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That’s SEVEN US (Cleary Act) requests for data on campus safety that could not be provided by Police Scotland despite on every English university campus you are significantly more likely to be a victim of violent crime than on any Scottish one

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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 From Reference: 26-2051-Clery Act Request (USA University​) Date and time of release: August 31, 2026 14:29, I know, any excuse to repeat this and once more email the interested party. In June 2026 Police Scotland, posted these two FoI responses: These are the 5th and 6th such responses I’ve seen from Police Scotland, not able to provide the information. Previously, I have shared what follows below with hotels but with no response. What is the Clery Act (USA)? The Clery Act (officially the Jeanne Clery Campus … Continue reading That’s SEVEN US (Cleary Act) requests for data on campus safety that could not be provided by Police Scotland despite on every English university campus you are significantly more likely to be a victim of violent crime than on any Scottish one

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More than ten times as many, per head, early release prisoners being recalled in England & Wales due to half the staffing in Scotland

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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 As Andy Burnham pushes ahead with his ‘tough enough’ kneejerk reaction to early prisoner release, he’d do well to look North (real North) for tips. From the Guardian in February 2026: Record numbers of offenders are being recalled to prison in England and Wales with union officials claiming that some are deliberately breaking the terms of their probation in order to deal drugs in prison. Prison sources said that after the implementation of early release schemes, as many as 5,000 men were recalled in December alone – more than a … Continue reading More than ten times as many, per head, early release prisoners being recalled in England & Wales due to half the staffing in Scotland

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New SNP legislation to control irresponsible grouse moor management often responsible for wildfires and flood damage

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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 From BBC Scotland this morning, the above, and: with too much reliance on informal good will and from ‘Scottish Land and Estates’: It warns that new ‘muirburn’ regulation must strengthen not ‘hollow out’ wildfire resilience. I twitch. Who are ‘Scottish Land and Estates?’ Here they are. Howzat for sending a message before a word is said? A membership organisation that represents landowners, land managers, and rural businesses in Scotland. It acts as their voice to politicians and decision-makers while providing advice, networking, and support. … Continue reading New SNP legislation to control irresponsible grouse moor management often responsible for wildfires and flood damage

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How the Labour/Lib Dem coalition in 2002 hid the facts from the Scottish Parliament in a sham consultation to make sure the new South Glasgow Hospital was built on a filthy site no other city in world would think suitable for its people

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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 stewartb With apologies for the length of what follows. It’s hard to do justice to such a topic – to offer an authoritative account – without quoting extensively from the Scottish Parliament’s record of debate from c.25 years ago. I and others on TuS discussing the siting of a new ‘South Glasgow Hospital’ have referred to a debate in the Scottish Parliament on 17 January 2001, noting the cross-party concerns about proposed location.  Nearly two years later, these concerns about location of the … Continue reading How the Labour/Lib Dem coalition in 2002 hid the facts from the Scottish Parliament in a sham consultation to make sure the new South Glasgow Hospital was built on a filthy site no other city in world would think suitable for its people

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There are no plans in Scotland to end indefinite sentences where there is a high risk of violent re-offending

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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 In his BBC interview yesterday, aimed at reassuring voters than violent offenders would not be released early, PM Burnham suggested that ending ‘controversial indefinite sentences’ might free up space in prisons. However, the BBC notes – Ending indefinite sentences will require new legislation, meaning it could be years before space is freed up. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx5zw4e2x9o Are there indefinite jail sentences in Scotland? Scotland uses Orders for Lifelong Restriction (OLRs), introduced in 2006 under the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003. These are indeterminate (no fixed release … Continue reading There are no plans in Scotland to end indefinite sentences where there is a high risk of violent re-offending

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How in 2001 Labour’s Malcolm Chisholm MSP condemned Glasgow and it’s child cancer patients to the only major hospital in the world within secret but easy breathing distance from millions of litres of stirred raw sewage sludge

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From clear liability for a looming health disaster in 2001 to a media transferring the blame to an innocent party in 2017 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 stewartb The full transcript of this debate in the Scottish Parliament on 17 January 2001 can be read here: https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report/search-what-was-said-in-parliament/meeting-of-parliament-17-01-2001?meeting=4278&iob=28854 What is abundantly clear from the record is substantial cross-party discontent with the nature of and response to the public consultation undertaken by the health board regarding options for the proposed new south Glasgow Hospital, including in particular its location. The issues concerning location … Continue reading How in 2001 Labour’s Malcolm Chisholm MSP condemned Glasgow and it’s child cancer patients to the only major hospital in the world within secret but easy breathing distance from millions of litres of stirred raw sewage sludge

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Hospital Infection Inquiry – How BBC Scotland hid expert testimony calling the location next to a sewage works ‘an unacceptable and continuing risk’ but the Daily Mail properly informed the public

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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 I was shocked to go back and read these reports from the inquiry into bacterial infections in the Queen Elisabeth University Hospital. In the Daily Mail: A water safety expert said he was ‘shocked’ to learn Scotland’s super-hospital has been built near a sewage plant. An inquiry into the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow heard that a microbiologist brought in following a spate of infections said its location next to wastewater treatment works was a risk to vulnerable patients. Dr Tom Makin runs the Makin … Continue reading Hospital Infection Inquiry – How BBC Scotland hid expert testimony calling the location next to a sewage works ‘an unacceptable and continuing risk’ but the Daily Mail properly informed the public

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BBC Scotland ‘Disclosure’ team that did ‘Welcome to Glasgow’ have all called in sick after request to go down and help BBC Tees do a ‘Welcome to Cleveland’ as locals there hear Glasgow has far lower crime and far more police officers

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Fresh from their disclosure of pandrop shortages in Scottish care homes for the elderly, following the wrong lorry full of underage calves to France and their recent, courageous if mostly armchair, investigation into tiktok videos of trouble in Glasgow, the BBC Scotland team are reported to have taken fright at the notion of actually going down to the really mean streets on Cleveland (Middlesbrough). Dismayed, BBC Tees, below, are pushing the story off their website with vague headlines. 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 How mean are the streets in … Continue reading BBC Scotland ‘Disclosure’ team that did ‘Welcome to Glasgow’ have all called in sick after request to go down and help BBC Tees do a ‘Welcome to Cleveland’ as locals there hear Glasgow has far lower crime and far more police officers

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When I said I was going to do politics differently, I meant it!

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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 “When I said I was going to do politics differently, I meant it”. Well so far a lot of people are seeing Burnham as being not so “different” from the one that he replaced, indeed Burnham is being seen by many people as being nowt more than a ‘Continuity Starmer’. The Guardian reported on 26 August this year that: “Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors” . Now that is a biggie , as in a betrayal, or is … Continue reading When I said I was going to do politics differently, I meant it!

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How London Mayors have overseen dysfunctional police services far, far more rotten than anything seen in Scotland

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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 Let’s focus on (Tory and) Labour’s record on policing elsewhere shall we (as English Mayors and/or UK Home Secretaries)? The s*** that has continuously gone on with the London Met police in their poor record on cases that they have failed to investigate properly or dealt with, is , as far as policing is concerned , an embarrassing position to be in and also a clear example of how not to police within an area, a city or a country (like within England for example). Since January 2012 the … Continue reading How London Mayors have overseen dysfunctional police services far, far more rotten than anything seen in Scotland