Scottish midwives have lower absence rates than police officers and this merely ‘circumstantial’ evidence of a ‘crisis’ does not survive a collision with the real ‘forensic’ facts
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 The above, in the Scotsman, today, is an , by a journalist who has found evidence of missed shifts in maternity units, over three years, adding up to 39 978 and, then made that into a crisis otherwise completely imaginary based on the real evidence below. In Scotland, there are around 45 000 live births every year, 135 000 in the Scotsman period of counting. There are 3 939 registered … Continue reading Scottish midwives have lower absence rates than police officers and this merely ‘circumstantial’ evidence of a ‘crisis’ does not survive a collision with the real ‘forensic’ facts
Violence against women and girls in Scotland – a fraction of the cases but several times the media interest to keep us down
women and girls launches today…On average, more than 200 reports of violent crimes against women and girls are made here every day. The above BBC Scotland story is an insert in their repeated short BBC Breakfast reports which, as often happens is unique to the Reporting Scotland Down team and does not feature in their fuller online reports. With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 The ‘more than 200 reports every day‘, implies around 7 300 per … Continue reading Violence against women and girls in Scotland – a fraction of the cases but several times the media interest to keep us down
Scotland has far far fewer homes at risk of flooding after 19 years of SNP leadership
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 In the Guardian yesterday: Houses can be built on floodplains even if they fail a crucial safety test, according to a high court judgment that will be of “immense interest” to developers across England and Wales. The ruling clears the way for a highly controversial development of 190 new homes on north Somerset’s floodplains, despite the site being in “flood zone 3a”, the highest level of flood risk before land … Continue reading Scotland has far far fewer homes at risk of flooding after 19 years of SNP leadership
Reposted for greater attention to this shocking objective measure of just how resilient NHS Scotland is in contrast to NHS England riven by multiple critical incidents more than 200 in a year in which Scotland saw only one!
In one year NHS England declared 217 times as many critical and major incidents as NHS Scotland did
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 As BBC Scotland today reports a critical incident in NHS Grampian, we can report that, in 2024, the most recent year with a full report [above], NHS England reported 198 critical incidents plus 19 major [more serious] incidents; 217 declarations in total. Average duration was about 4.6 days. https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/annual-eprr-assurance-report-march-2025/ There was one NHS Scotland critical report in 2024, also in NHS Grampian. In NHS emergency-preparedness terminology, a major incident is … Continue reading In one year NHS England declared 217 times as many critical and major incidents as NHS Scotland did
You may be wondering what on earth the ‘marching season’ is all about?
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 By Liz S The BBC has an article today on their N Ireland page: “Who are the Orangemen”? Then incredulously it stated ” If you’re not from Northern Ireland, you may be wondering what on earth the ‘marching season’ is all about“. Sorry ? OMG , well I am from Scotland and I and others who live here know only too well what the “marching season is all about” ! … Continue reading You may be wondering what on earth the ‘marching season’ is all about?
PM stupidly rejects drugs decriminalisation after Swinney correctly backs it based on the evidence from Portugal that it works – wait I wonder what Big Kev thinks?
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From BBC Scotland, two days ago: Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he does not support decriminalising drugs for personal use, days after Scotland’s first minister backed it. After the latest figures showed Scotland’s drug deaths spiked by 11%, John Swinney said his government was in favour of decriminalisation – meaning people would not face criminal punishment for personal drug use. He said the move could be part of a … Continue reading PM stupidly rejects drugs decriminalisation after Swinney correctly backs it based on the evidence from Portugal that it works – wait I wonder what Big Kev thinks?
Ferret attacks SNP based on work of ‘Luke de Pulford’ a Tory ‘human rights campaigner’ who only sees ‘atrocity crimes by both sides’ in Gaza
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 The Ferret’s Paul Dobson, who ironically has previously attacked the ‘SNP Government’ on links between Scottish/UK energy firms and Israel during the Gaza war, seems comfortable with using de Pulford to attack them again today: Boss of SNP-backed wind firm named in bribery scandal Hey there, Paul here with a rare Ferret Saturday night broadcast. The Scottish Government is regularly hammered for failing to create more jobs from the renewable … Continue reading Ferret attacks SNP based on work of ‘Luke de Pulford’ a Tory ‘human rights campaigner’ who only sees ‘atrocity crimes by both sides’ in Gaza
History tells us that Burnham’s first-time buyers scheme will be funded by robbing from the poor
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 From BBC Politics today, the above and: Prime Minister Andy Burnham is to introduce a new scheme to try to help people “who have given up hope of ever having a home to call their own” get on the property ladder. The “Your First Home” scheme would be open to first-time buyers in England with a deposit of 2.5%. It would provide them with a loan worth 20% of their … Continue reading History tells us that Burnham’s first-time buyers scheme will be funded by robbing from the poor
Fire and Water! CalMac ferry-user group thought to be safe
From the Sun today, the above, and: THIS is the jaw-dropping moment a huge inferno rips through a ferry off the coast of a British holiday hotspot sparking a frantic evacuation. Shocking footage showed towering plumes of smoke billowing from the flaming vessel north of Mykonos, Greece. With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 It is not known how many Scottish ‘islanders’ were on the above fiery ferry or on this Washington State ferry, below, last year, … Continue reading Fire and Water! CalMac ferry-user group thought to be safe
