Today Scottish Government commits firmly to free higher education tuition for all but not one mainstream media outlet covers this important news because…..it shines in reducing financial barriers and debt-related harms, fostering broader participation and a societal ethos of education as a right

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. The Times Higher Education, read only by some academics, has this below but as you can see above this important news is being hidden from the electorate: ‘We’re looking at all parts of the system – except tuition fees’ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/were-looking-all-parts-system-except-tuition-fees The THE article by Helen Packer is actually not at all supportive of the Scottish Government, foregrounding the views of critics so, even hear the SNP election campaign is being questioned. How does Scotland’s free university tuition system compare with other systems charging students thousands in fees in terms of wider societal … Continue reading Today Scottish Government commits firmly to free higher education tuition for all but not one mainstream media outlet covers this important news because…..it shines in reducing financial barriers and debt-related harms, fostering broader participation and a societal ethos of education as a right

Road deaths halve and offences fall by a third as ‘SNP’ [sic] Road Safety Framework achieves significant results with 5 years to go

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. In the Edinburgh Reporter yesterday based on a Sunday Mail report: Scotland’s roads are becoming deadlier amid rising fatalities and surging traffic offences, latest figures reveal. Police Scotland say 92 people were killed in car, motorcycle and cycling collisions between April and September 2025 – nine more than the same period last year, an increase of almost 11%. They included one child and six cyclists. Motorcyclist deaths rose to the highest level for five years with 27 during the period. The news comes as reckless drivers are increasingly flouting the law, with … Continue reading Road deaths halve and offences fall by a third as ‘SNP’ [sic] Road Safety Framework achieves significant results with 5 years to go

Why is the wettest part of the UK, North-east Scotland coping so well? Scottish Government investment pays off

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. Look at that Met Office map above and note how awesomely wet January was for Scotland’s north-east. I suppose that photograph must there too. No, it’s Somerset. What is the Guardian saying about that? The Guardian view on heavy rain: England’s flood defences are not strong enough Never, mind, all that rain, folk must flooded out of their homes in North-East Scotland. In January 2026, there was not one image, I can find, on BBC Scotland News, STV News or in any Scottish edition newspaper. Find one and I’ll edit this story. … Continue reading Why is the wettest part of the UK, North-east Scotland coping so well? Scottish Government investment pays off

As Labour Wales still fails on Sepsis deaths, how under Scottish Labour, hospitals were ‘death traps’ of hospital acquired infections and how Nicola Sturgeon sorted it

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Headlining on BBC UK TV broadcasts too, the above story makes these damning comments: A BBC investigation has found sepsis awareness training is still not mandatory at most hospitals in Wales, and Bethan’s parents fear that what happened to their daughter could still happen to others. This included at the hospital where Bethan died and the Welsh government said sepsis awareness was a “focus” and a “priority”, while the Welsh Ambulance Service said “meaningful changes” had been made. … Continue reading As Labour Wales still fails on Sepsis deaths, how under Scottish Labour, hospitals were ‘death traps’ of hospital acquired infections and how Nicola Sturgeon sorted it

Nothing in Scotland looks anything like the mass child grooming rape gangs in England but Scottish Labour desperately need a national review for their Holyrood campaign and the Herald is trying to help

No tasteless, exploitative images here. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. The Herald today: The SNP has been accused of dragging its feet on tackling grooming gangs, after watchdogs set out an 18-month timetable for a national review that would only then inform a decision on whether a full public inquiry is required. Critics said the timescale amounted to a further delay for survivors of group-based child sexual exploitation. Here’s why a careful approach to a national review is required, reasons which were already in a response to Labour MP Joani Reid, in November 2025. It’s had no MSM coverage. … Continue reading Nothing in Scotland looks anything like the mass child grooming rape gangs in England but Scottish Labour desperately need a national review for their Holyrood campaign and the Herald is trying to help

Spending on schools across Scotland has increased by more than £1 billion but in a media vacuum

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. Above the complete media coverage of a major Scottish Government announcement on school funding, 16 hours after it was first posted. They have no time as they feast on that unattractive figure, Anas Sarwar, who has just turned snarling and biting at the wounded figure of his former boss, Sir Keir Starmer. A classic head boy bully he’s so brave now. Of course, they have no time for this as they try once more to push Sarwar’s fourth place wheels out of the mud Spending on schools across Scotland has increased by … Continue reading Spending on schools across Scotland has increased by more than £1 billion but in a media vacuum

Since the crowdfunder started only 9 days ago, nearly 15 thousand distinct readers at Talking-up Scotland but fewer than 1 in a 100 felt it was worth a contribution?

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. Sobering feedback that? I know, TuS gets lots of kindly and encouraging words but only 1 in 100 rate it worth even £1. 14 937 discrete visitors in February 2026 but only 139 make a contribution to the crowd funder, 0.9%, less than 1 in a 100? I wouldn’t be human if I didn’t wonder, what I’m doing here. 7 days a weeks, 340 days, 1 700 hours, a year, 5-7 posts a day to earn, at 74 with all my qualies, less than £1 an hour. don’t tell my wife! If … Continue reading Since the crowdfunder started only 9 days ago, nearly 15 thousand distinct readers at Talking-up Scotland but fewer than 1 in a 100 felt it was worth a contribution?

Assisted dying – Rural hospice staff shortages for palliative care will be UK Labour Government’s responsibility but BBC Scotland try to pass it on to Holyrood

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. In BBC Scotland‘s short insert in BBC Breakfast, several times this morning: Hospice leaders say Scotland must must address a severe shortage of end-of-life care for those living with terminal illnesses in rural communities. Next month MSPs face a final vote on assisted dying legislation but the debate has raised concerns that those without access to good palliative care might instead choose assisted death. The Scottish Government has… For those of us regularly monitoring BBC Scotland, that linking of negative news to the Scottish Government is common and this is another of … Continue reading Assisted dying – Rural hospice staff shortages for palliative care will be UK Labour Government’s responsibility but BBC Scotland try to pass it on to Holyrood

Why giving your second vote to a small pro-independence party will not increase the overall number of pro-independence party MSPs in Scotland and risks even increasing number of unionist MSPs so ‘Both votes SNP’ – short video

Full version with working and sources – https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/09/why-giving-your-second-vote-to-a-small-pro-independence-party-will-not-increase-the-overall-number-of-pro-independence-parties-in-scotland-and-risks-even-increasing-number-of-unionist-msps-so-both-v/ Continue reading Why giving your second vote to a small pro-independence party will not increase the overall number of pro-independence party MSPs in Scotland and risks even increasing number of unionist MSPs so ‘Both votes SNP’ – short video

Why giving your second vote to one of the small pro-independence parties will not increase the overall number of pro-independence party MSPs in Scotland and risks even increasing number of unionist MSPs so ‘Both votes SNP’

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above. This is an almost entirely AI report. I trust it more than I would any assessment by human beings with the unavoidable biases and predispositions we all possess [me too] and which, even unconsciously, direct what we think is our conscious thinking. Yes I know AI can be, and has been, taught to have such biases and predispositions and I would not trust any of them to be fair on issues of socialism, human rights, Gaza or Trump but, as far as I can see, they have, as yet, no ‘horse in … Continue reading Why giving your second vote to one of the small pro-independence parties will not increase the overall number of pro-independence party MSPs in Scotland and risks even increasing number of unionist MSPs so ‘Both votes SNP’