Scottish Cons 9% Scottish Labour 21% UK Cons 22% UK Labour 43% It’s only small sample of 101 Scots so not statistically reliable but it tells the same story seen in many sub-polls before. SNP core support unmoved at 42-44%, well above the long period in the mid 30% range, in 2017 and 2018. Scottish … Continue reading Latest Poll: SNP survives daily ferry feeding frenzy to leave Cons and Labour in its wake

You can see what he’s done there and why he’s done it. Playground point-scoring with some very selective use of statistics, at the two ends of a 16 year period, and concealing what happened in between – Tory austerity. Here is the detail Hutcheon doesn’t want you to be aware of: After only 7 years in power, within the limitations of devolved budgets, the SNP had reduced relative child poverty to 21% from 24% under Labour. Then as Tory austerity began to bite from 2010, and despite the efforts of the Scottish Government, relative poverty began to climb back to … Continue reading Child poverty under the SNP: Paul Hutcheon probably not that stupid