The further measures announced by the FM’s in Scotland and Wales were brave and in time to prevent things getting out of control. Scots already seem to be heeding the FMs advice. The 7 day average today is 5 608, the exact same as it was four days on the 18th. Far too high for comfort but, per capita, 30% lower than the UK figure, 83 527, 4 days ago. Continue reading Follow the rules but stay calm

The contrast between the infection rates for the 3 devolved nations and England could not be sharper. England gas around 50% more cases each day or around 30 000 avoidable infections because of Tory ‘leadership’ and outsourced methods. Being kind, you might also accept that smaller nations can be closer to their governments and can trust them because they’re not an essentially alien class. Continue reading Conservative government is 50% worse for your health

Alone across UK MSM, Scotland’s reporters platform ‘grim figures’ like Sandesh Ghoulhane and Jackie Baillie, to drool over Scotland’s A&E departments, in mid-Winter, ‘only’ treating 69.7% in 4 hours. Only in the 19th and last paragraph of the above do we read: “Scotland’s core A&E departments continue to outperform those in the rest of the UK, and have done so for more than six years.” Had BBC England and Sir Keir any interest, they’d still be unable to tell you what the comparable figures for NHS England are because they don’t come out weekly. We know that in November they … Continue reading Scotland’s Emergency services still more than 12% better than NHS England

the revealing case of Scotch Whisky From stewartb – a long read! Campaigners against Scotland’s independence make much of statements by ‘important’ business organisations when useful to induce anxiety or fear to bolster their case. And of course the corporate media and the BBC aggregate and amplify the statements, typically uncritically. Such negative campaign tactics are a given. In this context it is instructive to look at prior statements designed to influence big democratic decisions and reflect on how matters turned out. It’s important to assess what credence should be given in future to business interventions. I’m not concerned here … Continue reading PREMIUM: Business influence and a nation’s future: 

By ArtyHetty I think ‘trick’ is the operative word here. The NE of England have been tricked alright, usually they get some sweeties and a vanity project to keep the worker bees happy and non worker bees very unhappy and committing crimes, and their councils are all quite happy with the poverty and crime related to long term austerity and neglect by their English government. My dad in his latter years used to say that Gateshead was like ‘Bloody Beirut’ because it was a shambolic, run down neglected town/area/region. He couldn’t understand why people accepted it. Things are still the … Continue reading How to make your home town like ‘Bloody Beirut’

I did something on this in 2019 and have just stumbled on the Complete University Guide: ‘How safe is your city?’ for 2020. Like the earlier guide, Scotland’s university campuses reveal themselves to be far safer in 2020, than those elsewhere. Here are the results for Scotland’s 5 ‘ancient’ universities: I’ll get Belfast out of the way first. 13.0 incidents per year per 1 000 students, for violence against person with injury. Of the 26 in England & Wales, none come anywhere near the Glasgow figure, the average is around 10, and several beat Belfast. BBC Scotland’s Disclosure team should … Continue reading Glasgow University a safer place for your children to study than ALL English universities

This popped up from nowhere, it seems. It’s not dated but still there, telling lies about Glasgow and no doubt still feeding these ghouls with a reputation for being able to deal with hard men. The link to the IEP report gets you an error message. It needs to be taken down. The crime rate in Glasgow is currently 68 per 100 000 people. Scotland’s crime rate average is 45.1 compared to England’s 96.4. Glasgow is thus even more peaceful than England’s average. 30 cities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have a higher crime rate than Glasgow. Sources: https://www.scotpho.org.uk/life-circumstances/crime/data/by-council/#:~:text=Glasgow%20City%20has%20the%20highest,are%20recorded%20in%20city%20councils. … Continue reading Glasgow lawyers exploiting their own city

Reporting yesterday on the YouGov study for the Scottish Opinion Monitor (Scoop), the Express ironically, considers only the fact that only 2% knew the FACTS acronym, while ignoring roughly 98% of the YouGov report’s findings. In their rodent-like feeding frenzy they completely forget to consider that most folk know what to do even if they can’t repeat a slogan, judging by Scotland far lower infection rates. Most impressive, in the way that a urinary infection bacterium is impressive, the Express writer Tom Martin manages to ignore virtually all of the actual findings of the research. The Herald, of course, use … Continue reading An awesome masterpiece of propaganda by Scottish Daily Express on ‘Sturgeon’s flop’

Back in June, BBC Wales praised their own NHS (strange I know) for being first to give 2 pigidau (jabs) or jags (jags) to 50% of the population. In February, BBC Scotland had only tales of Scotland lagging behind because we were following JCVI guidelines and saving thousands in care homes first. They didn’t mention the last bit. Scotland has long passed jagging 50%, 60% and 70% but BBC Scotland have been unmoved. Today, I see, alerted by a tweet from the travelling tabby himself (?), that Scotland has passed the milestone of 80%, first jagged to add to our … Continue reading Covid: Scotland first UK nation to vaccinate 80% of population

Speaking on The Sunday Show on BBC Radio Scotland, Mr Houchen, the mayor of Tees Valley, said he believed Scotland was “missing a trick”. He said: “We have attracted investors who were originally looking at Scotland when some areas in Scotland were looking at freeport status, and when they decided not to move forward with the current UK freeport policy (they) have actually abandoned Scotland. “At least three investors who are, in the next six months, publicly going to announce in Teesside, would have gone to Scotland. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-59720730 In one of their more dramatic attempts to damage their immediate surroundings, … Continue reading BBC Scotland invites Scots to envy likely crime surge in England’s most crime-ridden area and welcomed by Tory mayor