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As Scottish Cons campaign on drug deaths the FIVE years of success in turning them around, the reasons for that and the reasons it’s not even better than that

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Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Annie Wells and Russell Findlay Who?, outside a pharmacy in Possilpark to campaign for the next election on Scotland’s drug deaths, luckily for them, still the highest in Europe. Did no one tell them that negative campaigning doesn’t work that well? Here are the facts: The drug deaths trend in Scotland has been downward for these last five years, from 1 339 in 2020 to 1 017. A 24.2% fall, by a quarter in only 5 years after … Continue reading As Scottish Cons campaign on drug deaths the FIVE years of success in turning them around, the reasons for that and the reasons it’s not even better than that

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Shock as proportionally 4 times as many children in England & Wales face domestic abuse compared to Scotland but UK Labour have no real plan to deal with that

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Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON In the Guardian today: A proposed law to restrict paedophiles’ parental rights in England and Wales is too weak because it does not protect children of theirs born after their conviction, parliament will hear this week. Under the victims and courts bill, a parent convicted of serious sexual offences against any child and who is sentenced to four or more years in prison will lose parental responsibility but they could come out of jail and have other children who would not … Continue reading Shock as proportionally 4 times as many children in England & Wales face domestic abuse compared to Scotland but UK Labour have no real plan to deal with that

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One third of English patients using private dentists because they have only half the level of access to NHS dentists in Scotland

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Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON In the Guardian today: Almost a third of people in England now use private dentistry, with a sharp rise in the number of poorer households forced to pay for fillings and extractions. The scarcity of NHS care means the proportion of people turning to private dental services jumped from 22% in 2023 to 32% late last year, the health service’s patient watchdog found. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/09/nhs-dental-crisis-private-dentist-patient-incease-england We’re hearing nothing even vaguely similar from the media in Scotland and you can be sure … Continue reading One third of English patients using private dentists because they have only half the level of access to NHS dentists in Scotland

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What has the SNP ever done for you? How about stopping private companies using NHS facilities, NHS equipment and NHS staff to enable the private companies to generate a huge profit?

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Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From our regular and much-valued, non-Russian spy, France McKie, from Every Doctor, the campaign against NHS privatisation, yesterday: I wouldn’t be surprised if you hadn’t heard of “NHS in-sourcing”, because the newspapers don’t talk about it very much. But it’s one of the most mind-boggling forms of NHS privatisation! Essentially, NHS Trusts are desperate to bring down their waiting lists, and many are now paying private companies to come in out-of-hours and use NHS resources to do NHS … Continue reading What has the SNP ever done for you? How about stopping private companies using NHS facilities, NHS equipment and NHS staff to enable the private companies to generate a huge profit?

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Why are more GPs opting to work outside the NHS? They’re not in Scotland where almost 100% work in the NHS

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Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From BBC England this morning, the above and: In her consulting room, Dr Yvonne Girgis-Hanna is at work as a GP, but not for the NHS. She is one of an increasing number of family doctors opting to practise privately. “I could not work as a full‑time NHS GP,” she says. “The days I do in the NHS, the next day I’m totally wiped out… You might have 30 face‑to‑face contacts, then extra telephone calls and paperwork. You … Continue reading Why are more GPs opting to work outside the NHS? They’re not in Scotland where almost 100% work in the NHS

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Shock as proportionally 4 times as many children in England & Wales face domestic abuse compared to Scotland

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Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From BBC England today: An 11-year-old boy who had both legs amputated after being assaulted by his birth parents has won his campaign for a new child safety register. Parents guilty of neglect will face similar monitoring to sex offenders following an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, which the government said it expects to table “shortly”. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3gxkn453ro Does Scotland also need such a register? Currently in Scotland, child protection operates differently: There is a Child Protection … Continue reading Shock as proportionally 4 times as many children in England & Wales face domestic abuse compared to Scotland

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Clear up rate for all recorded crimes goes up and remains far higher than in England & Wales

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Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From: the Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: February 2026, published today: Increase in crime clear up rate. The clear up rate for all recorded crimes was 56.0% in 2024-25, up from 54.1% in 2023-24. Crimes against society (93.8%), non-sexual crimes of violence (68.4%) and sexual crimes (56.9%) continued to have higher clear up rates in 2024-25 than crimes of dishonesty (35.1%) and damage and reckless behaviour (31.0%). https://www.gov.scot/publications/safer-communities-and-justice-statistics-monthly-data-report-february-2026/pages/statistics-on-crime-in-general/ The clear-up rates in England and Wales, for the … Continue reading Clear up rate for all recorded crimes goes up and remains far higher than in England & Wales

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Property and violent crime in Scotland has fallen by 37% since 2008-09 based on statistics that go beyond just police reporting including responses from the public

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Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From the Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: February 2026, published today: Property and violent crime has fallen by 37% since 2008-09. Results from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) show that one-in-five (19.9%) adults were estimated to have experienced at least one crime in 2023-24. This included property crime (10.3% of adults), violent crime (2.9%) and for the first time fraud and computer misuse (9.5%). The latest findings show that the overall level of property … Continue reading Property and violent crime in Scotland has fallen by 37% since 2008-09 based on statistics that go beyond just police reporting including responses from the public

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NHS England has second-worst month for 12-hour waits in Emergency Departments on record!

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Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON By stewartb In NHS Scotland – ‘A&E performance around Christmas peak pressure suggests major improvements’ – not in NHS England it seems when it comes to the important ‘over 12 hour waits’ metric! The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) had this headline for a press release on February 12: ‘The wheels have come off’: predictably busy January exposes ‘fragile’ NHS system as A&Es swamped with patients needing beds’. That was its view following the publication of NHS England’s Emergency … Continue reading NHS England has second-worst month for 12-hour waits in Emergency Departments on record!

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Reported cases of paedophilia far fewer per head in Scotland than in other parts of UK

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No tasteless images here. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON This is a classic example of why the SNP or the Scottish Government would never employ me but I do not see why, in this struggle against the odds, we should refuse to consider any evidence as to why we’re different enough to be a nation, self-governing. You can be sure if the results were different, the Unionist media would report ‘Child Abuse Capital of Europe‘ or similar. The Guardian today has: Police arresting … Continue reading Reported cases of paedophilia far fewer per head in Scotland than in other parts of UK