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Bonfire Night firework offences were down 33% last year and injured firefighters fell from 62 to 1 but Reporting Scotland finds two locals to predict otherwise this year

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that experienced some of the worst disorder on Bonfire Night last year. Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA This is not an SNP council, so of course, there is no mention that it is a Labour one being criticised here. The source? ‘Data’. Not reported in the morning broadcast nor in the fuller online report, this from November 2024 looking back on 5 November 2024, the most recent data obviously: Fireworks Night a ‘damp squib’ as … Continue reading Bonfire Night firework offences were down 33% last year and injured firefighters fell from 62 to 1 but Reporting Scotland finds two locals to predict otherwise this year

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Dear England, today let’s talk about politics, accountability and flags

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By Brenda Robb Did you know that the National Audit Office reported in July this year that 96% of English Councils failed to submit legally required audited accounts for the year 23-24? We have our faults here but believe me, there would be hell to pay if this happened in Scotland. Why are your politicians, unions and activists not treating this as the scandal it is, how on earth do you know if your money is being spent sensibly? Why is the press not all over this demanding answers and accountability? If you don’t hold your political representatives at all … Continue reading Dear England, today let’s talk about politics, accountability and flags

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96% of English councils failed to produce audited accounts! Imagine that happened in Scotland?

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Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 By stewartb Imagine if what follows had been in a report from Audit Scotland and concerned the auditing of government accounts in Scotland. I missed this from the National Audit Office (NAO) back in July, presumably because of little or no mainstream media coverage. Source: National Audit Office – ‘Spending watchdog disclaims government’s accounts again’ – Press release, 17 July 2025 (https://www.nao.org.uk/press-releases/spending-watchdog-disclaims-governments-accounts-again/) ‘The Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) 2023-24 has been disclaimed by … Continue reading 96% of English councils failed to produce audited accounts! Imagine that happened in Scotland?

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The Stonehaven rail disaster is the responsibility only of Network Rail responsible only to the [UK] Secretary of State for Transport. The Scottish Government cannot be blamed for it

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Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA In the Herald, today: Stonehaven rail crash: Union sparks concern for Scots railways – A row has erupted over the safety of Scotland’s railways as it emerged key improvements to drainage systems demanded by investigators have yet to be completed five years on from the Stonehaven rail tragedy. The Aberdeen to Glasgow train derailed at Carmont in Aberdeenshire on August 12, 2020 after hitting a landslide following heavy rain in an … Continue reading The Stonehaven rail disaster is the responsibility only of Network Rail responsible only to the [UK] Secretary of State for Transport. The Scottish Government cannot be blamed for it

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As the Southport Inquiry brings focus back onto online purchase of Zombie knives how 900 times as many, 90 times as many per head, mentioned in crime reports in England & Wales

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Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 By Professor John Robertson OBA BBC 1, first thing on 19 February 205, headlining the above issue. BBC Scotland did not follow up with the situation in Scotland, leaving many to think it must just be the same here. Imagine drug deaths were the current concern of the Home Secretary? Would BBC Scotland be reminding us that Scotland has the highest rate in Europe? We all know the answer to that. Here’s what you … Continue reading As the Southport Inquiry brings focus back onto online purchase of Zombie knives how 900 times as many, 90 times as many per head, mentioned in crime reports in England & Wales

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English police arrest hundreds more old ladies and men against genocide as Police forces remind us how different Scotland already is

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Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC UK: There were 890 people arrested at a demonstration against the ban on the group Palestine Action in London on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police say. The majority of the arrests were for supporting a proscribed group under the Terrorism Act, while police said 17 were also arrested for assaults on police officers “after the protest turned violent”. But event organisers said protesters were “peacefully defying the ban” and … Continue reading English police arrest hundreds more old ladies and men against genocide as Police forces remind us how different Scotland already is

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How can Anas Sarwar be ‘hamstrung by events down south’ when he and Scottish Labour are far less popular than even UK Labour?

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Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA In the Scotsman yesterday Prof Curtice claims: Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party “really are in deep doo-doo”, polling guru Sir John Curtice has said. Sir John, professor of politics at Strathclyde University, said the party’s poll rating is arguably at an all-time low. That’s obviously true but this isn’t: Pollster Mark Diffley said recent developments were bad news for Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar as his party looks towards the … Continue reading How can Anas Sarwar be ‘hamstrung by events down south’ when he and Scottish Labour are far less popular than even UK Labour?

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How I rebutted Reform UK’s vaccine denier doctor over and over three years ago

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Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian yesterday: A controversial doctor given top billing at the Reform party conference has used his main-stage speech to air a claim the Covid vaccine caused cancer in the royal family. The speech by Aseem Malhotra, a British cardiologist who was appointed as a senior adviser to the US health secretary and vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy, drew sharp intakes of breath in the Birmingham auditorium where he … Continue reading How I rebutted Reform UK’s vaccine denier doctor over and over three years ago

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Racist attacks and attacks on children are increasingly rare in Scotland much as our media may hate it to be so

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Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland, two days ago had: A teenager who stabbed a 13-year-old boy in a racially aggravated attack has been jailed for more than seven years. Junior Cameron, now aged 18, shouted a racist remark at the boy during the attack in Glasgow’s Queen’s Park on 8 March 2024. The child was punched, kicked and stabbed during the incident and was left needing 12 stitches. He has since suffered from … Continue reading Racist attacks and attacks on children are increasingly rare in Scotland much as our media may hate it to be so

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As they all gloat over our drug deaths, a clear causal connection between Liverpool drug gangs, extreme violence and the flood of cheap, more powerful, drugs into Scotland is hidden from Scots

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Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertson OBA The ‘Scottish‘ media above collectively hanging on to our drug deaths sadness and discounting any progress. Utterly ignored by ‘your’ media but in the Liverpool Echo in November 2022, above, and: A series of raids across Scotland last week highlighted the continuing focus of Merseyside’s organised crime groups on the drugs market north of the border. Last week officers from Merseyside Police teamed up with Police Scotland for raids in Peterhead, … Continue reading As they all gloat over our drug deaths, a clear causal connection between Liverpool drug gangs, extreme violence and the flood of cheap, more powerful, drugs into Scotland is hidden from Scots