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Herald readers, amid their latest ferry feeding frenzy with F-all facts, need a good reminder how much the SNP has done for islanders especially with the Road Equivalent Tariff [RET]

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Thanks to TuS reader Legerwood for reminding me that Herald readers, amid their latest ferry feeding frenzy with F-all facts, need a good reminder how much the SNP has done for them especially with the Road Equivalent Tariff [RET] on the Clyde and Hebridean Network Another ferry ‘fiasco report’ on 12 January 2026. The facts hidden every time they write this rancid garbage: There’s a very significant background story never told of just how much this SNP Government has done to transform life on the islands, funded by the rest of us living often in less pleasant places and with … Continue reading Herald readers, amid their latest ferry feeding frenzy with F-all facts, need a good reminder how much the SNP has done for islanders especially with the Road Equivalent Tariff [RET]

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Not in Education Employment or Training is far less common in Scotland with youth employment amongst lowest in Europe

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The Skattish Daily Express today, has the above. We have the truth: BBC Breakfast 18 June 2026 had the above headline story of 1 012 000 16 to 24 year-olds not in employment, education and training. All things being equal, with 8% of the population, you’d expect the figure in Scotland to be around 81 000. Scotland does not publish a single official NEET figure for the full 16–24 age group using the same definition as the UK-wide Labour Force Survey (LFS). Instead, it focuses on a more comprehensive Annual Participation Measure (APM) for ages 16–19 and the figure for … Continue reading Not in Education Employment or Training is far less common in Scotland with youth employment amongst lowest in Europe

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The invisible Scottish girls kidnapped by English drug gangs

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In the Telegraph today, the above and: Lucy* was just 17 when she was kidnapped by a member of a rival county lines gang. “I was hit over the head with a crowbar,” she recalls. “I was tied up and put in the back of a rental car and driven around and then taken to the house of another drug user.” It is an experience almost incomprehensible for someone of that age, when most teenagers’ biggest worry is passing their exams. But this is the brutal reality for thousands of girls who are under the control of criminal gangs. and: … Continue reading The invisible Scottish girls kidnapped by English drug gangs

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Glasgow City Region ‘already far more advanced in regional working than is often reflected in public commentary’ and ‘already operates as a mature regional delivery platform’ –

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The Glasgow City Region is ‘already far more advanced in regional working than is often reflected in public commentary’ and ‘already operates as a mature regional delivery platform’ – GCR’s Director of Regional Economic Growth. By stewartb Notwithstanding the current political focus across the UK on devolution to city regions, there is a dearth of evidence-based reporting by the MSM and (of course) by the public service broadcaster we’re stuck with, BBC Scotland on what local authorities together with business, universities and others in the third sector already do and achieve in partnership in Scotland’s city regions. Arguably, the absence … Continue reading Glasgow City Region ‘already far more advanced in regional working than is often reflected in public commentary’ and ‘already operates as a mature regional delivery platform’ –

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Scotland’s media cynically grooming a single child abuse victim to find a Scottish ‘Rotherham’ which Police Scotland and all the evidence say is not here

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Notice a pattern? Find a personal trauma then milk it for political purposes. In the above report from BBC Scotland today, in nearly 2 000 words on one victim’s experience, there’s no place for this: In Rotherham alone, at least 1,400 children estimated to have been sexually exploited by predominantly Pakistani-heritage men (Jay Inquiry). Later NCA work identified over 1,100 victims in related investigations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal They will not give up. They smell blood and tears and will try to make sure enough Scots think we have rape grooming gangs too and so are no different. Why do they want this? … Continue reading Scotland’s media cynically grooming a single child abuse victim to find a Scottish ‘Rotherham’ which Police Scotland and all the evidence say is not here

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Why we have no A&E crisis but England does

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In the Herald today, this: Here’s why we have no crisis but NHS England does From stewartb 5 March 2026 on NHS England manipulating stats again, researched by stewartb and just framed by me. RCEM press release (march 4): ‘NHS England corridor care definition interesting but meaningful change must follow’ ‘Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said: “.. we can already measure long waits and overcrowding. It remains to be seen whether trying to measure corridor care on top of this will prove more effective. “We have two main concerns about the complex definition. Firstly, … Continue reading Why we have no A&E crisis but England does

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‘The Scottish Government can be proud …’ of its record in modernising Scotland’s infrastructure – Centre for Cities compares rail electrification in Scotland and the rUK.

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By stewartb A new Centre for Cities’ report provides welcome relief from sustained – and contrived – Unionist and especially Labour Party leadership negativity about governance and strategic economic development in Scotland. The Centre for Cities (CfC), founded in 2007, has long been a notable think tank with a distinctive mission ‘to help the UK’s largest cities and towns realise their economic potential.’ Given the current attention at Westminster on English devolution and on economic growth within city regions, the CfC’s research output is especially relevant. Moreover, its body of work has the potential to provide a much needed objective … Continue reading ‘The Scottish Government can be proud …’ of its record in modernising Scotland’s infrastructure – Centre for Cities compares rail electrification in Scotland and the rUK.

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No officers injured, ‘outstanding behaviour and co-operation’ as Hallowe’en fireworks incidents fall

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Apologies for my earlier confusion as to what day it is. I thought it was the day after Bonfire Night fireworks. I am now awake…..I hope A BBC Scotland Anonymouse (embarrassed?) reports under the above sad (I’ll explain below) headline: Police Scotland received 144 fireworks-related calls on Saturday night – down on 160 on 31 October last year. Fireworks were thrown at people, buildings and vehicles in some parts of Scotland on Halloween. Officers said in general there was “outstanding behaviour and co-operation” around the country but were working to identify to those responsible for disorder. Firework Control Zones (FCZs) … Continue reading No officers injured, ‘outstanding behaviour and co-operation’ as Hallowe’en fireworks incidents fall

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How Scottish Government caution on rental schemes has limited e-bike/scooter chaos, injury and death in Scotland to only one sixth of the UK level

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involving e-bikes and e-scooters. BBC Scotland this morning with their latest wee, life in Scotland is unpleasant, even dangerous, stories selected by the news editor but not being covered elsewhere There are ‘a million stories in the City tonight’, they say in some film and the ones you get to see are a small selection chosen by an editor who has and agenda. BBC Reporting Scotland lives to do us down, keep us anxious and hopefully think the SNP in government, has failed. The opposition parties today will do their worst to blame the Scottish Government for some imagined crisis … Continue reading How Scottish Government caution on rental schemes has limited e-bike/scooter chaos, injury and death in Scotland to only one sixth of the UK level

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Near-Shore Underwater AI Data Centres with Waste Heat Recovery – A Uniquely Scottish approach with 3 thousand billion litres of water in our 31 thousand lochs

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In September this year, we had: Near-Shore Underwater Data Centres with Waste Heat Recovery – A Distinctly Scottish Opportunity with 3 thousand billion litres of water in our 31 thousand lochs Today, the SNP announces in the Herald a ‘Uniquely Scottish approach.’ There’s no detail at all in the Herald report. I wonder if they’re read this? I’m torn. If, IF, an independent Scotland can properly tax the corporations that need these facilities, get the revenue for the surplus energy Scotland generates and from the vast quantities of water we have, then there is an obvious opportunity here. That opportunity … Continue reading Near-Shore Underwater AI Data Centres with Waste Heat Recovery – A Uniquely Scottish approach with 3 thousand billion litres of water in our 31 thousand lochs