Infected blood scandal – The mob who supposedly ‘report’ political news within Scotland are not exactly the same calibre of the Washington Post’s Carl Bernstein or Bob Woodward

By Liz S People in Scotland need to realise that these UK political parties, whenever they achieve any power, they then have a tendency to hold the ‘purse strings very very tightly’ ……….to such an extent that they rarely want to open that public purse to provide , not just any compensation, but appropriate compensation to those negatively impacted …… As in impacted not through their own actions but through either a negligence of the UK State, or via an action taken by a part of the establishment that represents the UK State or a bad decision directly taken by the UK State. Newsnight on BBC2 once had , as guests, the “victims and campaigners seeking … Continue reading Infected blood scandal – The mob who supposedly ‘report’ political news within Scotland are not exactly the same calibre of the Washington Post’s Carl Bernstein or Bob Woodward

How Jim Murphy has made millions in Starmer era from his ‘lobbying behemoth’

By Liz S Long comment but really crucial as something that really exposes the sheer hypocrisy and blatant double standards applied by the Labour party…and also those individuals still connected to them. You know most people in Scotland, and elsewhere, may not realise that one of the biggest political losers in Scottish politics and also a very unpopular Labour leader in Scotland , Jim Murphy , has apparently now been ‘winning’ since ‘losing’ Labour a majority of their Labour MP’s in the 2015 UK GE………where he lost Labour 40 MP’s in Scotland out of total of 41….which included him losing in his own constituency. Yesterday , The Times newspaper did a piece on him … Continue reading How Jim Murphy has made millions in Starmer era from his ‘lobbying behemoth’

PM Starmer still confuses references to the place over which he governs

stewartb Labour List published the transcript of Keir Starmer’s speech at the recent British Labour Party conference. (see https://labourlist.org/2025/09/labour-conference-2025-keir-starmer-speech-in-full/ ) Despite the best efforts (?) of his speech writers, PM Starmer still confuses references to the place over which he governs. Here are some extracts from the speech, with my comments. ‘It is a great country… It will always be a great country… ………… That’s the Britain I’m fighting for, conference… A nation of resolve… A land of respect… A Britain built for all.’ – we start here with ‘Britain’ being a single country AND a single nation. ‘That’s the most important aspect of … Continue reading PM Starmer still confuses references to the place over which he governs

‘Proud’ Englishman’s attempt to patronise Scots is embarrassing afterthought

By Liz S On the BBC website Scottish Politics page. Starmer expresses pride in saltire as he vows UK ‘renewal’ Well actually the content of this article specifies that he , in his conference speech, stated “”I’m not just proud of the union jack and the cross of St George, I’m also proud of the saltire, proud of the red dragon, proud of our union.” So not just noting “pride” in the Saltire then….and also what Union is it that he is referring to ? Also if he is so “proud” of the Saltire then why is it that he only produces a video every year on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) on St George’s day and declares what he thinks it means … Continue reading ‘Proud’ Englishman’s attempt to patronise Scots is embarrassing afterthought

NO ONE anywhere should be reviled , hated or indeed killed just because of their religion or their beliefs

By Liz S Post the attacks on the synagogue yesterday……. “Sir Keir Starmer has promised to do “everything” in his power to protect Jewish people as he said Britain must defeat antisemitic hate“…… However what is Starmer doing to “protect Muslim people within his Britain” as surely “Britain” must also “defeat Islamophobia hate” as well ? He also said that “hatred against Jews is rising once again” but surely he also recognises the same is applicable “against Muslims”….. Let’s be honest here…. much of that hatred against Muslims stems from the language being used by people like Starmer, also other politicians (including pretend ones … Continue reading NO ONE anywhere should be reviled , hated or indeed killed just because of their religion or their beliefs

Scotland is already energy secure but obviously England is not…. hence why these

By Liz S Ed Milliband decided Zonal pricing was a big ……no go………as apparently it would have benefitted Scotland……..as this would have meant our energy prices in Scotland would have been lower than places in England……. and that, for Labour HQ, was a big no no. (However it was a big fat YES YES to Scotland supplying England with electricity via large sub sea cables…..which was promoted as “”electricity superhighways” to transport renewable energy from Scotland to England, (which was promoted as ) “increasing the UK’s energy security and helping to meet net-zero targets”…..) “UK’s energy security” ?………really ? (Scotland is already energy secure but obviously England is not…. hence why these … Continue reading Scotland is already energy secure but obviously England is not…. hence why these

UK Government only able to save private companies in England

With only 2 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 By Liz S Anas Sarwar declared this year that the UK government were unable to help Grangemouth Refinery as it was a “private company” . Now we hear that the “private company” that is Jaguar Land Rover is to be given “UK government assistance” as now it is being reported that: The UK ” Government to guarantee £1.5bn JLR loan after cyber shutdown”………..”in a bid to support its suppliers as a cyber-attack continues to … Continue reading UK Government only able to save private companies in England

Your time is almost up Starmer

With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – John Robertson, Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 By Liz S Talking of Labour….this is a very long comment and it includes text from an article written by Peter Oborne……and it paints Labour in a very bad light….because of Morgan McSweeney and Keir Starmer….but let’s not forget all of the Labour MP’s who have supported both of them in public…..and have passed many of the bad bills that impact the “many” while leaving the … Continue reading Your time is almost up Starmer

Labour’s favourite union and funder, the GMB, where bullying, misogyny, cronyism, and sexism is rife but BBC Scotland don’t want you to hear of it

Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 By Liz S If they, the BBC, want to join in what should really be a “media feeding frenzy” then they should also report on, via their BBC website, the news that SKY News have been reporting upon……after what they, Sky News, say has been a “two year investigation”. On what ? On the Labour supporting Trade Union GMB. For what ? “Allegations of bullying and harassment inside one of the UK’s biggest … Continue reading Labour’s favourite union and funder, the GMB, where bullying, misogyny, cronyism, and sexism is rife but BBC Scotland don’t want you to hear of it

Vote Labour and get………“Catastrophe” , “fiascos” and “Scandals” going back for years

Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 By Liz S “Do you ever get fed up with me reporting how after 18 years without LabCons just about every public service in Scotland has been protected by the SNP”? No. Why would we ? However I , and I am sure also others, do get extremely “fed up with” much of the media in Scotland and also Labour UK and too their branch office in Scotland promoting how they regard … Continue reading Vote Labour and get………“Catastrophe” , “fiascos” and “Scandals” going back for years