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When the protests outside Holyrood begin the same media will report upon them conveniently ignoring the fact that energy policies are all the responsibility of the UK government

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By Lis S BBC website headline 29 October after FM’s Q’s : “John Swinney bats away ‘yes or no’ answer on Rosebank oil field future” . So what about Andy Burnham the UK PM giving a “yes or no” answer to Rosebank oil field’s future, as it is he and his Labour UK government who will get to decide upon that , yes ? Surely it is the UK government who have been swithering on this and so then refusing to say what they will do ? So that being the case it is actually Burnham and his UK government … Continue reading When the protests outside Holyrood begin the same media will report upon them conveniently ignoring the fact that energy policies are all the responsibility of the UK government

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STV accuse Stephen Flynn of paving over storm drains in Largs five years earlier when he should have been in Westminster. Experts say such storms cannot be fully defended against

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Did the young STV reporter with the Ulster accent think she was speaking to a local councillor tonight in Largs when prompted by a chocolate shop owner, she accused Stephen Flynn, Transport Minister, personally and directly of having paved over storm drains. The shop owner, left, with her party leader: The resurfacing of the road outside the shop was resurfaced by Amey in 2021 with further work after more flooding in 2025. Might the flooding this time be due to the intensity of this storm? Yes — the intensity of Storm Boelo was almost certainly a major factor in the … Continue reading STV accuse Stephen Flynn of paving over storm drains in Largs five years earlier when he should have been in Westminster. Experts say such storms cannot be fully defended against

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This weekend’s storms seem to confirm that few Scottish homes will have to be abandoned as climate crisis reshapes UK’s flood risk

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In the Guardian 31 January 2026: ‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/31/climate-crisis-flood-risk-britain There’s only one mention of Scotland: But it is not just the south-west facing ever more floods as the climate crisis bites. Environment Agency data estimates 6.3m properties in England are at risk of flooding, rising to 8m by 2050, with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland also hit hard. Wow, impressive ‘hard-hitting’ research there…not. In the Guardian 14 October 2025, the above maps showing only two wee bits of Scotland with a 25% risk and the Highland and Borders … Continue reading This weekend’s storms seem to confirm that few Scottish homes will have to be abandoned as climate crisis reshapes UK’s flood risk

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Not even one one report of a flooded home for the second year in a row – I wonder why? Surely not Scottish Government investment in flood defences?

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BBC Scotland has not one report of a family flooded out of their home this morning, despite the severity of storms this last three days. A year ago, something similar happened: STV News, 14 December 2025: Scots homes ‘likely to be flooded’ as amber weather warning for ‘very heavy rain’ issued – The alert comes into effect from midnight on Sunday and remains in place until 11.59pm. The same hopeful claims were everywhere in Scotland’s media with the same optimism, on their part, we see when such NHS waiting times or drug deaths figures are anticipated. As of now (Sunday … Continue reading Not even one one report of a flooded home for the second year in a row – I wonder why? Surely not Scottish Government investment in flood defences?

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‘I believe that the UK (sic) is decades behind other countries’: Unlike in Scotland, UK Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires

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Typically the above expert on BBC Breakfast this morning knows nothing of Scotland. Scotland already has a published Strategic Action Plan for Wildfires (5 March 2026), produced with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS), land managers and the Scottish Wildfire Forum. More below. Above, a lightly-clad firefighter working in Dunwich heat next to a nuclear power station. In the Guardian today: The government quietly scrapped plans to prepare the countryside in England for wildfires, it has been revealed. This was despite new data showing fire crews do not have the proper protective gear to tackle them. This summer has … Continue reading ‘I believe that the UK (sic) is decades behind other countries’: Unlike in Scotland, UK Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires

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How the middle-class activists of Newton Mearns avoided Govan’s fate as Glasgow Labour’s new giant incinerator is built upwind of the QEUH and associated with congenital anomalies, infant death and miscarriage

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From Ends Waste & Bioenergy in January 2015: Plans to build the UK’s largest waste management complex [image at top] and energy-from-waste plant have come to an end, it has emerged. Lifetime Recycling Village Ltd, which had planned to build the £640m plant 12 kilometres south of Glasgow, was officially wound up in February, according to government records. Proposal to build the facility were first unveiled in 2010 by three waste and construction entrepreneurs. Its three gasification lines would have processed a total of 900,000 tonnes of waste per year – over 100,000t more than London’s Riverside, the UK’s largest … Continue reading How the middle-class activists of Newton Mearns avoided Govan’s fate as Glasgow Labour’s new giant incinerator is built upwind of the QEUH and associated with congenital anomalies, infant death and miscarriage

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It’s a giant incinerator just upwind of a giant hospital full of immuno-compromised patients – only in Labour Glasgow and too late for the SNP Government to stop

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From STV yesterday, the above and, in the whole report, zero mentions of the word ‘incinerator‘ as the launch by end 2026 looms. We had a lot to say about this last month: The massive incinerator, called the South Clyde Energy Centre, positioned deliberately directly upwind and a short distance from Glasgow’s biggest hospital. The above facility is, of course, an incinerator. Located directly upwind of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital to add to the current concerns regarding raw sewage ponds close to it. The new South Clyde Energy Centre due west of the QEUH to get the very most of the … Continue reading It’s a giant incinerator just upwind of a giant hospital full of immuno-compromised patients – only in Labour Glasgow and too late for the SNP Government to stop

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97% of Scotland’s housing free of penetrating damp and new legislation here covers private landlords who escape deadlines for action to protect children and the vulnerable in England

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if a tenant reports damp or mould. New legislation aims to hold those in the private and social sector accountable for carrying out necessary repairs within strict timescales. Awaab’s Law is named in memory of two-year-old Awaab Ishak who died of a severe respiratory condition caused by prolonged exposure to mould in his home in England. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcone This is the Scottish version of the law and crucially, unlike the English version covers most private tenants in addition to social tenants. Awaab’s Law itself does not bind private landlords in England, so they are outside fixed deadlines.  A private landlord does … Continue reading 97% of Scotland’s housing free of penetrating damp and new legislation here covers private landlords who escape deadlines for action to protect children and the vulnerable in England

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If England has ‘more than TWO MILLION homes at risk of flooding’ how many will Scotland have?

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In the Guardian today: More than two million people in England are unaware their properties are at risk of flooding, as the UK braces for a wet and stormy start to the winter, according to the Environment Agency. Experts say the next three months are more likely than usual to be wet and windy – due to a combination of large-scale weather patterns and the “subtle” impact of a supercharged El Niño – increasing the risk of flooding. However, the EA warned on Wednesday that people in a third of the six million properties most at risk of flooding are … Continue reading If England has ‘more than TWO MILLION homes at risk of flooding’ how many will Scotland have?

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Scotland has far far fewer homes at risk of flooding after 19 years of SNP leadership

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With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: 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 the Guardian yesterday: Houses can be built on floodplains even if they fail a crucial safety test, according to a high court judgment that will be of “immense interest” to developers across England and Wales. The ruling clears the way for a highly controversial development of 190 new homes on north Somerset’s floodplains, despite the site being in “flood zone 3a”, the highest level of flood risk before land … Continue reading Scotland has far far fewer homes at risk of flooding after 19 years of SNP leadership