Kevin McKenna – Scotland’s berserker of tabloid anti-SNP news
WTF is Kev on these days? Day-after-day, another utterly fantastic tirade composed of raving decomposing shit. Unhealthily declaiming his largeness and worryingly proud that he’s ‘known these streets intimately over several decades’‘, he has all the signs of the extreme energy surges, paranoia and delusion, like a Viking berserker biting his shield, that results from too little whisky and too much cocaine, methamphetamine (meth), or other amphetamines. For my mental health, I’ve been refraining from engaging but, after a day without whisky myself, I cannot take it any more. What’s happening in the real Glasgow? You know that place the … Continue reading Kevin McKenna – Scotland’s berserker of tabloid anti-SNP news
As youth violence and murder by minors plummet is this the Herald’s most inaccurate, misleading and unethical piece of clickbait ever?
I know, I’ve already sorted the Herald‘s front page in an earlier report this morning but this email alert version above takes their dishonesty to a new level with the suggestion that ‘new data‘ from schools, on possession, exposes a rise in actual youth violence. It’s utterly untrue, a disgraceful lie aimed at clickbait at the expense of our mental health. So, to repeat: That claim of a rise in actual youth violence – What is the long-term youth violence trend in Scotland? Youth violence in Scotland involving individuals under 18 as victims, perpetrators, or both. Data come from sources … Continue reading As youth violence and murder by minors plummet is this the Herald’s most inaccurate, misleading and unethical piece of clickbait ever?
£11bn Lower Thames Crossing – Put simply, in the end, Scotland still pays for another capital project it does not benefit from
Yesterday, I wrote a post: Never mind Barnett, the Lower Thames Crossing to cost Scots taxpayers between £300m and £1bn! The full AI-assisted argument is at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/07/12/never-mind-barnett-the-lower-thames-crossing-to-cost-scots-taxpayers-between-300m-and-1bn/ In a comment, rogercolkett wrote While it’s clear that the UK government tends to spend more on big projects in the south of England than elsewhere, it’s not true that Scots are paying for it through their taxes. UK government expenditure is not funded by taxes or anything else. UK government expenditure works by instructing the Bank of England to create the money required and credit it to the relevant payee, just as … Continue reading £11bn Lower Thames Crossing – Put simply, in the end, Scotland still pays for another capital project it does not benefit from
These are not school ‘knife’ incidents, the trend is down, the TWO actual stabbings took place OUT of school by gang members and knife crimes have plummeted here to only half the level under Labour/Lib Dems 20 years ago
The Herald today, taking a turn on knife crime, to give the Daily Record a day off? It’s another naked piece of data fiddling to treat you like a fracking idiot. To be fair, they don’t hide the actual facts once they’ve set the scene falsely in the headline. They’ll be thinking no one reads beyond the headlines these days. What are the facts? Highlight of the report, not for the first time, comes from the mouth of Alex Cole-Hamilton! Let’s have a look at some real facts on knife crime in Scotland In Scotland in 2006/2007, there were just … Continue reading These are not school ‘knife’ incidents, the trend is down, the TWO actual stabbings took place OUT of school by gang members and knife crimes have plummeted here to only half the level under Labour/Lib Dems 20 years ago
As Rochdale rape grooming gang returns to front pages be ready with these simple facts to rebut anything like it in Scotland
Today BBC UK has the above. The press front pages were not posted as I write at 09:25am but seem likely to be trying to make money out of the image. In July, we saw the ‘Scottish’ Daily Express try to include Scotland in this horrific practice and readers will remember Scottish Labour MPs and MSPs insisting the same things does happen here. The Daily Express ‘Scottish’ 2 July 2026, above with an English/Pakistani rape gang leader and one of his victims in England on the front page. Below in the UK, where is the story? Why is this unacceptable propaganda? From the First Minister 9 February 2026, responding … Continue reading As Rochdale rape grooming gang returns to front pages be ready with these simple facts to rebut anything like it in Scotland
Three veteran ferries to be sold though still serviceable exposes the Scottish media’s fake ferry news
The Scotsman today has: Veteran CalMac ferries could be cruising the Med rather than the Minch under plans to give them a new lease of life after being finally retired from service in Scotland. Three of the west coast operator’s largest vessels, which are up to 42 years old, are due to be decommissioned over the next year before being sold or scrapped for recycling. This is simple re-treading of the notion that CalMac ferries are old and thus unreliable. It’s a myth undermined in the whole possibility of these same vessels still being usable in calmer waters. The ‘ageing fleet‘ line … Continue reading Three veteran ferries to be sold though still serviceable exposes the Scottish media’s fake ferry news
Rapists and sex offenders among 5 000 prisoners to be released early only in England – SNP Government will not release any such offenders early in Scotland
Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this. In the Guardian yesterday: Opponents of plans to release rapists and sex offenders early from prison have “no solutions” to halt the criminal justice system’s possible collapse, David Lammy has said. Under pressure from Labour MPs – including the former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips – to curb the early release scheme, the deputy prime minister said failing to implement it could leave no capacity across jails in England and Wales in November. Killers, rapists and sex offenders will be among more than 5,000 prisoners freed early from September. They include those convicted of manslaughter, rape, grievous … Continue reading Rapists and sex offenders among 5 000 prisoners to be released early only in England – SNP Government will not release any such offenders early in Scotland
Pupils missing school for half the year is between 40% and 80% more common in England than in Scotland
The Herald today, gleefully has: The number of Scottish pupils missing more than half of the school year has almost doubled in five years. Around 400 classrooms could be filled by the 12,402 pupils who were absent at least 50% of the 2025-26 school year, with almost 6,000 more children now severely absent compared to five years ago, analysis by The Herald can reveal. 12 402 eh? So if things were the same pro rata, per heid, with 10 times the population etc in England, they’d have 124 020. The 2025/2026 data for England has not been published yet but … Continue reading Pupils missing school for half the year is between 40% and 80% more common in England than in Scotland
Never mind Barnett, the Lower Thames Crossing to cost Scots taxpayers between £300m and £1bn!
In the Guardian today: The UK’s public spending watchdog has said it plans to investigate the Lower Thames Crossing, as campaigners voice concerns over the rising costs of one of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects. The head of the National Audit Office (NAO) said he anticipated the agency would “examine and report” on the planned £11bn road tunnel between Kent and Essex, and that work to monitor the project had already started. It emerged last month that £174m of additional public money was being made available for the scheme, which is estimated to cost more per mile than the HS2 high-speed rail link from … Continue reading Never mind Barnett, the Lower Thames Crossing to cost Scots taxpayers between £300m and £1bn!
Glasgow disorder orchestrated by individuals not from Scotland
In the Glasgow Times, two days ago: Disorder in Glasgow this week has been branded as “disgraceful” and is said to have been ‘orchestrated by individuals who are not from the city’. Protests took place outside homes in the Cranhill and Castlemilk areas earlier this week after claims spread locally and online that ‘suspected sex offenders’ were living there. A significant police response was deployed to both incidents to try and control crowds who could be heard shouting “get them out” and ‘no peace for the beast’ at the properties. David Kennedy, the general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file … Continue reading Glasgow disorder orchestrated by individuals not from Scotland
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