As sick US nuclear weapons workers anticipate action by President Trump why there must be action here on the radioactive tritium emissions around Clyde nuclear sub base which ‘smash into’ your DNA and which have DOUBLED
With only 4 days left, 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 – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA From the Daily Montanan, and covered widely across US media, today: At a memorial service in 2022, veteran Air Force Capt. Monte Watts bumped into a fellow former Minuteman III nuclear missile operator, who told him that she had non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Watts knew other missileers with similar cancers. But the connection really hit home later that same January day, when the results of … Continue reading As sick US nuclear weapons workers anticipate action by President Trump why there must be action here on the radioactive tritium emissions around Clyde nuclear sub base which ‘smash into’ your DNA and which have DOUBLED
All freeports so far ‘encourage drug trafficking, trade in counterfeits, money laundering and a vast array of other crimes’ so can Scotland’s first ‘green’ one really be different?
With only 4 days left, 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 – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA Headlining for BBC Scotland today: A landmark agreement will be signed later concluding a five-year planning process to establish a green freeport in the Highlands. Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF) is expected to generate more than 11,000 jobs over the next 25 years. and: Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes described the signing as an “exciting milestone” that could bring up … Continue reading All freeports so far ‘encourage drug trafficking, trade in counterfeits, money laundering and a vast array of other crimes’ so can Scotland’s first ‘green’ one really be different?
Day 2 of anti-social blighting communities ‘across the UK’ (sic) and no clarification from ‘Scottish’ media
With only 4 days left, 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 – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Breakfast, for the second day has images of violence, damage and scared citizens, happening on ‘Britain’s streets’ and ‘across the UK’. BBC Scotland staff are currently asking their pals to find them at least one ned. Apologies for repetition but here’s the news where you are: BBC UK is worrying about anti-social behaviour in England today. BBC Scotland have not followed their lead. Perhaps this … Continue reading Day 2 of anti-social blighting communities ‘across the UK’ (sic) and no clarification from ‘Scottish’ media
Anas Sarwar should apologise for misrepresenting Scotland’s ambulance response times – more than 3 times faster than in England in 90% of cases
With only 5 days left, 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 – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA In Parliament, yesterday: First Minister John Swinney has apologised to a young footballer who had to wait five hours for an ambulance after breaking her leg. Brooke Paterson, 19, was injured while playing for Linlithgow Rose away at Cumbernauld United in North Lanarkshire on Sunday. After the case was raised by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at First Minister’s Questions, Swinney said that … Continue reading Anas Sarwar should apologise for misrepresenting Scotland’s ambulance response times – more than 3 times faster than in England in 90% of cases
Second US seafood recall due to radioactive contamination comparable to that found in shellfish from Scottish beaches, not recalled
From KSNT yesterday: Federal officials say shrimp sold under the Kroger brand in more than 30 states are being recalled as they may be contaminated with radioactive material. The Food and Drug Administration posted the recall on Sept. 23 for a limited amount of Kroger bagged frozen shrimp and Kroger frozen shrimp products. The shrimp may have been prepared, packed or held under unsanitary conditions and be contaminated with cesium-137, a radioactive substance. Cesium-137 is created by nuclear fission for use in medical devices and gauges, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA reports that cesium-137 is also a byproduct of nuclear weapons testing … Continue reading Second US seafood recall due to radioactive contamination comparable to that found in shellfish from Scottish beaches, not recalled
‘Families are dying’ – the awful cost of living near nuclear plants, in Ohio and in Scotland
With only 5 days left, 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 – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA From the Guardian two days ago: ‘Families are dying’: an Ohio town suffering from fallout years after nuclear plant’s closure – As Trump calls for more nuclear power, Piketon, the site of an enrichment facility, knows first hand its ill effects. Three years after starting work as an electrician at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Vina Colley started getting sick. The huge facility … Continue reading ‘Families are dying’ – the awful cost of living near nuclear plants, in Ohio and in Scotland
Opposition party, BBC Scotland and press freedom of information (dirt-digging) requests cost Scottish taxpayer £2.6 million in only 18 months
With only 5 days left, 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 – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA From Freedom of Information (FOI) statistics: FOI release published today: Information requested – The total number of FOI responses issued by the Scottish Government. We have interpreted the timeframe requested as from the 1 January 2024 to the 17 June 2025 when your request was received – 8796 FOI and EIR Requests and Reviews have been issued within this timeframe. https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202500471350/ How much did … Continue reading Opposition party, BBC Scotland and press freedom of information (dirt-digging) requests cost Scottish taxpayer £2.6 million in only 18 months
Hiding the UK Government responsibility for the three Stonehaven derailment deaths behind ‘The Crown’
Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald today has the above carefully-worded front page report on the Aberdeen to Glasgow train derailed at Carmont in Aberdeenshire on August 12, 2020 after hitting a landslide following heavy rain in an area where a drainage system was incorrectly installed. The use of the term ‘The Crown’ to refer to the UK Government in this legal context is accurate, but also archaic and deceptive in media reporting supposedly aimed at informing readers when what matters is that hte UK and not the Scottish Government is responsible. Throughout there is no mention at all of the key fact that … Continue reading Hiding the UK Government responsibility for the three Stonehaven derailment deaths behind ‘The Crown’
As BBC UK worries about it in England, anti-social behaviour in Scotland plummets to half what it was under Scottish Labour in 2007
With only 5 days left, 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 – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA BBC UK is worrying about anti-social behaviour in England today. BBC Scotland have not followed their lead. Perhaps this is why: From Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2024-25 published in June 2025, we see massive reductions in all forms of anti-social behaviour, an overall halving and major reductions in every type. In 2007, while classification differed then, the figure was around 94 000, TWICE … Continue reading As BBC UK worries about it in England, anti-social behaviour in Scotland plummets to half what it was under Scottish Labour in 2007
A passenger pushed to his death, fishermen killed by crew who don’t speak English, car decks flooding, one ferry runs aground because the only man on the bridge pressed the wrong button, really old ferries, high prices, endless cancellations…it kind of makes you think maybe CalMac is the best in the world?
With only 6 days left, 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 – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC Jersey last week, the above, and: Basic safety actions “fell by the wayside” before a fatal collision involving a ferry and fishing trawler, prosecutors have said. At Jersey’s Royal Court on Friday, crown advocate Matthew Maletroit said former Condor Ferries crew members Lewis Carr and Artur Sevash-Zade failed to make safety the “paramount consideration” before the Commodore Goodwill collided with L’Ecume … Continue reading A passenger pushed to his death, fishermen killed by crew who don’t speak English, car decks flooding, one ferry runs aground because the only man on the bridge pressed the wrong button, really old ferries, high prices, endless cancellations…it kind of makes you think maybe CalMac is the best in the world?
Talking-up Scotland 