Junior Minister, Michael Shanks’s lies fully exposed but only in the Orkney Times and here as 2 000 jobs in the North of Scotland are put at risk
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to ArtyHetty for alerting me to this. From the Orkney Times, yesterday. Petrofac, one of Aberdeen’s largest employers has entered administration. A statement released by the company on 27 October stated: Having carefully assessed its options, and the impact of TenneT’s decision to terminate Petrofac’s scope of work on the 2GW programme in the Netherlands, the Directors of Petrofac Limited (the Group’s ultimate holding company) have applied to the High Court of England and Wales to appoint administrators to Petrofac Limited. Not in the MSM coverage, only in the Orkney Times and here, despite being … Continue reading Junior Minister, Michael Shanks’s lies fully exposed but only in the Orkney Times and here as 2 000 jobs in the North of Scotland are put at risk
Police have investigated over 1 000 avoidable baby deaths in NHS England, none in Edinburgh and none in Scotland where ‘maternity failings’ pay-outs are tellingly less than half, per head, those in England
of the UK’s busiest maternity units, claiming staff shortages and a culture of mistrust led to patients being harmed. Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland is headlining today: Damning report finds ‘culture of mistrust’ at maternity unit – Staffing shortages and a “culture of mistrust” led to delays and patients being harmed at one of the busiest maternity units in the UK, a review has found. Healthcare Improvement Scotland‘s report based on a one/two day visit to the maternity unit in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh does say the same things but among more positive statements and nowhere does it … Continue reading Police have investigated over 1 000 avoidable baby deaths in NHS England, none in Edinburgh and none in Scotland where ‘maternity failings’ pay-outs are tellingly less than half, per head, those in England
For BBC Scotland neither a falling murder rate nor falling NHS Scotland waiting times as the gap widens further with UK Labour’s climbing ones, are ‘news’ for you
Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland’s top stories today, on their website and on their broadcast news, but there’s something missing. This, from the Scottish Government only yesterday afternoon: New figures show NHS waiting lists have fallen and waits of more than a year have reduced for the fourth month in a row. When compared with August 2025, September saw a 7.3% decrease in new outpatient waits longer than a year – this number has now fallen for four consecutive months. The total waiting list for outpatients has decreased by 2.0% on the same month last year, and the inpatient … Continue reading For BBC Scotland neither a falling murder rate nor falling NHS Scotland waiting times as the gap widens further with UK Labour’s climbing ones, are ‘news’ for you
In only 4 minutes, four out of four BBC Scotland broadcast reports aim to worry viewers and three are explicitly associated with Scottish Government responsibility
Professor John Robertson OBA Following on from a tale of ‘serious’ concerns in a maternity unit, BBC Scotland’s four morning inserts were all equally concerning and three of them were explicitly linked to Scottish Government (SNP) responsibility as in the first, above, on prison overcrowding. I’ve discussed several times before how such a morning diet for viewers, especially the elderly and the vulnerable, predisposes them to conservative political preferences and against change such as Scottish independence. For research evidence of this see: Reporting Scotland Darkly – how research reveals only BBC Scotland’s editors select the nightmares to make you so … Continue reading In only 4 minutes, four out of four BBC Scotland broadcast reports aim to worry viewers and three are explicitly associated with Scottish Government responsibility
Scotland’s homicide rate plummets by more than half in last 20 years, below Denmark and well below rUK, in wake of 18 years of reducing inequality, predicted by researchers but the story falls off BBC Scotland in only hours
Professor John Robertson OBA From Homicide in Scotland, 2024-25 published yesterday: Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published Homicide in Scotland, 2024-25. The publication provides information on crimes of homicide recorded by the police in Scotland in 2024-25. The main findings are: In 2024-25, 45 victims of homicide were recorded, 21% (or 12 victims) less than the 57 victims recorded in 2023-24. This is the lowest number of recorded homicide victims since comparable records began in 1976. Over the latest 20-year period from 2005-06 to 2024-25, the number of homicide victims in Scotland fell by 53% (or 51 victims) from 96 to … Continue reading Scotland’s homicide rate plummets by more than half in last 20 years, below Denmark and well below rUK, in wake of 18 years of reducing inequality, predicted by researchers but the story falls off BBC Scotland in only hours
To keep fleet young and reliable, CalMac scraps 40 year-old, younger or same age as 14 still in service in Canada’s milder seas
Professor John Robertson OBA BC Ferries, based in archipelago around Vancouver in Canada operates 41 ferries to 47 locations. CalMac operates 36 vessels with another 5 being built to 50 locations. In Scotland, CalMac operates in stormier seas but otherwise they are similar. Today, the MV Hebridean Isles, 40 years-old, is off to the breakers yard. CalMac are often accused in the media of operating elderly, unreliable, vessels so how many older or the same age than the MV Hebridean Isles are BC Ferries still running? Just these: 14 older than or the same age as the 40 year-old CalMac … Continue reading To keep fleet young and reliable, CalMac scraps 40 year-old, younger or same age as 14 still in service in Canada’s milder seas
BBC Scotland – forced to apologise 5 times in 2025, often ‘politically slanted against the SNP’ and shockingly outnumbering those from all other UK BBC regional/national offices combined!
Professor John Robertson OBA This is, for reasons of load, reliant almost entirely on Grog AI but I have checked it over and see no misunderstandings on its part. Critics of that must be asked what is wrong with the content or the sources? Recent Apologies by BBC Scotland for Inaccurate or Misleading ReportingBBC Scotland, like other BBC regional outlets, maintains a public corrections and clarifications page where it acknowledges errors in reporting. These often involve factual inaccuracies, misleading phrasing, or unchecked claims that can influence public perception, particularly on sensitive topics like politics, economics, and social issues. Based on … Continue reading BBC Scotland – forced to apologise 5 times in 2025, often ‘politically slanted against the SNP’ and shockingly outnumbering those from all other UK BBC regional/national offices combined!
Don’t be fooled – this is not a ‘grooming’ gang like those in England – no children, no children’s homes, no thousands of victims
Professor John Robertson OBA They, Scottish Labour and the MSM, would just love it if Scotland had one of those grooming gangs like the ones they have in England. That’s why they’re using the term for a gang that has little in common with the English ones and which, crucially, required a very different response. Here are key differences: This case, dubbed “Scotland’s Rochdale,” stemmed from Police Scotland’s Operation Recloir, which addressed intelligence on human trafficking and exploitation in Tayside. While it highlights serious issues of grooming and trafficking vulnerable young adults, claims involving children from care homes appear unsubstantiated … Continue reading Don’t be fooled – this is not a ‘grooming’ gang like those in England – no children, no children’s homes, no thousands of victims
Herald headlines shoddy TUC research suggesting only 1 job for every £1m in wind energy, instead of 5 peer-reviewed research papers showing up to 9 times as many
Professor John Roberson OBA The Herald once more sailing the putrid waters of disinformation on behalf of the trade unions they once despised, has the above outrageous claim based on research by the TUC. This is not snobbery but can we have something by trained impartial researchers on this? We already have? 5 of them? Even the Fraser of Allander? In 2023, 7.6 to 8.1 jobs per £1m GVA (Gross Valued Added).1 In 2020, in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol 119, 7-9 FTE jobs per £1m GVA.2 Also, in 2019, in Energy Economics, 5-15 temporary jobs,3 2016, in Renewable … Continue reading Herald headlines shoddy TUC research suggesting only 1 job for every £1m in wind energy, instead of 5 peer-reviewed research papers showing up to 9 times as many
BBC Scotland’s Lisa Summers faking a maternity crisis with Scottish Government blame, imaginary spikes, and not one recent failure as BBC England report 500 avoidable baby deaths yet no Government responsibility
Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland‘s insert in BBC Breakfast, no doubt in its Reporting Scotland episodes, to come three times today and its website have the above classic tabloid headline, and: Just a week before she was due to give birth, Jacqui Hunter was given the devastating news that her daughter had died in the womb. Less than 24 hours later, Jacqui was also dead. The 39-year-old had been told she would have to give birth to her stillborn daughter, who was called Olivia, and was given medication to bring on the labour. Within hours Jacqui was having intense … Continue reading BBC Scotland’s Lisa Summers faking a maternity crisis with Scottish Government blame, imaginary spikes, and not one recent failure as BBC England report 500 avoidable baby deaths yet no Government responsibility
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 