Under a strangely cropped shot of the Justice Minister, the Scotsman tells us that: When you look a the data, put together by ComRes for Free to Disagree, after a lot of questions not specifically about the bill you find this big one: Q3_1. For a criminal offence to be committed, there must be a proven intention to stir up hatred: The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament in April 2020. It includes new offences criminalising ‘stirring up hatred’ against people on the basis of age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or … Continue reading Does a majority of Scots both oppose and support new hate crime laws at the same time?

McColm opens with unsubstantiated claims of the SNP telling the electorate that a vote for them was a ‘vote for something better, for a more decent, honourable politics.‘ Two things. First, I don’t remember anything like that and he gives us no quotes with dates. Second, does he really believe that the electorate in Scotland is so gullable as to have believed that if it had been said? Then he tries to tell us that SNP MSP’s don’t like it if you point out that ‘truth’ to them. Oooh tough guy! I suppose if you don’t have any evidence, they … Continue reading Scotsman writer’s fake news on the SNP

In the Herald today: SCOTLAND’S top trade union boss has opened up about her experience of sexual harassment in the workplace as she raised concerns over the damaging fallout of the Alex Salmond case. Rozanne Foyer, the first female general secretary of the Scottish Trades Unions Congress (STUC), said the reaction to the former first minister’s trial “speaks volumes about where we are, culturally, with regards to women’s rights”. Let me be absolutely clear. Sexual harassment in the workplace should be condemned. I’ve witnessed predatory behaviour by a few powerful males and one or two powerful females in Higher Education. … Continue reading New STUC boss joins Salmond pile-on on behalf of Labour

Don’t be daft. Of course they haven’t. I made that up. Pretty good eh? You can’t even see the joins. For the evidence, see: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2020/08/21/scottish-tracers-contact-more-than-98-of-tourists-who-should-quarantine/ https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2020/08/19/latest-scotlands-test-and-protect-teams-contact-trace-99-7/ Continue reading Has BBC Scotland recognised Scottish success in infection tracing?

With 99.7% of contacts made in community outbreaks in Scotland, Public Health Scotland‘s teams have contacted 98.14% of all tourists who should have isolated after visiting high risk countries. With only 4 cases in Aberdeen and only 1 in the surrounding county on Friday, the pub crawl spike by immature males is under control. With only 6 in Glasgow an other 6 in nearby Coatbridge, the teenage house party (an ’empty?’) spike will be soon closed down. Remember the Dumfries and Motherwell spikes? Shut down in days. The Coupar Angus outbreak, big but simple, is next. The teams (above) are all … Continue reading Who ya gonna call? Scotland’s excellent infection outbreak busters!

In an oh-so-cheap attempt to win readers, the Herald has 4 reports on the case of a man found innocent in a Scottish court, the story already warped by Warkism, for which he may sue. I feel sure the arch-paedophile and Liberal MP, Cyril Smith, suffered less media-abuse. As for those monsters Jimmy Saville and Rolf Harris, did the Herald manage 4 different stories in one day on them? I doubt it. McKay’s piece opens with a fine piece of in-the-media-bubble hypocrisy: THe retrial of Alex Salmond is gathering pace. The Kirsty Wark documentary for BBC was, let’s say opportunistically, … Continue reading The Alex Salmond Trial: The Herald’s cluster of contempt for the law

BBC Scotland had the above and The Sun splashed this headline: SPREADING  Coronavirus Scotland: Huge spike in Scots coronavirus cases with 123 more overnight – including 78 in area of cluster At first, you might think Scotland has reason to worry in the way they undoubtedly do in Spain, many other parts of Europe and in several English cities, where there is a significant surge in community infection. That’s the key point. The surge in cases in Scotland is a predictable consequence of the outbreak in a single food factory – 2 Sisters in Coupar Angus. It is not a … Continue reading Covid-19 under control in Scotland

Coincidentally on the same day that one of the UK’s nuclear submarines came close to sinking the Cairnryan to Belfast ferry, the First Minister had just written, in moving terms, to make clear Scotland’s rejection of nuclear weapons. Neither that day nor in the days that followed did BBC Scotland report this. They were busy trying to push the First Minister’s ‘rift’ with Alex Salmond and the idea that she was using the daily briefings to push the case for independence. So, the First Minister of a devolved nation writes to oppose in the strongest terms the UK Government’s central … Continue reading The First Minister’s letter to nuclear holocaust victims ignored

Grade distribution of the 2019 Estimates and Results at National 5. In both the National 5 (above) and Higher results (below), there is little sign of discrimination by teachers in favour of white groups. White Scots tended to do less well than all other groups except the African/Black/Caribbean group. While the differences are mostly not significant, the results for the Chinese and Indian groups are significantly higher. Grade distribution of the 2019 Estimates and Results at Higher. Continue reading Chinese and Indian Scots do best in school exams

It’s now two weeks since the Scotsman generated over two days the most appalling heap of rancid anti-SNP propaganda. I wrote to the editor to complain but he has not responded: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2020/08/08/complaint-scotsman-on-saturday-7th-august-2020/ Today, they’re in full septic flow again with Brian Wilson leading the scurry with a disgraceful attack on hospital staff, the First Minister and Professor Sridhar. Joining his pals in the Scottish Conservatives he has only personal insults to throw at a highly-esteemed academic whose advice is sought by many governments. We’re lucky to have her but somewhat cursed by his presence. Ignoring as he must, as his … Continue reading The Scotsman: Maybe I should just leave it alone now?