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BBC Scotland comparing the Scottish NHS with the rest of the UK but no mention of English strikes

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By Liz S Talking of hiding things from the public……. The experts, that is the BBC, are the ones who are adept in that type of behaviour, in their quest to publish, transmit and broadcast all and any #SNPBAD news. MSM Monitor posted this below as an astute observation re the BBC supposed NHS comparisons today: “BBC Scotland is comparing the Scottish NHS with the rest of the UK. No mention of English strikes. No mention that corridor care is lowest in Scotland No mention of Scotland having highest NHS satisfaction. No mention of multiple English critical incidents this winter … Continue reading BBC Scotland comparing the Scottish NHS with the rest of the UK but no mention of English strikes

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Dear George (Monbiot), here’s why ‘this country’ is not a dump’

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George Monbiot in the Guardian today: This country’s a dump. I don’t mean that metaphorically. I mean it literally. From the point of view of criminal waste gangs, it is one big potential landfill. The chances of being caught range between minimal and nonexistent, and the penalties are mostly laughable. Successive governments have given criminals a licence to print money. Last week, the Commons public accounts committee reported that illegal waste dumping is “out of control”. The UK is now blighted with between 8,000 and 13,000 illegal waste sites. Most consist of a few lorry loads. Some contain tens of thousands of tonnes of waste, which … Continue reading Dear George (Monbiot), here’s why ‘this country’ is not a dump’

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A Guardian picture tells a story of Scotland’s place even amongst England’s liberal elite

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See those Ivory Coast players in orange, very bottom left in the (just) ‘More sport’ afterthought section? That’s the report of Scotland’s 1 nil defeat last night, right at the bottom. I read the Guardian all the time but won’t pay until they change their editorial policy to oppose Scottish independence at the same time as not opposing any other country’s departure from the brutal empire they apparently now regret. I wrote this on February 19 February 2026, six weeks ago. Not even an acknowledgement far less a response. Katherine Viner, Editor, the Guardian, katharine.viner@guardian.co.uk Dear Katharine I’d really like … Continue reading A Guardian picture tells a story of Scotland’s place even amongst England’s liberal elite

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Scotland’s own global celebrity drug baron is not your main concern

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The media operating in Scotland have loved Scotland getting to this ‘world-cup’ of global celebrity drug barons ‘masterminding hits’ on other global celebrity drug barons and the associated relatively minor collateral violence back home in Scotland. As that peaked in the summer of 2025, the Telegraph had: A wave of violence The flames have been there for all to see. Over six weeks in March and April, there were more than a dozen arson attacks in the two cities, with cars, homes, garages and businesses set alight. In other incidents, shots have been fired and two people, a pensioner and a 12-year-old boy, seriously … Continue reading Scotland’s own global celebrity drug baron is not your main concern

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BBC Scotland admit County Lines drug gangs are another plague from England but try to contain it in the Highlands

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Charity workers have raised concern about the number of vulnerable youngsters in the Highlands being targeted big city drug dealers from England. Barnardo’s staff say they’re being exploited and threatened by County Lines drug gangs in Inverness. The charity runs the Anchor project in the City, which is trying to help tackle the problem. Police reckon 12 organised crime groups are operating in the Highland capital. BBC Scotland, in their BBC breakfast insert this morning, with a second only explicit mention of where the County Lines drug gangs are from. I must say, I’m puzzled by this openness after 7 … Continue reading BBC Scotland admit County Lines drug gangs are another plague from England but try to contain it in the Highlands

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The Glasgow waste depot workers strike, Anas Sarwar and Holyrood Election 2026 – GMB won’t eat with rats but will work with them to save their ‘Marriage made in Hiroshima and Chernobyl’

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Nicely timed for the next Scottish election, the GMB staff at the Polmadie waste recycling centre in Glasgow have been called out by their Labour-affiliated leaders. They did the same thing, again in alliance with the city’s rats, furry and Labour versions, in October 2021 to try to undermine the SNP Council and SNP Government: Cleansing staff in Glasgow have confirmed they will strike for a week during the COP26 climate summit. Members of the GMB union voted to strike last week and gave local authority body Cosla until Monday to table an improved pay offer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-58961077 The GMB has … Continue reading The Glasgow waste depot workers strike, Anas Sarwar and Holyrood Election 2026 – GMB won’t eat with rats but will work with them to save their ‘Marriage made in Hiroshima and Chernobyl’

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Labour Government now actively sabotaging Scotland with hypocritical concerns about spying wind turbines in Ardesier in Scotland which are 300 times further away from Westminster than the approved redacted rooms in the new China embassy

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Ardesier is 447 miles from Westminster while the new Chinese embassy will be only 1.5. Thanks to Arty Hetty for sharing this: From Renewables Now today:: The UK government has blocked Chinese wind turbine maker Mingyang Smart Energy Group Ltd (SHA:601615) from developing a GBP-1.5-billion (USD 2bn/EUR 1.73bn) manufacturing hub in the Scottish Highlands, citing national security concerns. The decision suspends plans that were first unveiled in late 2025. The initiative was described as the largest and first fully integrated facility of its kind in the UK. The factory was supposed to be making turbines for offshore and floating wind projects. … Continue reading Labour Government now actively sabotaging Scotland with hypocritical concerns about spying wind turbines in Ardesier in Scotland which are 300 times further away from Westminster than the approved redacted rooms in the new China embassy

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Citizens Theatre revamp only made possible by SNP Government’s £17.5 million and SNP Council’s £2 million

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BBC Scotland this morning reporting the Citizens Theatre revamp funds being made available last minute but with no time, it seems, to tell you who from. The Herald, also, making you work to find out, with: If YOU have the time, you can find, in the Herald report: The Scottish Government has signed off another multi-million pound bail-out for Glasgow’s 148-year-old Citizens Theatre to help meet the final costs of its long-delayed revamp. Ministers have approved another £3.5 million for the refurbishment, which reopened to the public last August after a seven-year closure, despite the project receiving an additional £8m from the government and … Continue reading Citizens Theatre revamp only made possible by SNP Government’s £17.5 million and SNP Council’s £2 million

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BBC Reporting Scotland Down, todays latest lie – Prisons inspector did not say ‘urgent’ actions needed in a system already 53% better staffed

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facing people being held in young offender institutions. BBC Reporting Scotland in their BBC Breakfast inserts, today, repeatedly. What are the risks of? Suicide. What is the evidence? Two suicides in 2018. ‘Urgent action‘ still required after 8 years? No, the full BBC Scotland website report does not feature the word ‘urgent‘ at all. The Reporting Scotland Down editor has agreed that for effect – misrepresentation. What does the full BBC Scotland online report head off with? Inspectors find partial progress after young inmate suicides at Polmont – A follow-up inspection of a young offenders institution, ordered after the suicides … Continue reading BBC Reporting Scotland Down, todays latest lie – Prisons inspector did not say ‘urgent’ actions needed in a system already 53% better staffed

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How Scotland’s schools have played the major role in keeping thousands of pupils safe and making sure County Lines gangs membership is an England-only phenomenon

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In the Sunday Times today, the above video, and: The UK’s county lines networks have evolved into a sophisticated business model that thrives on the exploitation of the young. David Collins, Northern Editor of The Sunday Times, and David Woode, Crime Editor of The Times, go inside a police disruption unit in North Yorkshire to witness high-stakes raids targeting the “line holders” who pull the strings from a single mobile phone. Beyond the arrests, they uncover a disturbing tactical shift where gangs use the Modern Slavery Act as a legal shield for their recruits. It is a portrait of a … Continue reading How Scotland’s schools have played the major role in keeping thousands of pupils safe and making sure County Lines gangs membership is an England-only phenomenon