12 sub-polls in a row confirm SNP trending back toward 40%, Reform UK stuck around 15% and Labour/Conservatives drifting down to insignificance
The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS Westminster sub-polls of around 200 Scots over 18 are not, in themselves, strong indicators of support for the different parties but when 12 in a row tell a very … Continue reading 12 sub-polls in a row confirm SNP trending back toward 40%, Reform UK stuck around 15% and Labour/Conservatives drifting down to insignificance
As they once more accuse the Scottish Government of ‘failure’ why do the English and Welsh auditors never do that?
increase in the number of children who require additional support for learning in schools. The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS Who is actually responsible for the implementation of educational policy in school? Local councils and … Continue reading As they once more accuse the Scottish Government of ‘failure’ why do the English and Welsh auditors never do that?
The hypocrisy of Metro Mayor Andy Burnham
The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Liz S The Herald newspaper had a front page headline on the 26 February 2025. “Andy Burnham: Glasgow could be an economic powerhouse with five city collaboration” Andy Burnham is the Labour Manchester Metro Mayor. This … Continue reading The hypocrisy of Metro Mayor Andy Burnham
Corridor care now so common in NHS England it becomes normal – Someone tell Jackie Baillie the policy has changed before she tells another big fib
The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS and Scotland’s only half-decent Health Correspondent Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this. How quickly have we travelled from the days when corridor care was the most unacceptable face and … Continue reading Corridor care now so common in NHS England it becomes normal – Someone tell Jackie Baillie the policy has changed before she tells another big fib
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?
The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS and Scotland’s only half-decent Ferry Correspondent The Herald‘s Martin Williams, today, has : Campbeltown anger at three-year cut to ‘lifeline’ CalMac ferry service – Ferry operators have come under fire … 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?
Less than a third of one percent of ‘UK’ doctors and not even one in Scotland has said they’ve ‘been forced to provide care in the likes of corridors, chairs and waiting rooms’ yet ‘4 in 5’ elsewhere in the UK ‘have?’
The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS Thanks to Jim Draper for alerting me to this. In the Independent today: Almost four in five NHS doctors have been forced to provide care in the likes of corridors, chairs … Continue reading Less than a third of one percent of ‘UK’ doctors and not even one in Scotland has said they’ve ‘been forced to provide care in the likes of corridors, chairs and waiting rooms’ yet ‘4 in 5’ elsewhere in the UK ‘have?’
It’s a first as the Secretary of State for Scotland does something useful – trying to punish exclusively English drug gangs ‘cuckooing’ hundreds of vulnerable adults in Scotland
The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS From STV yesterday: Cuckooing is to be made a specific criminal offence in Scotland in a package of new laws to make streets safer. The legislation, designed to better … Continue reading It’s a first as the Secretary of State for Scotland does something useful – trying to punish exclusively English drug gangs ‘cuckooing’ hundreds of vulnerable adults in Scotland
Why is BBC Scotland not reporting latest crime figures? Because they’re down and murder has plummeted 17% in last 5 years?
The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS From Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending December 20241 published yesterday and from Homicide in Scotland 2020-2021: statistics2, published in October 2021, we can see: After peaking horribly in … Continue reading Why is BBC Scotland not reporting latest crime figures? Because they’re down and murder has plummeted 17% in last 5 years?
Police investigate 90 ‘suspicious’ hospital deaths but the Health Secretary is not even mentioned
The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this: In the Guardian yesterday, this shocking report, above, and: The number of patient deaths being investigated as possible manslaughter at a … Continue reading Police investigate 90 ‘suspicious’ hospital deaths but the Health Secretary is not even mentioned
Inverness ‘wilful fire-raising incident’ – is this a second Scottish community fighting back against the plague of English County Lines gangs?
The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser closing on Friday, primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS BBC Scotland Highlands & Islands had this very brief report last night. Police say they are treating a blaze at a house in Inverness as a wilful fire-raising incident. … Continue reading Inverness ‘wilful fire-raising incident’ – is this a second Scottish community fighting back against the plague of English County Lines gangs?
