The Herald’s disgusting dishonest clickbait imagery and the truth of homelessness FOUR times higher in England and 95% under a roof in Scotland
With only 7 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 On 21 September 2025, the Herald has the above two tasteless images and the headlines: 40,000 homeless law breaks as ScotGov housing emergency branded ‘sham’ Why are Scots councils allowed to break homeless laws ‘with impunity’? The first is based on yet-another infantile adding up to get a big number method, over 8 years this time. The second is, frankly, a disgusting misrepresentation … Continue reading The Herald’s disgusting dishonest clickbait imagery and the truth of homelessness FOUR times higher in England and 95% under a roof in Scotland
BBC London reports that Scotland has by far the lowest train cancellations in the UK but BBC Scotland is not looking at that
With only 7 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 BBC London report has made it onto the BBC UK and BBC England ‘front pages’ but is utterly absent from BBC Scotland. Scotland has by far the fewest cancellations. Remember these single digit percentage differences refer to thousands cancelled services. You can see the data for Scottish stations: All are performing better than the British average but I feel sure BBC Scotland … Continue reading BBC London reports that Scotland has by far the lowest train cancellations in the UK but BBC Scotland is not looking at that
How can there be ‘an A&E crisis’ of deaths ‘associated’ with long waits only in Scotland when they are actually falling here and nearly FOUR times as common in NHS England?
With only 7 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 This morning, the Scotsman and the Metro are feeding BBC Scotland with the idea based on the emergency doctors’ trade union report, the RCEM, that long A&E waits are ‘associated with’, ‘costing‘ and the ‘toll‘ from stays of 12 hours and more. Only BBC Scotland has this headlined. As always there’s a basic flaw in their argument – the number waiting 12 hours … Continue reading How can there be ‘an A&E crisis’ of deaths ‘associated’ with long waits only in Scotland when they are actually falling here and nearly FOUR times as common in NHS England?
Police officer says county lines gang members who ‘have been through the justice system in England’ target vulnerable women in Highlands but BBC Scotland reporter does not or cannot hear that last word
With only 7 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 Highlands and Islands have the above and: County lines gangs are forcing vulnerable women into joining networks supplying crack cocaine and heroin to the Highlands and Islands, a senior detective has warned. Det Ch Insp Craig Still said criminal groups based in major UK cities were sending associates north to co-ordinate drug dealing. He told BBC Scotland‘s Scotcast that the suspects were … Continue reading Police officer says county lines gang members who ‘have been through the justice system in England’ target vulnerable women in Highlands but BBC Scotland reporter does not or cannot hear that last word
Inverness is already ‘terrorised’ by UK Government drug enforcement failures – 309 young men with nothing to do all day is just asking for it
Professor John Robertson OBA In yesterday’s Sunday Mail, former Sun ‘Environment journalist‘ Dan Vevers makes a determined effort to have the County Lines drug gang business model adopted by at least one Scottish city, to share the blame for the current plague in Inverness, with: Now a leading officer has warned that teens as young as 16 are being sent north from cities like Glasgow, Liverpool and London by drug gangs to claim turf and terrorise locals. I’ve been monitoring media reports of county lines-style behaviour by individuals arrested in Scottish towns and everyone has been English. The above claim is a first. … Continue reading Inverness is already ‘terrorised’ by UK Government drug enforcement failures – 309 young men with nothing to do all day is just asking for it
Now a second research report casts doubt on actual level of drug deaths in England but still they surge toward Scotland’s steadily falling level
With only 7 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 Summary: FIRST, in September 2025, King’s College Researchers found that opioid deaths in England & Wales were 50% higher than recorded by the ONS. SECOND, two years earlier UK Government researchers found massive (25%) undercounting of drugs deaths in England & Wales. THIRD, though Scotland’s drug death rate may still be higher despite these, the rate is falling fast to meet … Continue reading Now a second research report casts doubt on actual level of drug deaths in England but still they surge toward Scotland’s steadily falling level
Kevin Keane forgets to tell you that the SNP has planted nearly 20 times as many new trees as Labour Wales and more than 3 times as many as Conservative England
With only 7 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 Scotland‘s Environment Correspondent, Kevin Keane has been reporting: About 2.5 million more trees will be needed in Scotland’s towns and cities to create “tree equality”, according to the Woodland Trust. He hasn’t provided any background on the overall situation with regard to tree planting in Scotland. From Forest Research, Time Series in 2024: In the period of SNP administration in Scotland, from … Continue reading Kevin Keane forgets to tell you that the SNP has planted nearly 20 times as many new trees as Labour Wales and more than 3 times as many as Conservative England
More adults in Scotland feel safe walking home than under Labour and emergency admissions due to assault plummet
With only 7 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 Scotland on Sunday has the above claim based on this quote from the Scottish Household Survey 2024 findings: neighbourhoods and communities report published on 16 September 2025: In 2024, the majority of people (78%) said they felt ‘very’ or ‘fairly safe’ walking alone in their neighbourhood after dark, this is a decline from 81% in 2023. https://www.gov.scot/publications/neighbourhoods-communities-2024-findings-scottish-household-survey/pages/6/ By whom is the … Continue reading More adults in Scotland feel safe walking home than under Labour and emergency admissions due to assault plummet
Massive fall in A9 deaths and Scotland having safest roads in UK do not fit BBC Scotland narrative for Holyrood election in 2026
With only 7 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 the last week, BBC Scotland have been dwelling on an A9 crash with a view, it seems, to fuelling the narrative that it is a dangerous road and one which is dangerous because the SNP has not dualed it. Neither reports offers any accident figures to contextualise the stories. These two reports are an attempt to keep the narrative alive … Continue reading Massive fall in A9 deaths and Scotland having safest roads in UK do not fit BBC Scotland narrative for Holyrood election in 2026
As US scientists call for a national cancer study near US reactors to be conducted before any new expansion of nuclear power, why Scottish Labour should be paying attention to research before another generation of women suffers excess breast cancer mortality in the future
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 – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA In the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, two days ago: The last and only national study of the health risks posed by existing US nuclear reactors was conducted in the late 1980s. But by then, many of the 62 nuclear plants had only been operating for a relatively small number of years, not enough time for the effects of radiogenic exposure to appear in workers and the nearby population. An attempt … Continue reading As US scientists call for a national cancer study near US reactors to be conducted before any new expansion of nuclear power, why Scottish Labour should be paying attention to research before another generation of women suffers excess breast cancer mortality in the future
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