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Not even one one report of a flooded home for the second year in a row – I wonder why? Surely not Scottish Government investment in flood defences?

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BBC Scotland has not one report of a family flooded out of their home this morning, despite the severity of storms this last three days. A year ago, something similar happened: STV News, 14 December 2025: Scots homes ‘likely to be flooded’ as amber weather warning for ‘very heavy rain’ issued – The alert comes into effect from midnight on Sunday and remains in place until 11.59pm. The same hopeful claims were everywhere in Scotland’s media with the same optimism, on their part, we see when such NHS waiting times or drug deaths figures are anticipated. As of now (Sunday … Continue reading Not even one one report of a flooded home for the second year in a row – I wonder why? Surely not Scottish Government investment in flood defences?

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BBC Scotland desperate for their first ever NHS strike, in SIX weeks, put the effort in, to at least make you worried enough to miss an appointment

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on whether to take action…………….voting due to close on 7th December. In their tiny insert in BBC Breakfast, every half-four, the BBC Reporting Scotland team gave over most of the time allocation to this possibility of a strike, in more than 5 weeks. They cannot wait to have you start the process of thinking NHS Scotland is as troubled as NHS England and for old folk to wonder if it’s worth attending appointments. We’ve seen this over and over, this last four or five years, as NHS England unions go on strike and in Scotland they never, so far do, … Continue reading BBC Scotland desperate for their first ever NHS strike, in SIX weeks, put the effort in, to at least make you worried enough to miss an appointment

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After centuries of doing what they’re told by London Labour, child poverty in Wales expected to be shocking 57% higher than in Scotland

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From BBC Wales today, the above and: “I was sleeping on the sofa, she had a bed that was propped up on books. One of the legs had fallen off completely.” Sarah Ruscoe, a single mum out of work because of a health condition, said she had worried her daughter’s bed would collapse in the night after finding herself in a “dire” financial situation. A food bank user, Ruscoe said “every year seems to be getting worse” as she struggled to make her benefits cover essentials. A charity eventually paid for a new bed for daughter Sabrina, 11. But MPs … Continue reading After centuries of doing what they’re told by London Labour, child poverty in Wales expected to be shocking 57% higher than in Scotland

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‘England is getting to be more like a state of the United States. Scotland, interestingly, is moving towards being more like the Scandinavian countries which have incredibly good health outcomes’ – No MSM coverage at all is clear editor-level bias

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The recent TuS reports on Professor Danny Dorling of Oxford University and the Child Payment reminded me of this By reader Scott on 27 February 2020: Tonight on BBC 4’s Beyond 100 days: ‘Infant mortality began to rise after 2015. More babies died at a higher rate each year in England. They didn’t in Scotland. And in Scotland they actually decided to spend more on infants and babies and there they have reduced the infant mortality rate.’ The presenters’ faces a second after he said that. They didn’t have a follow-up question on the Scottish situation but went quickly on … Continue reading ‘England is getting to be more like a state of the United States. Scotland, interestingly, is moving towards being more like the Scandinavian countries which have incredibly good health outcomes’ – No MSM coverage at all is clear editor-level bias

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Local concerns over ‘mini-Chernobyl’ radioactive site demolition in US echo UK MoD plans to decommission at least 7 nuclear subs in Fife, with houses less than 1 mile away and downwind, by methods 1 000 times more dangerous than US methods

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From Inside Climate News, yesterday: Boeing has almost completed the demolition of five buildings at its infamous Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Southern California, even as concerns mount among nearby families about potential health harms. The buildings at the former Rocketdyne facility—where one of the worst nuclear meltdowns in U.S. history took place in 1959—were once used for Cold War-era nuclear energy research. Larry Yee, the former chair of the LA Regional Water Quality Control Board, on Wednesday called the site “a mini Chernobyl in our backyard.” Despite a groundswell of concerns about the process, the SSFL demolition at the … Continue reading Local concerns over ‘mini-Chernobyl’ radioactive site demolition in US echo UK MoD plans to decommission at least 7 nuclear subs in Fife, with houses less than 1 mile away and downwind, by methods 1 000 times more dangerous than US methods

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Is there any evidence before the arrival of County Lines drug gangs from cities in England of such horrors and what can we do about them? Easy!

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Is there any evidence before the arrival of County Lines drug gangs in small-town Scotland from cities in England in the last ten years that Scottish drug gangs at street level pushing drugs, were involved in cuckooing the vulnerable, using child drug mules, using extreme violence, diversifying into sex trafficking and adopting the business model exploiting markets in smaller towns and even in villages, across all of Scotland? I can’t be fully trusted. I’m angry, deeply angry at how the media operating in Scotland hides the reality of this deadly invasion. Heavy, experienced and familiar with the prison system in … Continue reading Is there any evidence before the arrival of County Lines drug gangs from cities in England of such horrors and what can we do about them? Easy!

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As STV explore everything about ‘serious organised crime’ except the appalling things the English County Lines cultural variant does, a fearful reminder of what of that, from Police Scotland but ignored by ‘our’ supposed media

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From Human Trafficking NRM referrals re county lines – 10yrs published by Police Scotland today, that ‘referrals made by Police Scotland to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) where county lines and suspected criminal exploitation was a factor‘ 26 September 2026: Under 16 year-olds – from 6 in 2020/2021 to 39 in 2025/2026, almost a seven-fold increase. 16-17 year-olds, from 16 to 65, a four-fold increase. Source: https://www.scotland.police.uk/access-to-information/freedom-of-information/disclosure-log/disclosure-log-2026/june/26-1022-human-trafficking-nrm-referrals-re-county-lines-10yrs/ What forms does that exploitation take? County lines refers to a violent, exploitative model of illegal drug distribution in the UK, where urban gangs and organised criminal networks export drugs (primarily heroin and … Continue reading As STV explore everything about ‘serious organised crime’ except the appalling things the English County Lines cultural variant does, a fearful reminder of what of that, from Police Scotland but ignored by ‘our’ supposed media

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Red Letter Days and Red Reminders – More gas, more electricity, more promises and still the bills arrive

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By Mark E. Saunders of “The Scottish Minuteman” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=61575625542197 Politicians announce new energy projects, celebrate investment and promise jobs, energy security and economic growth. Then the red reminders arrive. The electricity bill. The rising direct debit. The shrinking household budget. For people struggling to heat their homes, the question isn’t how many announcements smiling politicians can make. It’s how those smiles translate into a tangible difference to the bills people pay. The UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Energy and Jobs has recently been promoting a community-owned energy project in Argyll expected to power 800 homes. And only yesterday, the same minister welcomed … Continue reading Red Letter Days and Red Reminders – More gas, more electricity, more promises and still the bills arrive

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Eradicating child poverty costs nothing in the long term because everything depends on it – the EIGHT research reports supporting the SNP Government’s decision to spend 0.7% of its budget for a future we all benefit from

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In the Guardian in December 2024: The news that more than one in three children in the UK are now living in poverty should shock everyone but surprise no one. Nearly three years into the cost of living crisis, we know that young families and disabled people have been among those hit hardest by the biggest fall in UK living standards in half a century. The latest estimates, by the non-partisan Social Metrics Commission, show that the number of people in poverty has risen to 16 million, or nearly one in four of the UK population – its highest level … Continue reading Eradicating child poverty costs nothing in the long term because everything depends on it – the EIGHT research reports supporting the SNP Government’s decision to spend 0.7% of its budget for a future we all benefit from

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Trying to light a two-year-old damp squib as police officer injuries fall from 62 to 1 to zero last year

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BBC Scotland today, trying to scare the old folk, like me, with a complete failure to inform us. Was there a lot of trouble last year? No. The year before? No. Less than a week ago, that other tabloid medium, the Daily Record tried to light the same damp squib. The answer is the same: On 6 November 2025: Police say there was a “notable” reduction in Bonfire Night disorder with the number of calls received down by 37% across Scotland. Between 31 October and 5 November, 833 calls needed a local or specialist response, almost 500 fewer than last … Continue reading Trying to light a two-year-old damp squib as police officer injuries fall from 62 to 1 to zero last year