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Animal experimentation in Scotland – Ferret fact-finder plays same disgusting tabloid game adding up the numbers to get a big headline, using an exploitative tearful image of a dog breed never used and hiding the dramatic fall in the SNP era

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Professor John Robertson, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, University of the West of Scotland, to 2016. The Ferret, at times excellent then at others (author?) with a barely concealed Unionist agenda, is up to it again today with their piece on animal experiments. If you wanted to harm the reputation of the SNP in government, this is a good one for the Union, if the MSM pick it up: We now have a beautiful, rehomed, ‘failed’ gun dog. My ‘looming’ 5 feet 10 inches and deep male voice took her years to stop fearing. I’m really upset and angry as … Continue reading Animal experimentation in Scotland – Ferret fact-finder plays same disgusting tabloid game adding up the numbers to get a big headline, using an exploitative tearful image of a dog breed never used and hiding the dramatic fall in the SNP era

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Is there any evidence before the arrival of County Lines drug gangs from cities in England of such horrors and what can we do about them? Easy!

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Is there any evidence before the arrival of County Lines drug gangs in small-town Scotland from cities in England in the last ten years that Scottish drug gangs at street level pushing drugs, were involved in cuckooing the vulnerable, using child drug mules, using extreme violence, diversifying into sex trafficking and adopting the business model exploiting markets in smaller towns and even in villages, across all of Scotland? I can’t be fully trusted. I’m angry, deeply angry at how the media operating in Scotland hides the reality of this deadly invasion. Heavy, experienced and familiar with the prison system in … Continue reading Is there any evidence before the arrival of County Lines drug gangs from cities in England of such horrors and what can we do about them? Easy!

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From “If you don’t know, vote NO!” To becoming an author

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By Mark E. Saunders of “The Scottish Minuteman” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=61575625542197 Okay. Cards on the table. In 2014, I wasn’t some lifelong dyed-in-the-wool independence campaigner who had spent years on the streets criticising the Union. I was just one of millions who had ‘forever’ accepted the political status quo. That is, until one political slogan challenged me to think differently. “If you don’t know, vote no!” I suppose I could have shrugged my shoulders and accepted that as reasonable advice. Instead, I didn’t just take it on board. I took it as a challenge. If I don’t know, then I’ll find out. And that curiosity became … Continue reading From “If you don’t know, vote NO!” To becoming an author

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As police officers in England & Wales become ‘too exhausted’ Scotland has 23% more police officers to deal with 17% fewer crimes.

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Across BBC TV News and the tabloids including The Sun, today, the above and: FOUR out of every five cops are feeling stressed over workloads, a survey reveals today. And more than three-quarters of them say they are too exhausted to perform their duties properly. The rank-and-file Police Federation of England and Wales has declared a public health emergency in policing. Acting deputy national chairman Paul Williams will today tell its annual conference in London: “Policing is a service making its people sick. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/40768891/public-health-emergency-policing-stress-exhaustion/ Nothing from BBC Scotland yet but how do the figures compare. Do Scottish cops face as … Continue reading As police officers in England & Wales become ‘too exhausted’ Scotland has 23% more police officers to deal with 17% fewer crimes.

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Time for Scotland to wake up to the double standards, hypocrisy, propaganda and spin that we as a nation are subjected to

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By Liz S “Scotland’s drug deaths crisis IS a human rights scandal but it is also a fundamental consequence of our subjection still within a dying, dysfunctional but still dominant and brutal empire”. Indeed and as “consequences” it is yet another terrible legacy that the SNP have inherited but now they , the SNP, are getting all of the blame for what ? In them , the SNP to be seen as creating this crisis as a situation and so then being solely ineffective in solving it ? However talking of a “scandal” and those who seek to try to … Continue reading Time for Scotland to wake up to the double standards, hypocrisy, propaganda and spin that we as a nation are subjected to

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There has been a massive but unreported reduction in the number of children on the child protection register in Scotland and a widening gap with the other 3 nations despite the plague of English drug gangs using them as ‘mules’

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In the Herald, today, the above and: and: Nowhere in this report is the question ‘Why is there an increase?’ even considered never mind answered. The answer is in existing MSM reports: First, there is a huge surge in child exploitation – carrying drugs in body cavities and sexual abuse – by English county lines drug gangs in Scotland From Human Trafficking NRM referrals re county lines – 10yrs published by Police Scotland today, that ‘referrals made by Police Scotland to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) where county lines and suspected criminal exploitation was a factor‘ was: Under 16 year-olds … Continue reading There has been a massive but unreported reduction in the number of children on the child protection register in Scotland and a widening gap with the other 3 nations despite the plague of English drug gangs using them as ‘mules’

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BBC Scotland trumpet one of those rare ‘Scotland worse than England’ stories but they’re not the same in a key way they will have known of but hid from you

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to move has had her request for special measures turned down by Scotland’s exam body. Romi Loffler, who communicates by blinking, asked Qualifications Scotland if she could sit her Nat 5 history exam question at a time over weeks. It said no, despite exam boards in England making similar accommodations. Headlining on BBC Scotland’s insert in BBC Breakfast today, one of the latter’s common attempts to portray Scotland in a less favourable light than England. This time, it’s in the emotive context of disabled access to exams. It’s dishonest. First and less of a concern, the exam ‘boards‘ plural. Qualifications … Continue reading BBC Scotland trumpet one of those rare ‘Scotland worse than England’ stories but they’re not the same in a key way they will have known of but hid from you

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England looks like ‘Fly-tipping capital of Europe’ with only half the level of inspection in Scotland and far fewer inspectors

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On BBC Breakfast this morning and reported across their regional websites, England’s fly-tipping crisis returns to MSM. As recently as August this year, we had this kind of thing: On further investigation of the issue across the EU, England stands out for the volume and granularity of reported small-scale incidents and the public/media attention they receive but higher reported figures in England partly reflect better detection and reporting rather than uniquely worse behaviour. You cannot miss the obvious parallels with drug death figures in Scotland, better recorded to suggest it is the ‘drug death capital of Europe.’ That claim is … Continue reading England looks like ‘Fly-tipping capital of Europe’ with only half the level of inspection in Scotland and far fewer inspectors

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Public Health ‘disaster’ in England as hospital critical incidents run at 2 to 4 times the level in Scotland

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From BBC Scotland yesterday, the above and: Staff sickness was a major factor behind the critical incident declared by NHS Grampian last month, its chief executive has said. A board-level critical incident had been declared on Saturday 26 September, when A&Es at both Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) and Dr Gray’s in Elgin struggled to cope with demand. That was stood down on the Monday, and remained in place at hospital level at Dr Gray’s until the next day. NHS Grampian chief executive Laura Skaife-Knight told BBC Scotland News that staff sickness had been a “challenge”, and ensuring patient safety was … Continue reading Public Health ‘disaster’ in England as hospital critical incidents run at 2 to 4 times the level in Scotland

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Scotland produces far more food per head than England

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From June Agricultural Census 2026 published today: Results from the June Agricultural Census 2026 were published today and show that the number of cattle increased for the first time since 2021. In 2026, there were 1.67 million cattle, an increase of 0.7% compared with last year and 1.3% below the five-year average (2021 to 2025). Annual increases in male cattle, female beef cattle and calves offset a fall in female dairy cattle. The number of pigs also increased for the first time since 2022 to 327,700. This was 4.9% more than last year and 1.2% below the five-year average. Other … Continue reading Scotland produces far more food per head than England