https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/11/scottish-labour-mp-fawns-over-pm-despite-e-bike-injury-and-death-being-six-times-higher-in-england-than-in-snp-scotland/en2026-11-11T18:53:40+00:00Scottish Labour MP fawns over PM despite e-bike injury and death being six times higher in England than in SNP Scotlandpolitics, news, uk-politics, poetry, philosophyhttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/11/scotland-has-clearer-more-generous-approach-to-adult-social-care-than-the-chaotic-system-in-england-an-international-outlier-in-using-means-testing-to-exclude-people-entirely/en2026-11-11T18:51:39+00:00Scotland has clearer, more generous approach to adult social care than the chaotic system in England, an international outlier in using means-testing to exclude people entirelypolitics, news, health, history, mental-healthhttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/11/further-evidence-that-the-clyde-will-build-royal-navy-warships-for-many-years-after-independence/en2026-11-11T18:50:24+00:00Further evidence that the Clyde will build Royal Navy warships for many years after independencepolitics, news, history, russia, ukrainehttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/11/11/the-western-link-2-from-ayrshire-to-wales-and-the-west-midlands-a-colonial-project-with-no-sign-of-a-full-completed-independent-expert-impact-assessment/en2026-11-11T18:48:29+00:00The Western Link 2 from Ayrshire to Wales and the West Midlands – a colonial project with no sign of a full, completed independent expert impact assessmentscotland, travel, photography, arthttps://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 debt