https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/11/a-reminder-of-how-thatcher-used-scotlands-oil-wealth-to-pay-for-mass-unemployment-tax-cuts-for-the-better-off-and-to-pay-for-the-costs-of-destroying-our-industries/en2026-11-11T11:33:54+00:00A reminder of how Thatcher used Scotland’s oil wealth to pay for mass unemployment, tax cuts for the better off and to pay for the costs of destroying our industrieshttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/11/what-would-aj-cronin-make-of-the-relocation-of-the-childrens-and-maternity-neonatal-hospitals-from-the-bucolic-site-at-yorkhill-to-the-sewage-surrounded-shieldhall-cesspit-101-years-later-wh/en2026-11-11T10:14:34+00:00What would AJ Cronin make of the relocation of the Children’s and Maternity/Neonatal Hospitals from the bucolic site at Yorkhill to the sewage surrounded Shieldhall cesspit 101 years later? What novel would he write? ‘The Shitadel’?”writing, history, books, arthttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/10/smartphones-are-making-our-kids-smarter-dare-to-be-different-scotland/en2026-11-10T15:52:36+00:00Smartphones are making our kids smarter – Dare to be different Scotlandhealth, social-media, parenting, mental-health, depressionhttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/10/snp-praised-as-38-fewer-wait-for-key-diagnostic-tests-than-in-nhs-england/en2026-11-10T15:51:15+00:00SNP praised as 38% fewer wait for key diagnostic tests than in NHS Englandhttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/10/soft-on-crime-scotland-has-barely-a-third-of-the-reported-rape-cases-in-england-wales-but-still-tries-more-than-three-times-the-percentage-and-then-even-convicts-more/en2026-11-10T15:49:14+00:00Soft on crime!? Scotland has barely a third of the reported rape cases in England & Wales but still tries more than three times the percentage and then even convicts more!https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/10/this-bbc-senior-manager-who-did-not-know-about-jimmy-savile-got-four-times-the-pension-pot-for-less-service-than-bbc-scotlands-44-year-service-nhs-scotland-victim-today/en2026-11-10T10:22:31+00:00This BBC senior manager who did not know about Jimmy Savile got four times the pension pot for less service than BBC Scotland’s 44 year-service NHS Scotland victim todaywriting, politics, news, music, poetryhttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/09/six-years-later-the-times-catches-up-with-our-observation-that-yougov-has-been-gaslighting-us-for-years/en2026-11-09T23:34:16+00:00Six years later, The Times catches up with our observation that YouGov has been ‘gaslighting’ us for yearslabour, politics, education, news, electionshttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/09/scotland-invests-10-times-as-much-per-head-in-supporting-families-to-prevent-homelessness-happening-in-the-first-place/en2026-11-09T19:12:02+00:00Scotland invests 10 times as much per head in supporting families to prevent homelessness happening in the first placehttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/09/unique-to-scotland-action-to-ensure-domestic-abuse-survivors-not-unfairly-burdened-by-council-tax-debt/en2026-11-09T19:09:39+00:00Unique to Scotland – action to ensure domestic abuse survivors not unfairly burdened by council tax debthttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/09/deaths-by-suicide-in-the-most-deprived-areas-of-scotland-have-fallen-by-over-40/en2026-11-09T19:07:53+00:00Deaths by suicide in the most deprived areas of Scotland have fallen by over 40%https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/09/ahoy-scotland-full-steam-astern/en2026-11-09T14:51:06+00:00AHOY SCOTLAND: FULL STEAM ASTERN!scotland, politics, news, travel, historyhttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/09/uk-sic-youth-job-crisis-is-55-greater-than-anything-in-scotland/en2026-11-09T14:48:43+00:00UK (sic) youth job crisis is 55% greater than anything in Scotlandpolitics, economics, news, history, economy