Why we should not get carried away with the latest Times MRP poll predicting a ‘stunning’ majority for the SNP

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 As soon as I saw this Times piece above, I’m sorry to say, I immediately had serious reservations. I hope I’m wrong but, straight off, I thought: However, let’s concentrate on the scientific, objective, reservation based on sampling. Here’s a thorough AI response to: You note – ‘Accuracy depends heavily on sample quality and size.’ Might this be a particular concern regarding this latest poll on the Scottish Holyrood election coming up Yes, sample quality and size can … Continue reading Why we should not get carried away with the latest Times MRP poll predicting a ‘stunning’ majority for the SNP

NHS Grampian had its first case of measles for 12 years after 80% of Scotland’s cases in 2025 were imported

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 Scotland today: NHS Grampian is urging people to get vaccinated against measles after its first confirmed case of the illness in more than a decade. Measles is a highly contagious disease which is spread by coughs and sneezes. The virus can lead to pneumonia, brain swelling and death. The last case in the Grampian area was in 2014, and the health board said all adults and children should ensure they are vaccinated. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx24xk1d68lo No indication of … Continue reading NHS Grampian had its first case of measles for 12 years after 80% of Scotland’s cases in 2025 were imported

Scotland’s first Reform UK defecator must be hoping his own bill fails

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 Scotland Politics today: MSPs are to decide whether to give voters the power to effectively sack them. Holyrood parliamentarians automatically lose their seat if they are given a custodial sentence of 12 months or more. But unlike at Westminster, where MPs can be removed by local voters, there is no recall mechanism in the Scottish Parliament. Under a members’ bill tabled by Reform’s Graham Simpson, MSPs could be recalled if they are either suspended from Holyrood … Continue reading Scotland’s first Reform UK defecator must be hoping his own bill fails

As opposition parties claim ‘mismanagement’ of prisons in Scotland how Lammy released 4 times as many prisoners by error, per head, than in Scotland and at least 12 times as many in November

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 Alerted by the above from MSM Monitor, I thought I’d find out the answer to those in Scotland who will insist – “Aye it’s just as f*****g bad here, pal!” It’s not, by no means. First, England, with sources: MoJ Partial Data (April 1–October 31, 2025): 91 releases in error, equivalent to ~3 per week. Disclosed by Justice Secretary David Lammy in parliamentary statements and published via MoJ. Recent Updates (November 1–December 2, 2025): 12 additional releases, with 2 still at … Continue reading As opposition parties claim ‘mismanagement’ of prisons in Scotland how Lammy released 4 times as many prisoners by error, per head, than in Scotland and at least 12 times as many in November

Thousands of babies and mothers avoidably dead in NHS England’s maternity trusts, twelve trusts under investigation and two trusts face police investigations into potential corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter but we get QEUH and two or three deaths ten years ago maybe linked to water supply, endlessly with Anas Sarwar

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 West Yorkshire and across BBC TV News broadcasts, today: Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he takes the concerns of bereaved families “extremely seriously” after acknowledging trust had been “damaged” around a promised Leeds maternity care inquiry. He announced the investigation into Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in October, after a BBC investigation revealed that the deaths of at least 56 babies over the past five years may have been prevented. But nobody has been appointed to … Continue reading Thousands of babies and mothers avoidably dead in NHS England’s maternity trusts, twelve trusts under investigation and two trusts face police investigations into potential corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter but we get QEUH and two or three deaths ten years ago maybe linked to water supply, endlessly with Anas Sarwar

On a bridge too far in a tank and with a splitting headache

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 Liz S “Labour Government promises” Aye don’t they just……..their only problem being that they then fail to deliver. An SNP investigation has revealed Starmer’s failed Brit card scheme cost the public almost £1 million – despite never being implemented. That reminds me of this………… The feasibility study into Boris Johnson’s bridge/tunnel connecting Scotland and Northern Ireland that proved to be , yet (another) flawed vanity project by Johnson , to then be considered as being totally unfeasible…….. As a feasibility study it … Continue reading On a bridge too far in a tank and with a splitting headache

Labour Government promises to halve the attainment gap by 2062 [!] for all pupils while SNP Scotland has already achieved a new low, in 2024

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 All over BBC UK [England] today, this message: The government says it plans to halve the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in England by the time children born in this Parliament finish secondary school. It’s another one of those promises you might like to ask an 11 year-old to answer these questions: 2044 and 2062!? Meanwhile, from the Scottish Government’s Literacy and numeracy standards reach record high report in December 2024: The proportion of pupils achieving the … Continue reading Labour Government promises to halve the attainment gap by 2062 [!] for all pupils while SNP Scotland has already achieved a new low, in 2024

No Royal in the future will be heard “purring down the line” over Scotland

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 Liz S A huge factor in the flawed part of Gordon Brown’s past ‘plot’ to encourage Prince William to help in persuading (gullible) Scots to stay within their UK, as in William the future heir to the English Throne (if , that is, it, as an English throne, still exists in the future) . Remember when it was reported in 2021 that Gordon Brown met with Prince William at Holyrood palace. The BBC reported that “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have held a private meeting … Continue reading No Royal in the future will be heard “purring down the line” over Scotland

There are currently NO publicly detailed specific cases of child rape ‘grooming’ gangs being actively investigated by Police Scotland as UK Government considers 700 groups and 115 000 victims in just one year in England

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 Stoke & Staffordshire yesterday, the above and: Council leaders have given their backing to their county’s first ever community safety strategy. The document sets out how Staffordshire County Council aims to work with other organisations to protect residents and cut crime over the next three years. Priorities included protecting vulnerable people, with “zero tolerance for grooming gangs, county lines and child exploitation”, a report stated.1 When I saw the reference to ‘grooming gangs’, I have to … Continue reading There are currently NO publicly detailed specific cases of child rape ‘grooming’ gangs being actively investigated by Police Scotland as UK Government considers 700 groups and 115 000 victims in just one year in England

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

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!