Ayrshire MP’s team helps local people nearly TEN THOUSAND times in only four and a half years
Allan Dorans was MP for Ayr Carrick and Cumnock until 30th May 2024 and will be standing for re-election on July 4th Since my election in December 2019, with my team, I have responded to requests for help and advice nearly 10 000 times. We have helped, many times with constituents in real difficulty, struggling to survive, by making sure they get the benefits they are entitled to, better housing or disability support. Many write to demand fairer treatment for animals, an end to the abuse of human rights in numerous countries where the UK has influence, or improvements in … Continue reading Ayrshire MP’s team helps local people nearly TEN THOUSAND times in only four and a half years
Answering Fiona Bruce’s sneakily selective waiting list questions with ease
Fiona Bruce tonight, interrupting Kate Forbes more than the others and campaigning on behalf of the Union with tabloid questions, asked: Why therefore is it that the average time to start chemotherapy in England is 48 days. It’s 65 in Scotland. Why is in Scotland there are 7 000 people who’ve waited more than two years for treatment. In England it’s just over 200. 1. Cancer treatment According to BBC Health in August 2023, 21% of cancer patients waited longer than the 62-day target for treatment in Scotland. In England, it was 36%, in Wales 43% and in N Ireland … Continue reading Answering Fiona Bruce’s sneakily selective waiting list questions with ease
Castles made of sand and radioactive particles linked to infant leukaemia – are the Ayrshire Labour candidates relaxed about that?
By Professor John Robertson Thanks to Frances McKie for alerting me to this. The above two Labour candidates in Ayrshire constituencies have beaches where children play and both are, whether they want to be or not, because Sir Keir tells them to be, supporters of the reintroduction of nuclear power stations across Scotland and, in particular on the the Ayrshire coast, which is still popular on hot sunny weekends with families from all over the West of Scotland. Sand castle building is still a thing. I see them often on my dog walks. The children building them get right into … Continue reading Castles made of sand and radioactive particles linked to infant leukaemia – are the Ayrshire Labour candidates relaxed about that?
Deadly cancer treatment delays significantly less common in NHS Scotland
By Professor John Robertson Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this: In the Guardian, today: The first report, by Cancer Research UK, found that 382,000 cancer patients in England were not treated on time since 2015. The charity investigated how many patients had begun treatment 62 days or longer after being urgently referred for suspected cancer. The national NHS target – under which at least 85% of people should start treatment within 62 days – was last met in December 2015. For some reason, the actual figure for those starting treatment on time is not quoted. For the period 1 October … Continue reading Deadly cancer treatment delays significantly less common in NHS Scotland
New research shows that building ferries overseas means getting ‘the more expensive version of that vessel’
The troubled BC Ferries, operating in the less windy and more affluent conditions of British Columbia has an appalling record of unreliability, high prices and elderly vessels, set against record dividends for shareholders. Scotland’s islanders really need to do a bit of reading on them. Late in the day, the owners have put out a global competitive call for builders of 7 new vessels. B.C. shipbuilding giant Seaspan along with unions and suppliers have launched a new campaign dubbed Build Ferries BC that aims to have those vessels built in Canada. Their call is backed up by new research. The findings are well worth considering in … Continue reading New research shows that building ferries overseas means getting ‘the more expensive version of that vessel’
‘I’ll save the NHS. Sir Keir will let me have a go’ Another liar – the apple never falls far from the tree!
From the Guardian in 1999: Mohammed Sarwar [Father of Anas, above], the suspended Labour MP, was yesterday accused of telling ‘a hundred lies’ over the events which led to his arrest. As he gave evidence for a second day at the High Court in Edinburgh, he admitted he had lied to his lawyer and a Labour Party investigation after a newspaper published an article that he believed would destroy his political career. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/mar/12/gerardseenan Sarwar’s promise is based on UK Labour’s promise to help Welsh Labour reverse their catastrophic failures: To read the facts, fully sourced: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=NHS+Wales To read the facts, … Continue reading ‘I’ll save the NHS. Sir Keir will let me have a go’ Another liar – the apple never falls far from the tree!
As BBC Reporting Scotland campaign on cancer care, the facts about the best and best staffed service in the UK
Read the facts, fully sourced, at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=cancer+waiting+times Read the facts, fully sourced, at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/page/2/?s=radiog Read the facts, fully sourced, at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/page/2/?s=radiol Continue reading As BBC Reporting Scotland campaign on cancer care, the facts about the best and best staffed service in the UK
Once more, global pollsters with no ties to London find Yes ahead again
In a sea of angry red NOs going back for the last year and beyond, one pollster repeatedly fails to find the evidence that folk are abandoning the Yes movement despite a series of politically orchestrated ‘scandals’. Ipsos – Institut Public de Sondage d’Opinion Secteur) is a multinational market research and consulting firm with headquarters in Paris, France. The company was founded in 1975 by Didier Truchot, Chairman of the company, and has been publicly traded on the Paris Stock Exchange since 1 July 1999. You won’t find the words, UK, England, London or Conservative anywhere in the origins of Ipsos, unlike many other pollsters currently insisting Yes … Continue reading Once more, global pollsters with no ties to London find Yes ahead again
Those with a disability more confident about reporting hate crime as other forms stabilise or fall
By Professor John Robertson As the Herald pounce on a total 1.5%, statistically insignificant, increase in hate crime, the facts that a decent report would offer: The above increase is due entirely to an increase in the reporting of hate crime based on disability. This may be a good thing, revealing only that those with a disability are now more confident about reporting such abuse and that police will do something about it. So, other than the above, hate crime in Scotland is falling. Second, while the most common form of hate crime, based on race did go up, the … Continue reading Those with a disability more confident about reporting hate crime as other forms stabilise or fall
Before they begin to rejoice that ‘suspected’ drug deaths are up, real drug deaths are plummeting
‘Suspected’ drug deaths based on police reports from crime scenes, with no blood tests, are up 7% on the previous quarter. Expect a joyous media flutter on this and the SNP to be accused of betrayal. The actual, real, drug deaths figures for 2023 will not be published until August 2024 but the trend is abundantly clear, above. Why are they falling? Westminster is ultimately responsible for Scotland’s drug deaths Drug deaths fall by 21% in only one year as SNP policies begin to reverse long-term effects of decades of Tory/New Labour neglect Evidence emerges that significant drug deaths fall … Continue reading Before they begin to rejoice that ‘suspected’ drug deaths are up, real drug deaths are plummeting
