The murderous reality of life in Scotland through BBC Scotland’s lens as homicides drop 90% in 20 years unnoticed
This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ I’m not saying they shouldn’t headline a murder. I am saying they should also also inform the public of the risk of being murdered especially as the latest figures from Police Scotland were released only yesterday: As you can see the homicide rate in Scotland has plummeted from 130 cases per year 20 years ago to just over 40 in the last year, a 70% decline. That is a staggering phenomenon, unknown globally and, I suspect, far more interesting to citizens than our drug deaths figures so … Continue reading The murderous reality of life in Scotland through BBC Scotland’s lens as homicides drop 90% in 20 years unnoticed
Climate change – SNP Scotland plants 20 times more trees than Labour Wales
This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ …about cuts to tree planting. Reporting Scotland this morning. Have you ever seen UK Government advisers headlined raising concerns about tree planting on the main new broadcasts? Me neither. Have you ever seen any context on Reporting Scotland’s coverage of tree-planting? This kind of thing? First, from State of Nature 2023: So, 8% of the population but 60% of the trees. Second, 8% of the UK population but 76% of the new tree planting. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://cdn.forestresearch.gov.uk/2022/09/Ch1_Woodland_2022.pdf Third, 20 times the tree-planting of Labour Wales: https://www.confor.org.uk/news/latest-news/scotland-leads-way-on-uk-tree-planting-but-misses-target What’s that saying about wood and trees? … Continue reading Climate change – SNP Scotland plants 20 times more trees than Labour Wales
Two Labour men who would not dare to ask Keir Starmer to copy this to take 5 million English kids out of poverty
This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ Today, from the Scottish Government but nowhere on BBC Scotland: Scottish Child Payment was helping the families of more than 327,000 children at the end of December last year, official statistics have shown. The £25-a-week payment helps families as part of a wider package of Scottish Government actions to tackle child poverty and support people during the cost of living crisis. The figures published today show more than 4,000 extra children were being supported since the previous quarter – the fourth consecutive rise. Scottish Child Payment launched … Continue reading Two Labour men who would not dare to ask Keir Starmer to copy this to take 5 million English kids out of poverty
Scottish education sees several signs of attainment gaps narrowing
This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ Absent, of course from MSM, several positive indicators of a narrowing gap between school leavers from the least and most deprived areas: This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ Continue reading Scottish education sees several signs of attainment gaps narrowing
New research reveals how Jeane Freeman saved thousands in Scottish care homes as others dithered
This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ The Herald today has: Mortality rates from Covid plunged among care home residents following the rollout of vaccinations, according to the first study to compare outbreaks across the initial three waves of the pandemic in Scotland. Academics from Glasgow and Edinburgh universities analysed data on infections and deaths recorded in care homes from March 2020 to October 2021. Ironically, in the middle of the report they have a link to: Jeane Freeman ‘I will always regret care home Covid deaths. Why ironic? Vaccines were rolled out in Scottish … Continue reading New research reveals how Jeane Freeman saved thousands in Scottish care homes as others dithered
Cancer waiting times far shorter in Scotland according to BBC UK Health Correspondent
This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ The Herald is front-paging an international study of the percentage who get radiotherapy or who get chemotherapy as if that was the only measure of success and with some average waiting times as opposed to the percentage treated within the target of 62 days. The above graph from BBC Health in November 2022, is clear. Far fewer wait too long in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK. By the end of 2023, the Scottish figure had worsened to 28% but in Wales it had risen to a … Continue reading Cancer waiting times far shorter in Scotland according to BBC UK Health Correspondent
Affordable housing completions in Scotland soar above rest of UK but Labour/Con/Lib Dem unholy coalition in Fife get on BBC Scotland with a different story
This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ As BBC Scotland delights today in the irony of the one housing officer, in Fife, who had to declare herself homeless after her private landlord decided to sell, their extended report has, of course, no context. Here is some. The above graph speaks for itself. Since the SNP came into power in 2007/2008, when Labour Scotland’s affordable housing completions were only just above those in Labour England, the Scottish level has climbed and stayed way above that in Con England and even further above that in Labour … Continue reading Affordable housing completions in Scotland soar above rest of UK but Labour/Con/Lib Dem unholy coalition in Fife get on BBC Scotland with a different story
Anti-social behaviour reported to Police Scotland plummets
This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ The total number of anti-social incidents reported to Police Scotland has fallen notably in the last two years. The reporting of anti-social incidents in England & Wales is significantly lower, around only half, than in Scotland. https://crimerate.co.uk/anti-social-behaviour#:~:text=During%202022%2C%20England%20%26%20Wales’s%20police,per%201%2C000%20people%20for%202021. This means? There’s more anti-social behaviour in Scotland? Scots are more sensitive to it? Scots know its worth reporting it because Police Scotland will respond to it? This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ Continue reading Anti-social behaviour reported to Police Scotland plummets
Scotland training far far more doctors than rest of UK
This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ Many thanks as, often before, to Dottie for alerting me to this. From the Guardian yesterday: Ministers have dramatically stalled plans to double the number of doctors being trained in England by 2031 in a move that has caused dismay across the NHS, as well in medical schools and universities, the Observer can reveal. In June last year, ministers backed a long-term plan to expand the NHS workforce and pledged, amid great fanfare, to “double medical school places by 2031 from 7,500 today to 15,000, with more medical school places in areas … Continue reading Scotland training far far more doctors than rest of UK
Labour Dame and oily journalist lie about ferry service
Facts: Arran? ‘Be aware’ warning only as core single vessel operating. Yesterday, 1 out of 8 cancelled but plenty spaces on the others. Barra? Barra Eriskay ‘Normal service’, Oban Barra ‘one of more sailings disrupted due to strong winds.’ Yesterday, all 3 Barra services at 100%. The Dame lies about this. Coll? ‘Due to an oil leak, the vessels port stabiliser has been temporarily taken out of operation. As a result, there are now limitations in place regarding the weather and sea states in which the vessel can safely operate and service is at risk of short notice disruption or … Continue reading Labour Dame and oily journalist lie about ferry service
