‘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?
Affluent British Columbia has to replace one 44 year-old broken-down ferry with another 44 year-old ferry in a fleet on average 13 years older than those of CalMac
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 CBC in British Columbia, Canada, two days ago: B.C. Ferries told CBC News that the Queen of Surrey vessel is expected to be back in service along the Langdale-Horseshoe Bay route for Monday’s 1:15 p.m. sailing. The ferry operator said it has reinstated some previously cancelled sailings as it works to restore regular sailing schedules out of Horseshoe Bay. B.C. Ferries has cancelled a … Continue reading Affluent British Columbia has to replace one 44 year-old broken-down ferry with another 44 year-old ferry in a fleet on average 13 years older than those of CalMac
Homelessness among the young more than HALVES in SNP years but also falls among veterans and former prisoners
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 While all homelessness is to be deeply regretted, it is important that accurate figures are disseminated in the media with a view to informing political action, such as in choosing who to vote for in 2026. From Homelessness in Scotland: youth homelessness published today, we can see that in the last years of Labour/Lib Dem government in Scotland, 2007/2008, there were … Continue reading Homelessness among the young more than HALVES in SNP years but also falls among veterans and former prisoners
More than TWICE as many in NHS England and more than THREE times as many in NHS Wales, than in NHS Scotland, spending 12 hours or more in A&E
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 stewartb The imperative to provide context and perspective, and to push for fair and accurate reporting, on all matters concerning NHS Scotland becomes all the more crucial as the 2026 Holyrood election approaches. The British Labour Party and others in opposition in Holyrood aided by mainstream media allies clearly aim to major on NHS Scotland in their campaigning. This is to add to the responses … Continue reading More than TWICE as many in NHS England and more than THREE times as many in NHS Wales, than in NHS Scotland, spending 12 hours or more in A&E
Royal College estimates 20 times as many (twice per head) excess deaths linked to long waits in NHS England than in NHS Scotland
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 By cuckooshoe The BBC Scotland website yesterday also covered the RCEM report on excess deaths ‘linked’ to long waits, but their focus was on the figures for excess deaths only in Scotland. The college (RCEM) therefore estimated 818 excess deaths were recorded for people waiting more than 12 hours. This is equal to about 16 deaths a week. The same BBC article failed to make … Continue reading Royal College estimates 20 times as many (twice per head) excess deaths linked to long waits in NHS England than in NHS Scotland
As the Telegraph worries its Southern readers with ‘Scotland plots uncapped council tax rises for second home owners’, I say ‘MORE!’
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 The Telegraph yesterday had: Scotland plots uncapped council tax rises for second home owners – Green Party’s ‘pile on the costs’ proposal will be ‘gold standard’ for tackling homelessness. Councils in Scotland are poised to be granted powers to penalise second home owners with uncapped council tax premiums. On the Second Homes Tax, I know, based on the evidence that matters, access to a … Continue reading As the Telegraph worries its Southern readers with ‘Scotland plots uncapped council tax rises for second home owners’, I say ‘MORE!’
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