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West Midlands ‘Complex County Lines’ drug gang which used children to run ‘internal’ drugs into Scotland jailed for 35 year despite BBC Scotland’s Disclosure team’s failure to tackle them

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The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA English County Lines gang forces children to swallow or insert ‘elsewhere’ sealed bags of powerful drugs, then travel into Scotland with them and cause surging drug deaths and violence in Scotland’s towns and villages seems like a … Continue reading West Midlands ‘Complex County Lines’ drug gang which used children to run ‘internal’ drugs into Scotland jailed for 35 year despite BBC Scotland’s Disclosure team’s failure to tackle them

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Think tank thinker’s thoughtless vowel-strangling analysis of NHS Scotland productivity is so wrong you wonder where they get them from

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The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA You really need to have a listen to David, above at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly93w1kr04o You might want to have your hands tied behind your back and/or any throwable objects safely away from you before you listen to his Pythonesque … Continue reading Think tank thinker’s thoughtless vowel-strangling analysis of NHS Scotland productivity is so wrong you wonder where they get them from

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‘Scottish’ media try to drag England’s knife crime crisis over the border despite crimes plummeting here to only half the level under Labour and 90 times as many, per head, ‘Zombie’ knives mentioned in crime reports in England & Wales

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The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA As another tragic death by knife of a child in England, headlines across the media, Scotland’s Herald and the policing magazine 1919, attempt to scare Scots into thinking things are no different here when they clearly are. … Continue reading ‘Scottish’ media try to drag England’s knife crime crisis over the border despite crimes plummeting here to only half the level under Labour and 90 times as many, per head, ‘Zombie’ knives mentioned in crime reports in England & Wales

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What voting Reform UK means for Scotland

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By Liz S Much of the UK media seem to be revelling in what they say is the rise in popularity of the Reform UK party. However in Scotland , for many voters, it is still unclear to some voters what Reform UK’s true intentions are if any are elected as MSP’s for our parliament in the Scottish elections in 2026. However one clue is that in a speech made by one of their MP’s , Rupert Lowe, he made it clear that he seeks an end to devolution and that going forward he wants WM to “take back total … Continue reading What voting Reform UK means for Scotland

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How the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) in England has little interest in having BBC England report its critical press releases about the Westminster government

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By stewartb It would appear the leadership of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) in England has less interest in taking steps to have the BBC report its critical press releases about the Westminster government and NHS England. At least less than their colleagues in Scotland do regarding critical statements about the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland. Or have I got this the wrong way round? Is it that BBC Scotland is more keen to amplify the RCEM’s critical statements regarding the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland than the BBC elsewhere is to report the RCEM’s critical statements regarding the Westminster … Continue reading How the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) in England has little interest in having BBC England report its critical press releases about the Westminster government

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Children in poverty due to housing costs – Research reveals TWICE as many in Labour Wales than in Scotland, far higher in UK, kinder treatment and UK Labour to refuse increase local housing allowance

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The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA At times like this, I think that maybe I don’t need any help. In a classic Anglocentric piece reporting by the Guardian’s Donna Ferguson: Nearly 1 million children in the UK are at risk of falling into … Continue reading Children in poverty due to housing costs – Research reveals TWICE as many in Labour Wales than in Scotland, far higher in UK, kinder treatment and UK Labour to refuse increase local housing allowance

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Another shameful attempt by Jackie Baillie to make you think that folk are dying because of ambulance delays in a country where they are far far faster than in Labour Wales

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The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA In the Herald (Where else) today, not on BBC Scotland‘s website but give them time, this: See that wee ‘or’ in the last line, there? That’s the first sign that ‘Scottish’ Labour’s health spokesperson is playing games … Continue reading Another shameful attempt by Jackie Baillie to make you think that folk are dying because of ambulance delays in a country where they are far far faster than in Labour Wales

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Labour MPs have been mostly supportive of what a Keir Starmer led Labour UK government has being doing

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By Liz S It seems that no matter how much the media here try to protect Labour and damage the SNP well some of the voters in Scotland are making up their own minds about who is really bad and who is really good, and the recent polls for Scotland are telling us that it is not the media who gets to decide this but the public. I see too that we have also reached the point now where some within the media are trying to blame all of these bad polls for Labour upon Keir Starmer as the Labour … Continue reading Labour MPs have been mostly supportive of what a Keir Starmer led Labour UK government has being doing

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‘Justice needs to be done’: UK minister responsible for the Stonehaven rail deaths must face trial

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By Professor John Robertson OBA In the Herald today ‘Justice needs to be done’: Rail crash lessons learnt stalls – Victims affected by the Stonehaven rail tragedy say ‘heads should have rolled’ for happened what as it emerged more than half of the ‘lessons learnt’ recommendations of action demanded by investigators have still to be implemented, three years later. It has been confirmed that as of the turn of the year of 20 official recommendations for action over the crash made nearly three years ago, just nine have been closed – meaning action has been taken to totally implement them. Further down, … Continue reading ‘Justice needs to be done’: UK minister responsible for the Stonehaven rail deaths must face trial

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Tackling misogyny in Scotland – more police officers dismissed, rape convictions soar, more sensitive approach to domestic abuse calls and Labour hypocrisy

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The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland – a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson By Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald today claims: ‘Culture of misogyny’ in Police Scotland sex crime unit – Detectives working in Police Scotland’s rape investigation unit would “frequently” describe female complainers as “slags,” a whistleblower has alleged. In a 30-page statement, … Continue reading Tackling misogyny in Scotland – more police officers dismissed, rape convictions soar, more sensitive approach to domestic abuse calls and Labour hypocrisy