This is Labour activist Sarah Chisnall presented tonight as a parent and member of a parent’s group but she is a long-time Labour activist with an agenda to criticise the SNP Government regardless. She says: I think we’ll only just about to hear in the next week or two, what the SQA have ‘come up with’ in conjunction with teachers to base the assessment on and really should we not have had that information available for them earlier than this because we knew that this lockdown was going to be fairly lengthy. She, of course, knows that the lockdown length … Continue reading Labour activist rentagob wheeled on by BBC Scotland to bad mouth SNP Government

In the Herald today: The hospitality industry has lambasted a new first-of-its kind study which casts doubt on whether bar owners can effectively prevent Covid-19 transmission after observing “risks” over conduct in Scots licensed premises last summer. The critical research carried out by the University of Stirling in May to August last year came after a team scrutinised what was going on in 29 bars across Scotland. The British Beer & Pub Association accused the researchers of ‘seeking only one outcome.’ Here’s what the University of Stirling researchers found: A new first-of-its-kind study has questioned whether pub operators can effectively and consistently prevent … Continue reading ‘Farce’ Trained researcher slams alcohol-fuelled amateurs

It’s a fantastic achievement. With only these facts to work on: A father and daughter who went into hotel quarantine in Scotland on Monday have been told they can leave after only one day, due to a loophole with their arrival. the Herald’s Senior Headline Editor, Jamie Ross(16) has turned these two wee fishes into a meal for thousands. ‘International travellers!‘ What, all of them? Thousands surely? No? Just the twa? I suppose it is better than the Sunday Post One: The judges were also impressed by the use of the Nicola photo because it was her, called to the airport, who told … Continue reading Herald takes 2021 Clickbait and misinformation awards with same headline!

The state broadcaster knowing intuitively when it’s too dangerous to bite the hand that funds it. We’ll see this all day, today. It’s essentially a lie to cover the failure of the UK Government strategy and implementation. Anyone reasonably ‘screwed-on’, notices when they manage the language in that way – ‘offered the vaccine‘ not actually ‘vaccinated‘ or ‘all eligible‘ not just ‘all.’ Sometimes in England, the offer was only to an eligible place: What are the facts? First, and perhaps explaining the introduction of the ‘offer‘, 13% or more than 7 million in England, are from BAME communities. Research published … Continue reading The ‘offer’ that can confuse

As predicted here, Scotland has now vaccinated a higher percentage of its population than England. After giving England a four week head-start by concentrating on just care homes while England only did some of those, at the same time as doing the slightly less vulnerable in mass centres, to get a head of the EU, Scotland took only two weeks to overtake. Now it seems supply shortages might hold Scotland back. Continue reading Scotland vaccinates more than England

From the Herald above and BBC Scotland below: Here’s the supposed ‘dismissal’: Asked whether travellers bound for Scotland but arriving in England would be quarantined, Boris Johnson’s spokesman said: “If travellers arrive in England from a red-list country and wish to continue to Scotland, they will first need to complete 10 days in managed quarantine in England. “If a traveller arrives in England from an amber-list country and wishes to continue to Scotland, they will be able to do so but will then fall under Scottish quarantine rules on entry.” Asked if the UK Government accepted there was a “loophole” … Continue reading My mum dismisses Herald journalism

New Secretary General of the Nordic Council appointed – and how friendly relations between neighbouring independent nation states work when scare-mongering is set aside and trust is established! By stewartb Talk of independence for Scotland often comes round quickly to Unionists making dire predictions for the nature of the land border between Scotland and whatever the nation state to the south ends up being called. Border posts and passport checks; restrictions on cross-border commuting for those living in border areas; bad consequences for cross-border trade in goods: these and other fears are promoted time after time in case making for … Continue reading We can still be friends across the border

We’ve had to sort this Scotsman header and report in the light of its tendency to come at things from the right. All the facts are there but they’ve put them in the wrong order. Here’s the bit they should have put first: Just one in five (21 per cent) say it is going badly, with 15 per cent saying quite badly and 6 per cent saying it is going very badly. It is estimated that around 21% of Scots can vote Tory, 15% probably will and 6% have serious problems with one or other sense even the ability to … Continue reading Scotsman reveals 6% of Scottish Tory voters don’t even feel wee pricks

Wait, Scotland’s Quarantine system is ‘well-managed?’ Professor Bauld on BBC Scotland this morning at 06:27am, cannot be serious. Hasn’t she read the newspapers? Doesn’t she know it’s a shambles? And that ‘loophole’, what about that, Prof? Eh? Wait, what’s this? You can hear their regular letter writers: ‘Undermined by system in England?’ She said the E word! Don’t encourage the nats! Stone her! There’s a new editor at the Scotsman. Will he try to save them? Has he dumped McLellan, Wilson and Monteith? Has Gina Davidson switched? And, on that loophole whereby some folk get past the soft English system … Continue reading Leading academic contradicts airport boss and every single reporter

They’ve been saying this ‘recently’ thing for some time now. It’s kind of stupid to keep saying it, know what I mean. If it was recently a while ago, it can’t really really be recently any more can it? Unless, you don’t want it to seem more established. See this: See that blue line representing Scotland? On February 1st, it picked up, after the care home folk had all been ‘done.’ See how it has climbed far faster than all of the other nations, for 14 days, two weeks now? Is it still recent? And, see how it’s far higher … Continue reading Not just ‘Recently’ Reporting Scotland’s language is ‘choice’