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Six years later, The Times catches up with our observation that YouGov has been ‘gaslighting’ us for years

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In December 2020, six years ago, I noted YouGov polls reporting small Yes leads of 1 and 5% while all around were reporting on average a 7.5% lead. https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2020/12/03/dont-fear-the-next-yougov-poll-on-indepedence/ I wrote: It’s all down to their sampling bias. and suggested this might be a factor in preferring that sampling bias over those six years: YouGov was founded in the UK in May 2000 by Stephan Shakespeare and future MP Nadhim Zahawi (above) at the time both active in the British Conservative Party. In 2001 they engaged BBC political analyst Peter Kellner, who became chairman, and then from 2007–2016, President. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouGov#:~:text=YouGov%20was%20founded%20in%20the,from%202007%E2%80%932016%2C%20President … Continue reading Six years later, The Times catches up with our observation that YouGov has been ‘gaslighting’ us for years

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Have the Scottish Labour MPs joined the campaign against the ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contracts, rejected now as inferior by many in NHS England, and which the SNP already rejected two years ago?

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In the Guardian today: NHS organisations that care for millions of people in England are rejecting Palantir’s patient data technology, according to freedom of information responses that reveal health bosses believe they can find better or equal alternatives in many cases. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/17/palantir-patient-data-tech-rejected-by-many-nhs-trusts-in-england In the Guardian in April 2026: MPs have queued up to demand the government scraps its £330m NHS contract with the spy-tech company Palantir, calling it “dreadful” and “shameful” in a debate on Thursday, after which the government said it was “no fan” of the US company’s politics. Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs led the calls for Palantir, … Continue reading Have the Scottish Labour MPs joined the campaign against the ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contracts, rejected now as inferior by many in NHS England, and which the SNP already rejected two years ago?

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YouGov’s naked bias still using the thousands who have passed since the 2014 to make you think No could still win

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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 There’s a pattern there, above. YouGov don’t seem to find any Yes leads and a massive 10% No lead, in the most recent polling. I’ll come back to Ipsos. Take these out and we’ve have some of the kind of settled will evidence the new PM seems to need. It’s not just the last three YouGov polls, going back years they almost never get a Yes lead. YouGov is of course, Tory-owned. So how might they be doing this. Have a look at the … Continue reading YouGov’s naked bias still using the thousands who have passed since the 2014 to make you think No could still win

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Brian Leishman’s very shiny brass neck doesn’t blind us

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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 By Liz S Yesterday, Brian Leishman, accused Neil Gray of promoting a “pack of lies.” Surely we (and he himself) needs to remember that he, Leishman, together with Anas Sarwar, once promoted a “pack of lies” on behalf of the Labour party. In 2024 he, together with Anas Sarwar, assured Scotland and the constituency of Grangemouth that Labour would save jobs ay Grangemouth Oil refinery. On 27 June 2024 in his campaign for the UK GE he posted this on ‘X’: “Only @ScottishLabour has … Continue reading Brian Leishman’s very shiny brass neck doesn’t blind us

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The BBC in Scotland platform ‘experts’ who all have a rabid #SNPBAD angle in their opinions

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By Liz S 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 The BBC in Scotland platform those (same) ‘experts’ who are to be assumed to be neutral , but as experts , they all somehow always seem to have a rabid #SNPBAD angle in their opinions . So then with many of these guests being presented as politically ‘neutral’ you then find that after you do just a wee bit of research, or you already know who they are, it is clearly obvious and so then firmly established that they have an affiliation with some opposition political party to … Continue reading The BBC in Scotland platform ‘experts’ who all have a rabid #SNPBAD angle in their opinions

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Jackie Baillie’s hypocrisy as Keir Starmer spends £60 130 of taxpayer money on a private jet trip to watch the Leopardesses 

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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 By Liz S Jackie Baillie posted this on X on 20 August (based on a BBC article that had a headline “John Swinney defends £45,000 business-class flights to World Cup”). “Such luxury in a cost-of-living crisis is not the lived experience of most Scots. Perhaps the FM should have considered the expectations of taxpayers before spending our money. It’s not the first time the SNP have been cavalier with the company card”. Meanwhile I am sure that the same Jackie Baillie was not so ‘concerned’ at these stories: “Sir … Continue reading Jackie Baillie’s hypocrisy as Keir Starmer spends £60 130 of taxpayer money on a private jet trip to watch the Leopardesses 

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Lucy Whyte didn’t appear to know that freezing the cost of supermarket staples was a Scottish Labour manifesto pledge

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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 By Liz S As Jackie Baillie was interviewed by the BBC radio in Scotland in a softly softly interview that was mostly, as per, an opportunity for her to have yet another public platform to scream #SNPBAD via the BBC in Scotland. Yet here is what I found online in the ‘Scottish’ Labour manifesto for the 2026 Scottish elections. 30 April 2026 “100 Days of Change” This was on the ‘Scottish’ Labour website: “If international instability continues, deliver £100 million of emergency support including … Continue reading Lucy Whyte didn’t appear to know that freezing the cost of supermarket staples was a Scottish Labour manifesto pledge

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NHS England Dentistry in crisis!

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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 By Liz S “Mobile dental services and urgent care rollouts in Peterborough have drawn heavy demand and long queues due to severe local shortages in NHS dentist access. (Belfast Telegraph). I was also told by someone who lives in Cambridge that when these mobile dentist visited Peterborough (this year) there were not enough dentists and not enough time for all of the hundreds of people who had queued to get seen by one of these (six) dentists offering NHS dental work via their mobile dental service. These mobile dentists also exist for other areas in … Continue reading NHS England Dentistry in crisis!

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Corridor Care – Another Scottish Labour MP toadies to Westminster with discredited methods and hides far higher level in England and Wales

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In the Ayr Advertiser today: Ayrshire MP Irene Campbell has highlighted concerns about Crosshouse Hospital during a Parliamentary debate on corridor care. The North Ayrshire & Arran Labour MP told the Commons: “I would just like to highlight that the Scottish Government do not record or publish any statistics on the number of patients being treated in corridors. However, we know that it happens. . “Crosshouse Hospital, which serves my constituency, was recorded in January as having one of Scotland’s most under-pressure emergency departments. It exceeded capacity by 50 per cent in December, revealing corridor care conditions in the hospital. Does … Continue reading Corridor Care – Another Scottish Labour MP toadies to Westminster with discredited methods and hides far higher level in England and Wales

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One of Andy Burnham’s first acts will be to copy John Swinney on digital ID

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In the Guardian today: Andy Burnham is expected to scrap Keir Starmer’s plans for digital ID cards in a “reset of priorities” when he enters Downing Street on Monday. The new Labour leader plans to redirect the resources earmarked for the scheme towards tackling the cost of living, his team indicated on Saturday.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/18/burnham-to-scrap-starmers-digital-id-scheme-in-reset-of-priorities 10 months ago: There’s something missing from all the media coverage of Labour’s Digital ID proposal and it’s darker than any worries we might have about Scots ‘declaring ourselves British.‘ From the Canary factchecker 27 September 2025 ago: As Keir Starmer moves to impose ‘digital ID’ on the UK, … Continue reading One of Andy Burnham’s first acts will be to copy John Swinney on digital ID