Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA With a headline utterly untouchable by the rest of the ‘Scottish’ media, The Scottish Farmer had this yesterday: Scottish farmers spared cliff edge as English face cuts – Scottish farmers have been assured they will not face a funding ‘cliff edge’, as new figures reveal thousands of their English counterparts could be left without support at the end of this year. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed that 5820 … Continue reading 5820 farmers in England ‘face uncertainty’ but none in Scotland will thanks to Scottish Government pledge reported only in The Scottish Farmer website

Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian today: Area of England well protected for nature is in decline, data shows – Wildlife coalition says figure stands at 2.83% of country, less than in 2024 and tiny fraction of the 2030 target of 30%. The area of England protected effectively for nature is continuing to decline, according to data from the country’s largest coalition of wildlife organisations, as experts say the government is allowing habitats to deteriorate. … Continue reading Scottish Government initiatives push Scotland well ahead of the rest of the UK in preserving nature

Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA Media coverage of waiting times in Type A&E departments tends to focus on longer term trends where, inevitably, there has been a worsening picture, in every part of the developed world and which is due to multiple, not fully understood, factors such as changing patterns of patient behaviour and expectations, in GP behaviour and in background socio-economic factors such as austerity and drug abuse. Hospitals do not have the power, … Continue reading Significant trend in reducing numbers waiting more than 8 and 12 hours in Scotland’s Type 1 A&E departments over last year