English drug baron’s county lines gang exploiting vulnerable women and children across Scotland from Inverness and Glasgow and onto Aberdeen
From the P&J yesterday, the above and: Viktor Kihu, 25, recruited people to his OCG which was called Harlem to use their properties in county lines drug operations. The Inverness Courier on the same day, revealed his wider empire: With the same text – This case follows another important development in the recognition of this plage: In the P&J today, the above. What has driven his demand? Police report a notable increase in drug offences in Inverness. Gangs target the region because of demand, less competition, and vulnerable people. Cases involve women and sometimes children being coerced into the networks. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy0xdxdl40o How widespread … Continue reading English drug baron’s county lines gang exploiting vulnerable women and children across Scotland from Inverness and Glasgow and onto Aberdeen
Bacterial infections linked to child cancer deaths at Glasgow super-hospital were due to a Labour City Council decision to build it near two raw sewage works in 2008
Detail and sources – https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/08/11/the-bacterial-infections-linked-by-media-to-cancer-deaths-at-troubled-glasgow-super-hospital-were-due-to-labours-astonishing-decision-to-build-it-near-a-raw-sewage-works/ Continue reading Bacterial infections linked to child cancer deaths at Glasgow super-hospital were due to a Labour City Council decision to build it near two raw sewage works in 2008
As giant, clearly not troubled, Glasgow hospital is shown to be as safe as all the others how Scotland has no postcode lottery unlike in other parts
From Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios April 2025 to March 2026, the above graph and this explanation: Assessing patient safety and the quality of care delivered in hospitals is essential. The Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio (HSMR) is a key indicator that measures hospital mortality. It compares the observed number of patient deaths associated with a hospital to the number predicted after adjusting for the case mix of patients. This adjustment accounts for factors such as age, underlying health conditions, and severity of illness, enabling hospitals to be compared fairly against the Scottish average. No hospitals had a significantly higher standardised mortality … Continue reading As giant, clearly not troubled, Glasgow hospital is shown to be as safe as all the others how Scotland has no postcode lottery unlike in other parts
Better resourced NHS Scotland sees only half the TB numbers
From National quarterly report of tuberculosis in Scotland Provisional data for quarter 2, 2026, the above graph and: There were 125 TB notifications. TB notifications decreased by 21.9% when compared with quarters 1–2 2025 when there were 160 TB notifications. The percentage of TB notifications that were male was 65.6% compared with 59.4% in quarters 1–2 2025. Source: https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/national-quarterly-report-of-tuberculosis-in-scotland/national-quarterly-report-of-tuberculosis-in-scotland-quarter-2-2026/ TB is far more common in England than in Scotland: Using the most recent full-year rates as a baseline (provisional 2025/2024 data, as 2026 annual rates are not yet published): England’s rate is approximately 1.8–2.0 times Scotland’s rate. Early 2026 case numbers are … Continue reading Better resourced NHS Scotland sees only half the TB numbers
Scotland, as a nation, has been “let down time and time again” by the Labour party in Scotland
By Liz S “The Scotsman today quotes a Labour MSP saying ‘Our islands have been let down, time and again, by the SNP “. Well when I read this I automatically thought this: Scotland , as a nation, has been “let down time and time again” by the Labour party (that is the Labour party at all political levels). Mind you Scotland has also been “let down time and time again” by the so called (but clearly not) ‘Scotsman’ newspaper as well. (Other rags that are also distributed within Scotland, who have the audacity to add “Scottish” before the titles of their papers names, are also guilty … Continue reading Scotland, as a nation, has been “let down time and time again” by the Labour party in Scotland
Herald campaigns on behalf of private landlords desiring socialism for them but capitalism for you
As the Herald today, campaigns on behalf of private landlords desiring socialism (government-aid) for them but capitalism for their customers, here’s what the Scottish Government is doing, sensibly and ethically, with your taxes: Full text at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=build+to+rent Continue reading Herald campaigns on behalf of private landlords desiring socialism for them but capitalism for you
Scotland subsidises its ferries far more than any other country, subsidises island life far more than any other part and the Mull service is 98% reliable for half empty vehicle decks!
The Scotsman today quotes a Labour MSP saying ‘Our islands have been let down, time and again, by the SNP.’ Readers will know that CalMac is almost certainly the best – cheapest, most frequent, most reliable, safest – in the world. How reliable, currently, has CalMac been for, say Mull? In February 2026, latest figures, in a winter month- 387 out of 392 scheduled sailings operating – 98.2%; 366 on time, 94.3%. All of the cancellations were for unsafe weather conditions. https://assets.calmac.co.uk/media/dkrpvvnm/mull.pdf Is the Scottish Government using our taxation to give the islanders a wee bit extra to try to stem … Continue reading Scotland subsidises its ferries far more than any other country, subsidises island life far more than any other part and the Mull service is 98% reliable for half empty vehicle decks!
The bacterial infections linked by media to cancer deaths at ‘troubled Glasgow super-hospital’ were due to Labour’s ‘astonishing’ decision to build it near a raw sewage works
Once more, many thanks to the several readers who have sent us ‘inside info‘ on this. Briefly, I should note a repeated claim by several readers that the unusual decision to locate next to a sewage works and to reject the Cowglen site, popular with campaigners, was due to Labour’s favouring of business interests, donors perhaps, who wanted to build houses and make a lot of money on the Cowglen site. AI can find no evidence for this. We have previously presented extracts from the expert witness Allan Bennett, initially shocked by the decision to locate the new Southern General … Continue reading The bacterial infections linked by media to cancer deaths at ‘troubled Glasgow super-hospital’ were due to Labour’s ‘astonishing’ decision to build it near a raw sewage works
No other major hospital in the UK is sited so close to a raw sewage processing plant that emits bioaerosols containing bacteria, fungi and viruses
More than one friend of Talking-up Scotland has joined in to feed me useful info on the at-first-sight disturbing and surprising location of the new QEUH approved by Labour-led Glasgow council in 2008. Some are posting as Anon, in email with names and sometimes telling not to mention those.. I’m mixed up so apologies if I don’t credit you but thanks all round. From Anon today: What Allan Bennett’s testimony [specialist scientific advisor on airborne infection risks and ventilation/biosafety matters] omits is that there are two sewage plants surrounding the QEUH / RHCG. The plant actually bordering the west boundary of the … Continue reading No other major hospital in the UK is sited so close to a raw sewage processing plant that emits bioaerosols containing bacteria, fungi and viruses
Let’s hope that Andy Pandering’s visit to Scotland is a tiny and so-very-fleeting part of his UK whistle–stop tour
By Liz S From James Foster on X regarding the announcement of Andy Burnham doing a UK cost of living Tour this week: “Why does @AndyBurnham need to tour the country to discover that the cost of living is too high, people are keeping less and less of their own money, high streets have been decimated, rents are through the roof, social housing is in desperately short supply, and inequality continues to grow?” “None of this is a revelation. These problems have been documented relentlessly for years by official statistics, councils, charities, economists, researchers and, most importantly, the people living through … Continue reading Let’s hope that Andy Pandering’s visit to Scotland is a tiny and so-very-fleeting part of his UK whistle–stop tour
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