Ludo Thierry Meanwhile all the braw Scottish wind is keeping the windfarms turning away. STV News is carrying an interesting item on the Community payments from the various Community sustainable energy projects in Scotland having passed the £20M payments (in 12 months) milestone. Not just producing sustainable energy but also bringing much needed community funds into locations that can find plenty of good uses for it. (Remember – the large increase in Community green energy projects became possible due to the SNP Scottish Govt expending considerable political energy over a prolonged period to foster the necessary engineering, planning, project management … Continue reading ‘Local communities have received more than £20m in payouts from green energy projects over a year in Scotland’

From: anandprasad Did everyone see the above?https://twitter.com/msm_monitor/status/1227344758516912131 Check it out yourself.You have to use google and search for ‘could a windshield keep the new forth bridge open bbc’to get the cached originalhttps://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:BqiNDw8LLyEJ:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38598155+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-b-d if you search without the cache you come to this titleCould a windshield keep the new Forth bridge open? – BBC Newswhich takes you to to a totally different headlinehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38598155 The old article has disappeared and in the new article there is no mention of David Climie at all nor his quote ‘Transport Scotland project director David Climie told BBC Scotland: “We expect the wind shields to almost … Continue reading Crossing the Line: Pure state propaganda. But definitely ‘not a conspiracy.’ Just a masochistic club that hates Scotland?

24 hours of ‘misery for commuters’ and it’s back open but Dr Jurgen Schadenfreude, our Construction Correspondent, has bad news to report from England. The Humber Bridge is closed to high-sided vehicles due to high winds of the kind which did not shut the QC 34 times last year. Cawood Bridge near Selby is close due to flooding of the kind our new flood defences have prevented. The Old Severn Bridge is still closed after a lorry overturned in high winds of the kind which did not shut the QC 34 times last year. The A52 Clifton Bridge in Nottingham … Continue reading Queensferry Crossing reopens but traffic chaos persists….in England

I visited my GP last week to report two minor ailments. I’m not telling you what they were! Anyhow, he seemed happy to deal with both. I’m fine. Thanks for asking. However, once more, things seem to be different in the hostile environment of non-Scottish parts. At first, I thought Pearson might be basing her opinion on a few anecdotes, as some journalists, I’ve heard from one or two friends, do. So, I had a google and found this from 2015: GPs criticised for treating one condition at a time A patient watchdog has criticised GPs for displaying signs telling … Continue reading What is the one ailment appointment and why don’t we have them in Scotland?

From TuS Senior Westminster Correspondent: Contrary It’s an outrage, chaos on the roads, poor drivers have to drive an extra 35mile diversion etc from the radio,,, someone on Twitter mentioned that BBC online report on that terrible bridge was in the politics section – is that true? I’m not looking. (Corona virus, polo lounge vandalism, White House stuff, Aberdeen Provost CONVICTED of sexual assault not stepping down, people are going for cheaper energy suppliers. These are the headlines on the radio. Oh and the bridge!) What they are NOT mentioning is the battle that SNP Westminster are doing in HoC … Continue reading Bias by omission as our NoMedia ignore real news in the battle for a Scottish Visa

Headlining the Herald and Scotsman today and repeated for them on their associated broadcaster, as real news of winter weather across the country affects millions, is what would be in a normal country’s transport section news. In Denmark, Öresund bridge, linking TWO countries was shut in January 2019 also due to risk of falling ice but got only the most mundane factual reporting, : Öresund bridge shut due to risk of falling ice Yesterday, in England, the closure of the Severn Bridge, linking TWO countries, went unreported by national news and FIVE bridges shut across England merited no national news … Continue reading Scottish noMedia’s farcical journalism should be a bridge too far

From BBC UK with no apparent awareness of the difference between pay for care workers in Scotland: A long-running battle over care-workers’ pay will reach the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Victoria, 23, is very clear the work she does should be better valued and better paid. She gets the minimum wage for the nights she sleeps in – but many workers on similar shifts are paid a much lower flat rate. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51446151 It’s now more than two years since I reported: Scottish care workers have been receiving the Living Wage of £8.45 per hour since October 2016 and will now … Continue reading Two years later and care workers in England still paid far less than in Scotland

Ludo Thierry BBC Scotland are reporting latest HMRC figures which note quite remarkably strong export figures for both Scottish Salmon and Scotch Whisky (obviously the Brexit effect remains a major concern for the future – but prime Scottish produce is attracting significant global export markets right now). Too wee, too poor, too stupid etc. Link and snippets below: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-51460893?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scotland&link_location=live-reporting-story Scottish exports of whisky and salmon both grew strongly last year, according to new figures.HMRC statistics showed sales of Scotch overseas grew by 4.4% to £4.91bn, with growth seen in more than 100 of its global markets.Salmon exports reached a record … Continue reading Massive amounts of Salmon and Whisky exported via Heathrow

Ludo Thierry Given the Ukanian parties’ oft’ stated desire to continue to improve Scotland’s education then we can be certain (can’t we?) that these very vocal britnat MSPs will vote for the Scottish budget currently presented in the Scottish Part (with its very generous (given Westminster’s austerity obsession) provisions made for the education and skills sector): Link and snippets below: https://news.gov.scot/news/education-and-skills-funding-rises-to-gbp-3-57-billion Education and skills funding will rise 1.7% in real terms to £3.57 billion, under the proposed Budget 2020-21. Mr Swinney said: “To help close the attainment gap and improve attainment, we will again invest £182 million to the Attainment … Continue reading Education and skills funding will rise

Despite repeated warnings all over our media that Coronavirus will be in Scotland in ‘the coming days’ it’s still not here, 12 days later. Tempting fate, I know, but this reminds me of the Great Plague of 1665-1667 when Scottish Government action seems to have been effective: ‘The Great Plague of 1665-1667 did not reach Scotland. To a large extent, this was due to the preventive measures put into place by the Scottish government. The Privy Council passed a series of acts which forbid trade with countries affected by the plague, in particular England and the Netherlands. Even after the … Continue reading History tells us independence and a hard border might save lives