As energy price rises loom, a reminder of why Michael Shanks will not protect us and why Scots would pay far less after independence
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 Professor John Robertson OBA As energy price rises loom, a reminder of why Scots would pay far less once independent. From stewartb in June 2025: I fear that a majority of the electorate in Scotland still have NO IDEA of – (perhaps even conditioned to have no interest in?) – Scotland’s indigenous energy assets and their potential significance for their own lives and those of their children and grandchildren. Little or no awareness of the scale of value of offshore oil & gas assets in the … Continue reading As energy price rises loom, a reminder of why Michael Shanks will not protect us and why Scots would pay far less after independence
Major increase in numbers of newly qualified paramedics though NHS Scotland already has an astonishing 50% more per head than England
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 Professor John Robertson OBA From Increase in numbers of newly qualified paramedics published 25 August 2025: Health Secretary Neil Gray has welcomed an increase in the number of newly qualified paramedics joining the Scottish Ambulance Service, with 360 new recruits joining the service since 2023. New figures show a steep increase in recruitment between 2022-23 and 2023-24, and a total recruitment of 489 since 2020. The investment in newly qualified paramedics is designed to give the service more resilience, improve capacity and increase the number of … Continue reading Major increase in numbers of newly qualified paramedics though NHS Scotland already has an astonishing 50% more per head than England
‘If I die, it’s your fault for employing more GPs?’ No wait…..there are MORE? Didn’t someone predict fewer on the Telly this morning? They’re working harder too so…the Record is confused
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 Professor John Robertson OBA The ‘Scottish’ media had been getting themselves into a right tizzy yesterday hopefully anticipating reduced GP numbers to reinforce the above story from BMA (Anti-Scotland) about how difficult it is to access over-worked GPs. The results didn’t helped them so they’re not looking. First there are more GPs, 3 591.5 in 2024/2025 compared 3453.1 to last year, 138 more, but for the Daily Record ever creative, that was down on the randomly selected 2019 figure of 3 613, a only 21.5 more. … Continue reading ‘If I die, it’s your fault for employing more GPs?’ No wait…..there are MORE? Didn’t someone predict fewer on the Telly this morning? They’re working harder too so…the Record is confused
Crime in Scotland climbs by 1% but still remains at barely a third of the level in England & Wales where it climbs by 7% – imagine the media if that was the other way round?
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 Professor John Robertson OBA From Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending June 2025 published yesterday (plain text), Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2025 published on 24 July 2025 (italics) and my comments (bold): The Police in Scotland recorded 303,343 crimes in the year ending June 2025. This was 1% higher than the 300,078 crimes recorded in the year ending June 2024, and 1% higher than the 300,747 crimes recorded in the year ending June 2021. In England and Wales, 9.4 million incidents of … Continue reading Crime in Scotland climbs by 1% but still remains at barely a third of the level in England & Wales where it climbs by 7% – imagine the media if that was the other way round?
In a media vacuum Scotland’s unique 100% record-breaking IVF programme brings life and saves lives but is never reported
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 Professor John Robertson OBA From IVF waiting times in Scotland Quarter ending 30 June 2025 published yesterday: During the quarter ending 30 June 2025, 320 patients were screened. The 90% standard was met, with all patients attending a screening appointment within 52 weeks of referral. 38.8% were treated in 0-13 weeks, 30.9% in 14-26, 9.4% in 27-39 and 20.9 in 40-52 weeks.1 The target has been met consistently since 2016, 70% in half the time, but never ever reported in the media. Why is it more … Continue reading In a media vacuum Scotland’s unique 100% record-breaking IVF programme brings life and saves lives but is never reported
The Arthur’s Seat honour-based murder was imported from Leeds four years ago – there has never been one by a Scot yet media choose that as their only example for a change in law for England & Wales where there are as many as 15 every year
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 Professor John Robertson OBA The Guardian, today, has: UK to clarify definition of ‘honour’-based abuse in drive to cut violence against women and girls and, at the end, this: Yasmin Javed, whose daughter Fawziyah Javed was pushed off Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh, Scotland by her husband after learning she was pregnant and had planned to leave the marriage, said she was “pleased” the government had listened to calls from campaigners. “I hope that this will help many more people affected by HBA and ensure that the multiple perpetrators … Continue reading The Arthur’s Seat honour-based murder was imported from Leeds four years ago – there has never been one by a Scot yet media choose that as their only example for a change in law for England & Wales where there are as many as 15 every year
Water restrictions have NOT been imposed on customers like you and me in Scotland
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 Professor John Robertson OBA I’ll be quick on this one. They, the MSM and politicians, would just love it if Scotland had the same water shortage problems as England does and they’ve pounced on these ‘restrictions‘ in only Aberdeenshire’s Ythan and the North Fife areas. So, are the folk there suffering a hosepipe ban, running out of water for a bath on these steamy days? No, ‘restrictions’ does not mean the general public. From STV, yesterday: The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency has now imposed restrictions in … Continue reading Water restrictions have NOT been imposed on customers like you and me in Scotland
How an independent Scotland would be far better able than the UK to control illegal immigration
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 Professor John Robertson OBA As illegal migration becomes a priority issue for Scots in a recent poll, the SNP and the wider independence movement needs to adapt to this evidence of a trend before it enables too much Reform UK electoral success in May 2026. This trend is not surprising. It’s a simple consequence of media coverage of protests outside hotels housing illegal migrants, the anti-immigrant drift in the other parties fearful of Reform UK and the BBC ‘s shameful promotion of Nigel Farage – 38 … Continue reading How an independent Scotland would be far better able than the UK to control illegal immigration
Official figures reveal nearly 92% of children and adolescents treated within target and half of them within 5 weeks for mental health care but the Record trusts Alex Cole-Hamilton better
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 Professor John Robertson OBA Above, the truth the Daily Record did not publish today. Below, what they did publish On June 4th 2025 (my 74th birthday), I wrote: NHS Scotland beat a waiting times target for the second time in a row despite increased demand – how will the media spin this to get SNPBad? I’m ahead of BBC Scotland, as I write at 11.02am, but I can smell them scurrying around, phoning someone who can be trusted to say the statistics, the same stats they … Continue reading Official figures reveal nearly 92% of children and adolescents treated within target and half of them within 5 weeks for mental health care but the Record trusts Alex Cole-Hamilton better
As UK Minister reports failure to urgently support domestic abuse victims in England and Wales, why BBC Scotland is avoiding this dark topic
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 Professor John Robertson OBA BBC UK has the above headline story with: The main screening tool used to decide which domestic abuse victims get urgent support “doesn’t work”, Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has admitted to the BBC. Police, social services and healthcare workers across the UK have largely relied on the Dash questionnaire to assess risk since 2009. But there are now mounting concerns from academics and those working in the sector that the checklist does not correctly identify victims at the highest risk of further … Continue reading As UK Minister reports failure to urgently support domestic abuse victims in England and Wales, why BBC Scotland is avoiding this dark topic
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