According to reliable journalist, Michael Gray two days ago: Out of thousands of their civil servants the Scottish Government had 6 working on independence and when Covid hit they cut that number to 0. If anything more resource should be placed on getting the powers of independence to build a stronger and fairer recovery. Today the First Minister is accused of no having prepared a detailed plan for independence. Continue reading 6 out of more than 5 000 or 0.12% of Scottish Government civil servants were helping the SNP in ‘plotting referendum’

The data for the Scotsman’s claims remain hidden. They tend to keep them so for a month after they have misrepresented them. In the text there’s a wee hint that they are doing just that, where they admit that women rated the Scottish Government positively ‘across all policy areas.’ Opinium asked about this same topic, however, on 6th April and found that on the Scottish Government’s record to date, of 1023 Scots supporting all parties, 54% approved as opposed to 28% disapproving. For the UK Government it was almost exactly the reverse with 54% disapproving and only 27% approving. Unexpectedly, … Continue reading SNP’ record in government recognised widely

The MSM, in Scotland only, are pushing this dead horse up the road in the days before an election. It’s not at all clear just how many and how serious these litigants are. It’s also not clear why they blame the Scottish Government for the financial support the UK Government controls. One thing is clear. They have little public support. In November 2020, Ipsos MORI found the pub closures were the least difficult for us to deal with: They didn’t ask specifically about nightclubs but I feel sure, if they had, even less than 19%would have cared. Asked again, only … Continue reading Less than 1 in 5 support opening of nightclubs

Don’t bother with the Herald. Surrey Live managed a more professional report: 113 people in study of 52,000 died despite being vaccinated, data shows. There is good evidence from early real-world data in the UK that Covid-19 vaccines are working after the first dose, experts have said. However, in a document released on Friday by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), which advises the Government, they have cautioned that coronavirus jabs may fail to prevent hospital admissions amongst a very small number of people, particularly those who are frail and elderly. The findings are based on data from more … Continue reading Herald promotes vaccine hesitancy as only 1 in 460 frail and elderly die

Why 5th of May? Oh, I don’t know. Do we have the day off on the 6th? Continue reading Cuddling Gran’ma: Next target date for relaxing Covid restrictions except in Moray should brought forward to 5th May

Sunniest April ever? Would a third wave help? What else? The Gibraltar People’s Liberation Front watches us for tips? Our one man in Romania is the top scorer? Pattern? Continue reading April 2021

This is the man thought by several commentators to have done well in the campaign, telling a monstrous lie. In the Herald: Nicola Sturgeon is guilty of worse mistakes than the UK Government in her handling of the pandemic, Anas Sarwar has said. The Scottish Labour leader said the First Minister deserved credit for some aspects of the Scottish Government’s response, but also got “some major, major things wrong”. His exact words: On some of the big issues, she has made the same mistakes as the UK Government, and in the case of the care homes made worse mistakes. For … Continue reading Sarwar lies shamelessly: ‘She has made the same mistakes as the UK Government, and in the case of the care homes made worse mistakes!’

Ten days ago, the Lib Dems were feeding BBC Scotland with lies. The truth on meeting the JCVI priority to protect the vulnerable: Continue reading Lib Dems accuse Scottish Government of only being interested in vaccines

Readers will remember many examples of the politicisation of health issues in Scotland, over the last few years, as even the merest suggestion of some kind of remote responsibility for deaths led to photographs of and calls for the Health Secretary, Jeanne Freeman, to resign. At the same time, BBC England and Wales used photos of hospital buildings and pointed the finger at health boards. The English Health Secretary was never accused and, indeed, he would have been shocked to have been, given that he appointed the boards to take responsibility. Today, BBC Lancashire report: A police investigation into the … Continue reading 8 deaths in NHS England, police investigate, but no mention of Matt Hancock

From SNP Media: The SNP has said Scotland sees through Boris Johnson’s bluster on the Tory sleaze scandal – as new polling shows two-thirds think he did say he would “let the bodies pile high in their thousands”. The YouGov poll for the Times found half (50%) of people across the UK think Boris Johnson made the comments, rising to two thirds (65%) in Scotland. Just a quarter (26%) of people across the UK think he didn’t make the comments, falling to 16% in Scotland. Commenting, SNP Depute Leader Kirsten Oswald MP said: “This poll shows people in Scotland can see … Continue reading Two-thirds think he did say he would “let the bodies pile high in their thousands”