Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 In an endless trail of tales of single shocking offences, BBC Scotland, fail in their duty to inform the public. There is nothing in the above headlining story of one monster and his victim, to do other than to give nightmares. Most revealing of where BBC Scotland now sits (in the gutter), not one other newspaper operating in Scotland has this story on its front page. ‘I was weeks from marrying a violent serial rapist – my loved ones saved my life?’ Did Police … Continue reading One more nightmare which only BBC Scotland headline and not one word to inform you of how Scotland is reducing violence against women and increasing rape convictions

the First Minister today. Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 BBC Scotland’s Reporting Scotland team’s wee insert in BBC Breakfast, several times today, returns to Scotland’s supposed knife murder crisis, exploiting another traumatised parent shamelessly to misrepresent this country. This is yet another of those reports, we’ve grouped together under the term ‘The Power of Nightmares.’ The most recent example was their ‘Welcome to Glasgow’ report. For our analysis, see: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/08/24/the-power-of-nightmares-the-real-reasons-why-the-bbc-made-that-glasgow-documentary/ Is there a fuller report at the website? When a story headlines Reporting Scotland but does not appear on … Continue reading The Power of Nightmares Episode 147 – ‘A [one] mother whose son was murdered in a knife attack’

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From BBC Tayside and Central today, the above and: Police Scotland has targeted a number of suspected brothels across Stirling and Falkirk as part of a national strategy to address prostitution and sexual exploitation. The BBC was given exclusive access to a raid and witnessed officers simultaneously entering a business and a flat where they carried out searches and seized items. Officers have also undertaken welfare visits to speak to people they believe are involved in prostitution, and … Continue reading Bitter thegither? Another plague courtesy of brutal gangs from England into small-town Scotland

By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS From STV today: Police in Scotland are being placed under “stress”, and public perception of them is changing due to officers in England such as the killer Wayne Couzens, the leader of the Scottish Police Federation has said. David Kennedy said claims by the force’s former chief constable that Police Scotland is institutionally racist and sexist also had a “negative impact” on officers. Mr Kennedy told a fringe event at the Scottish Labour conference that officers had the “relentless task” of dealing with the “constant barrage of issues” stemming from forces south … Continue reading Why Scottish police officers have good reason to be annoyed when lumped in with English forces scandals