BBC Wales once more revealing it’s adherence to journalistic standards long lost in Scotland, above, with a story full of praise for what the SNP in government in Scotland has achieved. Did they ask their colleagues in Scotland for help with compiling this evidence? Don’t be daft. Here’s BBC Scotland today with three SNP ‘crisis’ stories instead. There’s a long history of BBC Wales outclassing BBC Scotland. See: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=BBC+Wales Continue reading Could BBC Scotland cut the crap by copying BBC Wales?

Professor John Robertson (2000BCE) of the SNP has been revealed as a bloody vampire after years of bold investigations by BBC Disclosure led to the leaking of WhatsApp messages, with images of the perverted prof sinking his fangs into the necks of young SNP workers, at a party for the troubled ferry operator CalMac, last night. Labour’s Jackie Baillie has angrily called on the First Minister to investigate the extent of this cult within the SNP. The Cons GP Shadow Health Secretary, Sandesh Gulhane, was not available for comment after fainting when he heard the report. He can’t stand the … Continue reading SNP blood lust cult exposed in leaked WhatsApp messages as perv prof who criticised us bites victim before journey on troubled ferry

TuS stats from yesterday surprised the editor with Channel Islanders ‘furious’ as brand new Dutch-built ‘troubled’ ferry, repaired in Spain but pulled after only three days top story with readers. Why? Folk are always telling me to give up on ferries, that I’m getting addicted to them and that no one is that interested any more. The stats for the year confirm that view, with no ferry stories at the top: So, what was it about that headline? Let me know. And, for any ferry addicts out there, we have more much more at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=ferr All aboard! Continue reading Editor shocked as ferries are favourite with readers!

By stewartb Positive findings on Scotland’s response to Ukrainians seeking refuge as National Audit Office reveals big differences in numbers hosted across the UKThe National Audit Office (NAO) has recently (17 October 2023) published an ’Investigation into the Homes for Ukraine scheme’. See https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/investigation-into-the-homes-for-ukraine-scheme.pdf Established in March 2022 by the Home Office and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC), this was by far the largest UK initiative to enable the hosting of Ukrainian nationals seeking refuge from war in their country. You may recall that in addition to individuals being able to ‘sponsor’ Ukrainians to come to … Continue reading Scotland takes in nearly 5 times as many Ukrainian refugees

From Alasdair Galloway Another thought Tonight on Question Time from Bradford, the point was made by an, I would guess Muslim, member of the audience that the Labour Party was in “meltdown” (I think was the word used). Evidence for this is all around us. Open Democracy (link below) reports this morning that over 250 Muslim Labour councillors have demanded Keir Starmer call for a ceasefire in Gaza, joining dozens of MPs in doing so. A letter from the Labour Muslim Network reads: “As Labour councillors elected to serve our constituents, the message we have been hearing repeatedly over the … Continue reading Labour in meltdown

Reading today Sunak ‘highly unlikely’ to meet promise to cut NHS waiting lists, warn health leaders and predictions that England’s waiting list will soar to 8 million next year, from the 7.6 million in the above graphs, I had a wee look around and found that in an August 2023 Guardian article I’d missed and ‘our’ media had ignored. In that report we see also: “There are many differences across the devolved nations which might be relevant here, notably an older population in Scotland and Wales with more deprivation; higher nurse staffing and higher spending in both Scotland and Wales; and more … Continue reading Factcheck: Scotland’s waiting lists significantly lower than in England, less than half that in Labour Wales and just over a quarter of that in Northern Ireland

From ITVx today: Condor Ferries‘ new cross-channel ship, the Islander, is out of service due to technical problems just three days after its first passenger sailing. The ferry arrived in Guernsey from the UK on Sunday 22 October on its maiden passenger sailing. It wasn’t able to continue on to Jersey and returned to Portsmouth instead. It’s understood an issue with the ship’s bow thrusters led to sailings between Thursday 26 October and Thursday 2 November being cancelled. The 125m long conventional ferry was bought with the help of a £26 million loan from the States of Guernsey. When approached by ITV News, a spokesperson for Condor Ferries declined to … Continue reading Channel Islanders ‘furious’ as brand new Dutch-built ‘troubled’ ferry, repaired in Spain but pulled after only three days

There was a time trade union surveys would be ignored by the media but today, only in Scotland, they are food and drink for ‘our’ unscrupulous reporters making their daily contribution to the cause of fooling the old and vulnerable and keeping them in the NO camp. Today, Martin Williams of the Herald, Scotland’s 2nd Best Ferry Correspondent, has: One in three firefighters consider quitting in ‘decade of neglect’ The evidence? ‘A survey of 1 500 staff’. Does that mean 1 500 responded or they asked 1 500 of the total 3 500? Martin doesn’t tell us that. If a … Continue reading Fewer than 1 in 5 firefighters think they might leave, maybe, sometime

….have been deleted. The Times newspaper reports that National Clinical Director Jason Leitch’s messages cannot be handed over to official inquiries because he deleted them every day. It means there were none when a ‘do not destroy’ notice was issued [in 2022]. ‘Scotland’s’ media are already underway with a no-doubt uncoordinated but culturally-disposed trend whereby the content of messaging and emails is used to associate even ‘accuse’ the SNP Government with/for any supposed failures in pandemic management. They will do this regardless of the factual evidence of better performance – fewer deaths – here than elsewhere in the UK. Today, … Continue reading UK Government told ministers to set all WhatsApp messaging to instant delete