Professor John Robertson OBA From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: July 2025 published today, some key points getting no media attention: Police recorded crime changed little between 2023-24 and 2024-25, decreasing by less than 1%. The recording of crime remains below the position immediately prior to the pandemic (2019-20) and is down 51% from its peak in 1991. Property and violent crime has fallen by 37% since 2008-09 https://www.gov.scot/publications/safer-communities-and-justice-statistics-monthly-data-report-july-2025/pages/statistics-on-crime-in-general/ Some will say, of course, not all crime is reported, but two other sources triangulate with the above to reveal that crime really is falling. For proof, see … Continue reading Crime plummets in years since Labour were last in power in Scotland

Professor John Robertson OBA Above are the opening words of the final statement on the transition from a reserved system of social security for disabled people to one led and managed by the Scottish Government. They are an obvious place and an easy way for a journalist, under pressure, to begin and to frame, their report on a 66 page document. BBC Scotland have headlined the report but, instead, have opened with: Access to Scotland’s adult disability benefits should be made easier despite forecasts of a steep increase in claims and costs, an independent review has said. to extract and … Continue reading New ‘kind’ SNP disability payment system in shocking contrast to DWP’s suicide-linked brutality

Professor John Robertson OBA It’s not even close, the debate over whether Scotland needs new nuclear power stations. The research is in. Numerous independent studies, across the globe, prove their unsuitability. They produce waste that causes local spikes in, for example, breast cancer and childhood leukaemia. It takes centuries to make the sites safe. They cost far more to build, to run and to de-commission than the renewables which already produce more power than Scotland needs. They are a terrorism risk, especially the numerous small modular reactors that would be needed spread across the country. Yet, the Herald keeps coming … Continue reading Who is funding the Herald to back new nuclear that risks the lives of women and children, will contaminate our land for centuries and cost far more than renewables?

Professor John Robertson OBA The Express today merely repeats the February 26th 2025, news of the cancellation of the Campbelltown to Ardrossan ferry as evidence of a consequence of the above delays. This is not explained: It takes 3 hours and 4 minutes to drive from Campbelltown around the coast to the nearest big city, Glasgow How long does the drive from Glasgow and the ferry from Ardrossan take? It takes 1 hour and 10 minutes longer, not counting the waits for embarking and disembarking. Finally, why did CalMac make this cut. Could it be because to do otherwise would … Continue reading How can a ferry be a ‘lifeline’ to a mainland town when there’s a road that’s more than one hour quicker than the ferry?

Professor John Robertson OBA I put this together years ago and pre-pandemic, toured it a bit. So, for the many who do not have Powerpoint to run it, here it old-fashioned: Continue reading The BBC proxy war on the SNP using NHS Scotland – 42 slides explaining why and how it was launched