There was no such thing as the Scottish Conservatives nor any Scottish leader until 2010. Ted Heath was the leader in 1974 when Robert Henderson QC stood twice in the Inverness constituency. Surely there were checks in place to prevent the selection of a man who, at the time was enthusiastically telling anyone who would listen, that a so-called “magic circle” of secretly gay judges and lawyers was making prosecutions against homosexual criminals disappear. Read more on Henderson here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64402274 For more on powerful paedophile rings that are protected by compromised authority representatives and professionals, see this Cambridge University Press, … Continue reading 120% paedophile Conservative leader in 1974 allowed Scottish paedophile candidate to stand in Inverness

Under a typically protective BBC Scotland header: Was Scottish legal scandal a smokescreen for child abuse? we can read: Henderson died in 2012 but his daughter Susie, who is now 56, waived her anonymity to accuse him and some of his legal colleagues of sexually abusing her when she was a child. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64402274 Continue reading ‘Daughter-abusing’ QC was Conservative candidate twice in 1974

From BBC Health today: Thousands of extra hospital beds and hundreds of ambulances will be rolled out in England this year in a bid to tackle the long emergency care delays. The 5,000 new beds will increase capacity by 5%, while there will be a 10% boost in the ambulance fleet with 800 new vehicles on the road. Details of the £1bn investment will be set out later in a joint government and NHS England two-year blueprint. But Labour said the plans were not enough to tackle the problems. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64448354 A survey in 2020 found that NHS England had 135 … Continue reading 5 000 new beds, only 3.7% more, will still leave NHS England far behind NHS Scotland

In the Observer today: Ministers sparked a furious row over the safety of thousands of dilapidated school buildings in England on Saturday night by abandoning the imminent publication of data showing those judged to be most at risk of collapse. In its latest annual report, published in December, the DfE confirmed the crisis, saying “there is a risk of collapse of one or more blocks in some schools which are at, or approaching, the end of their designed life-expectancy, and structural integrity is impaired”. It added that “the risk predominantly exists in those buildings built in the years 1945 to … Continue reading The ties that do not bind? UK and Scottish Labour diverge on importance of collapsing schools

Today, BBC UK reports the words of Aberdeen-born Housing Secretary for England, Michael Gove: Flawed government guidance on building standards was partly to blame for the Grenfell Tower fire, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has said. He believes the system of regulation was “faulty and ambiguous” and not policed properly by the government. Mr Gove said there was also an “active willingness” on the part of developers to endanger lives for profit. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64443282 Despite desperate attempts to piggy-back this tragedy by Scottish opposition politicians and media, Grenfell could not, will not happen here. Regulars can stop reading here but for more … Continue reading Scotland’s building regulations would have saved Grenfell

Historians of medieval England are increasingly dissatisfied with the term ‘Hammer of the Scots‘ as Edward 1st of England’s genocidal antisemitism, ahead of its time, emerges as his more significant role in European history. While it is recognised that his aggressive, imperialist expansionism in Scotland did result in major loss of life and, in the case of Berwick, a full atrocity, there is no evidence of any genocidal or even ethnic cleansing crimes. In sharp contrast, before his attacks on Scotland which earned him the title ‘Hammer of the Scots’, after he had used their funds for his brutal conquest … Continue reading Scots told to ‘get over it’ as Edward 1st is renamed ‘Hammer of the Jews’

Former Labour minister now born-again astrologer predicts Scotland will meet a tall handsome but unctuous man? Even the Telegraph has come to terms with the fact that the Scottish Cons are mince and it’s time for them to switch racehorses for the conveniently familiar No Longer Red Rum, ridden by Anas Prince Sarwar. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story eh, as too many of our current crop of journalists seem to believe. Are there facts, rather than Uncle Tom’s reading of the stars? Well, yes. First on independence being off the table: Off the … Continue reading Scottish Labour prospects aligned with Big Dipper by Hitler apologist!

– probably yes, tho’ BBC Scotland would react differently! By stewartb A notable feature of Scotland’s polity is the intense holding to account of the Scottish Government and its agencies by the corporate media and the BBC. This is a ‘good thing’ in principle. However, there are aspects of media practice here that are notable for less positive reasons: a tendency towards bias by omission – substantive good news stories about Scotland and the achievements of the Scottish Government get short shrift; a tendency to avoid giving context or perspective, especially with respect to the wider UK – despite the … Continue reading Will damning audit of Whitehall department be ignored by BBC?

Some of you may be tiring of this but until I get an answer, I’m still interested in why, over many months, Scotland has had at least as many Covid cases admitted to hospital, sometimes more, than England & Wales, it consistently has, pro rata, far fewer serious cases in ICU. This could be evidence of several aspects of health care in Scotland which are performing better than elsewhere in the UK. I won’t repeat them. See if you remember, find the earlier posts or, better, offer an explanation I haven’t thought of. Continue reading Covid ICU cases still 2 to 3 times more common elsewhere in UK

incidents between pupils last year. Only on Reporting Scotland today, no doubt on BBC radio, not in the newspapers and not even on the BBC Scotland website, the above claim. A 45% increase in violence in one year? They’d call in the Army. Needless to say we can’t see the data anywhere. Try searching ‘EIS violent incidents freedom information’ in the last week and get: It looks like there aren’t many great matches for your search Try using words that might appear on the page that you’re looking for. For example, ‘cake recipes’ instead of ‘how to make a cake’. … Continue reading A 45% rise in violence in schools in one year? Unbelievable! No, really it’s not believable.