Professor John Robertson OBA From Industry statistics published today, we see significant, 13%, growth in the number of enterprises operating in Scotland, with the majority smaller and owned in Scotland. From the first SNP Government in 2007/2008 to this year, we also see more than 100 000 more in employment, including major growth in life sciences (43%). This evidence contrasts markedly with media narratives focusing on business closures and on those not in work Source – https://www.gov.scot/publications/industry-statistics/ Continue reading Scotland gets 20 000 new enterprises in last 5 years and more than 110 000 new employees since 2009, illustrating SNP competence in government

Professor John Robertson OBA From AI: The UK’s flu vaccination programme is devolved, with Scotland managing its own through Public Health Scotland and NHS Scotland, while England follows NHS England and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) guidelines. Based on official guidance: This earlier September rollout in Scotland allowed for broader access about a month ahead of England’s main phase, potentially aiding higher uptake in vulnerable groups before the early flu surge (e.g., H3N2 strain cases rose 24% to 2,331 by early December 2025).No widespread reports of delivery delays emerged in either nation, though private pharmacy stocks ran low in Scotland … Continue reading Scottish Government’s earlier start to vaccination has averted extreme rate of increase overwhelming hospitals

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Dorothy for alerting me to this. According to Dr Chris Streather, who’s Medical Director for the NHS in London, on Channel 4 News last night, NHS England has vaccinated more than 1.8 million for the flu virus1. That answer was in response to a question about vaccine denial. Both Dorothy and I thought the same – is that all? Why? We’ve been here before comparing stats from NHS Scotland and NHS England where the latter should be 10 times greater on anything to just be at the same level per head of population. 1.8 … Continue reading Scotland flu vaccine jagging far faster than NHS England can jab

Professor John Robertson OBA Reddit has attacked the Australian Government on a major political issue – free speech. Do the spotty wee lads at Reddit Scotland know? Three days ago, I posted: Browsing Reddit Scotland, a place where you can say what you like about people’s sanity, I was banned, two years ago for those satirical spoof things I often do. This kind of thing: They said ‘FAKE NEWS!’ He’s trying to fool us! I thought they’d get it. Satire, you know. They didn’t. Today someone posted my piece on school attainment in Scotland and England. Very soon, I was … Continue reading Reddit cares about free speech? Tell that to this ‘f*****g lunatic’ and ‘known nutjob’ who writes ‘doctored articles’

Professor John Robertson OBA There are million stories out there, from the flu pandemic to youth employment or the ten year high in cereal harvests, but six of the newspapers available in Scotland are still going on about Nurse Peggie. She’s so high profile, school kids will have a playground game about her. My 5 year-old grandson says they have Donald Trump game. I’ll spare you the details. An AI survey today reveals up to 50 Peggie reports in December alone and only 1 Darlington report (Telegraph) in the same period. Why are they obsessing over her? From US researchers: … Continue reading Why is Fife trans row nurse media feeding frenzy now 50 times as big as the Darlington one? ‘News doesn’t just happen it’s  constructed’