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As another private care home is exposed how we disclosed Anas Sarwar backing a ‘care home cash cow’ milking the tax-payer

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From BBC Scotland yesterday, the above and: A care home in North Ayrshire could be forced to close unless it drastically improves by the end of November. Shalom Nursing Home in Irvine has been issued with an improvement notice by the Care Inspectorate watchdog, which said there were significant concerns over the quality of care at the home. A report in August rated the care home, which looks after up to 46 people, as being weak in wellbeing support, leadership and care planning. The Care Inspectorate stated in a letter to owner ZAAM CARE (Irvine) Limited that unless “there is … Continue reading As another private care home is exposed how we disclosed Anas Sarwar backing a ‘care home cash cow’ milking the tax-payer

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Daily Record desperately predicts fireworks violence again despite ‘no reports of any injuries to officers or other emergency services personnel’ last year and calls down 37%

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Notably, unlike in October 2025 (below), BBC Scotland is not attempting to scare us with a similar damp squib but the Record is. Here’s why: On 6 November 2025: Police say there was a “notable” reduction in Bonfire Night disorder with the number of calls received down by 37% across Scotland. Between 31 October and 5 November, 833 calls needed a local or specialist response, almost 500 fewer than last year. A major police operation took place at known Bonfire Night trouble-spots across the country in an attempt to avoid a repeat of disorder seen in previous years. Police said … Continue reading Daily Record desperately predicts fireworks violence again despite ‘no reports of any injuries to officers or other emergency services personnel’ last year and calls down 37%

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Scotland has twice as many ‘probation officers’

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After several decades in journalism, the daughter of a history prof, remains fully Anglocentric, writing once more to conflate England’s woes with Scotland today. She only once reveals that this is all about England & Wales (poor things) in the very last paragraph. Her main concern, highlighted in the headline, is: Today it’s the probation officers, whose conference in Newcastle is launching a ballot for industrial action. Their caseloads overflowed long ago, but now thousands of prisoners released early – 2,000 this month – have been thrust upon them. The responsibility is overwhelming, with officers blamed for crimes their clients … Continue reading Scotland has twice as many ‘probation officers’

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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

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From Third Force yesterday, the above, and: The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chair has challenged ministers over their response to the continuing drugs’ death toll, insisting the loss of life is neither acceptable nor inevitable. Professor Angela O’Hagan’s intervention follows figures showing 1,133 people died from drugs in Scotland during 2025 – an increase of 116 on the previous year and the sixth-highest annual total on record. The figures expose a devastating divide between Scotland’s richest and poorest communities, with people living in the most deprived areas 15 times more likely to die from drugs than those in the … Continue reading 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

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Sadly the Herald is not the only media outlet where failures, even war criminals, are kept on

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I’ve sworn off and of Kev many times then find myself angrily coming back for more. WTF is he talking about now? This is clearly a case for AI. I have better things to do, like wipe my……………. Here you are, 34 seconds of Grok: Are there prominent demonstrably failed political figures in the UK or beyond who are then or later rewarded? Yes. There are multiple prominent examples in the UK (and a similar pattern elsewhere) of political figures linked to clear, measurable failures—election defeats, policy disasters with documented economic or institutional harm, scandals, or inquiries finding serious shortcomings—who … Continue reading Sadly the Herald is not the only media outlet where failures, even war criminals, are kept on

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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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Half the recorded rape offence rate but more funding in Scotland – THE News?

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because of a funding shortage. Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis has launched an urgent appeal to raise more money in the next four weeks. It comes amid a series of protests about cuts to similar services across the country when the number of sexual crimes recorded here reached its highest since the 1970s. BBC Scotland leading off today, as often before, with a story not fully worked out on its webpage so we cannot check its accuracy and sources. There is, of course, no rape story across the other BBC broadcasts or websites, despite higher rape offences reported in each … Continue reading Half the recorded rape offence rate but more funding in Scotland – THE News?

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Has any country ever becoming independent of the UK or British Empire ever needed to explain how it would be able to pay pensions?

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Has any country ever becoming independent of the UK or British Empire ever needed to explain how it would be able to pay pensions? No. There is no historical precedent of a country becoming independent from the UK or British Empire being required to publicly explain, in detail, how it would fund pensions for its own population as a condition of independence. What actually happened in practice Public officers / colonial service pensions: Independence negotiations routinely included Public Officers Agreements (or equivalent). The new government typically assumed liability for the pensions of British and local civil servants who had worked … Continue reading Has any country ever becoming independent of the UK or British Empire ever needed to explain how it would be able to pay pensions?

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Lord Union Jack dreaming of Lord Palmerston and putting Britain First

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By Liz S Labour peer Lord McConnell is speaking at this year’s Battle of Ideas Festival on the following : “Should we put Britain first ? The ‘National interest’ question” When you click on this subject these are some of the things that are noted: “The term ‘national interest’ has re-entered political conversation. Immigration, energy security, national defence and protecting domestic industries are recurring popular concerns. A survey by More in Common found 63 per cent of Britons now support a ‘Britain First’ approach” “Britain First” ? Is that not the name of the ‘party’ that is described as being … Continue reading Lord Union Jack dreaming of Lord Palmerston and putting Britain First

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‘England’s Atrocity’ hanging petty thieves and children – Scotland historically applied the death penalty far less often than England, pro rata half as many in the 20th Century, but Mark Smith of the Glasgow Herald knows SFA of that

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Mark Smith, today, once more revealing his little knowledge of Scotland, tries to drag us into the wider world of state brutality, as the US plans a public execution by firing squad, with ill-researched work on the history of capital punishment in Scotland and in the wider UK. He quickly tells us of Scotland’s last hanging in 1963: but ignores this key information: Scotland historically applied the death penalty far less often than England, mainly because of differences in legal tradition after the 1707 Act of Union. Scotland kept its own courts, criminal procedure, and much of its substantive law … Continue reading ‘England’s Atrocity’ hanging petty thieves and children – Scotland historically applied the death penalty far less often than England, pro rata half as many in the 20th Century, but Mark Smith of the Glasgow Herald knows SFA of that