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Arran Ferry – two very good reasons for the Troon move

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Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 understand the concerns in Ardrossan about this but the wider picture is important. The summer traffic to Arran warranted the building of larger ferries. Businesses and the islanders campaigned for bigger ferries to cope with and that is where we are. The move to Troon will and understandable disappointment in Ardrosssan will of course be exploited by the media. Here’s the case for it, in two parts: First, Glen Sannox sailing from Troon means the same bus/car, shorter train, journey times from Glasgow … Continue reading Arran Ferry – two very good reasons for the Troon move

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Drawing a Line in the Constitutional Sand – Should SNP MPs withdraw from Westminster?

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Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 Mark E. Saunders of “The Scottish Minuteman” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=61575625542197 “It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom alone, which no good man gives up but with his life.” — The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320 Is the moment fast approaching when Scotland needs to stand up — by sitting out? At the very moment Scotland returned the largest independence-supporting majority in the history of the devolution settlement, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom chose to ignore the democratic significance … Continue reading Drawing a Line in the Constitutional Sand – Should SNP MPs withdraw from Westminster?

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Consent for large AI data centres – BBC Scotland deliberately conceals the rigorous science behind today’s Scottish Government guidance

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Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 Earlier today, the Scottish Government published the above statement after the Holyrood debate on large data centres. At around 18:00, BBC Scotland, the taxpayer-funded, public service provider, responded with this: Planning consent for large data centres in Scotland is “highly unlikely” to be granted in the next three months, the Scottish government says. The Scottish Greens have called for application processes to be paused until new national guidelines are in force – with an emphasis on energy demand and the environment. Ministers, while rejecting … Continue reading Consent for large AI data centres – BBC Scotland deliberately conceals the rigorous science behind today’s Scottish Government guidance

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Tell me Grok my AI familiar – Why is Talking-up Scotland little referenced in the MSM or by politicians, on both sides in Scotland, and struggling to fundraise? ‘You’re too partisan, do too much and are not glamorous…awk!’

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Tell me Grok my AI familiar – Why is Talking-up Scotland little referenced in MSM or by politicians on both sides in Scotland? Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 Talking-up Scotland is a long-running, data-heavy pro-independence blog written mainly by retired University of the West of Scotland media politics professor John Robertson. It specialises in daily statistical rebuttals of BBC Scotland, the Herald, Scotsman and similar outlets, arguing they systematically omit positive Scottish Government figures (crime, NHS waits, child poverty, energy, etc.) or frame stories to damage the SNP and … Continue reading Tell me Grok my AI familiar – Why is Talking-up Scotland little referenced in the MSM or by politicians, on both sides in Scotland, and struggling to fundraise? ‘You’re too partisan, do too much and are not glamorous…awk!’

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Kevin McKenna – ‘I spent an afternoon on the stump of Burnbank with the most impressive Conservative I’ve ever encountered’ This man? Kev? You alright?

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Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 I think McKenna’s real gripe is simply that he absolutely hates the SNP and so he is determined to convince others to also hate them as well. However he is choosing to express that hate by stooping very low. Remember when McKenna spent time with the then Tory Councillor Thomas Kerr (who has now defected to Reform UK). He was also “walking the streets” back then too. He called Kerr “the most impressive Conservative I’ve ever encountered”. Honestly if the people … Continue reading Kevin McKenna – ‘I spent an afternoon on the stump of Burnbank with the most impressive Conservative I’ve ever encountered’ This man? Kev? You alright?

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Revealed – Prof Paterson’s failed ‘Circuits and efficiency in incomplete block designs’ class for Primary 2, was left out of BBC Scotland decision to make him a ‘Leading Educationalist!’

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Oh, OK, I admit it, I only got a C2 for the infant stage in West Quarter Primary School (1980?) after the class accused me of cheating on caterpillar/butterfly metamorphosis, but I then got a B+ with the ‘big yins’ (11 year-olds) in Bantaskine, before going on to great success in Stirling, corrupting young minds in the school football team with the cynical Italian ‘Catennacio’ defensive system. Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 That is he, who is a much favoured guest of the BBC Scotland news … Continue reading Revealed – Prof Paterson’s failed ‘Circuits and efficiency in incomplete block designs’ class for Primary 2, was left out of BBC Scotland decision to make him a ‘Leading Educationalist!’

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The prof who believes that Pisa tests prove England’s schools are better is also the same one who tried to stop my research in 2014 revealing BBC bias from affecting the Referendum

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Not just posing in front of books but higgledy-piggledy ones? Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 Regulars here will know that we’ve been reacting, often angrily, to Prof Paterson’s attempts to shame Scottish schools, based on the skills he picked up in his own early research into barley crop yields, bull testicles and other agricultural products. I won’t re-tread these today. I have another reason to question his motivations, that I’d forgotten about these 13 years since I did quantitative research into BBC/STV reporting of the referendum campaign and found, … Continue reading The prof who believes that Pisa tests prove England’s schools are better is also the same one who tried to stop my research in 2014 revealing BBC bias from affecting the Referendum

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Legal aid for abuse women – Yet another example of the value of TuS

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By stewartb I too have noticed this contention about Legal Aid being made here btl multiple times and over a prolonged period. I can’t recall any links to source documents ever being supplied. Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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’ve never quite had enough motivation to research the claim tho’ it has occurred to me to do so too in the past. I’m glad you’ve now done this: it’s an important matter. Yet another example of the value of TuS! I hope the persistent ‘campaigner’/btl contributor offers a response to what you’ve … Continue reading Legal aid for abuse women – Yet another example of the value of TuS

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Even under Plaid Cymru rule BBC Wales can maintain professional journalism standards miles above the BBC Scotland scare stories

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Two headlines sum it all up for us? Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 BBC Wales and BBC Scotland react, both on the 9th September, to the latest Pisa results. The BBC Wales reporting is especially notable given these: Imagine if Scotland had been bottom, how BBC Scotland would have covered. Of course, the English figures are fiddled. They’ve just recruited image consultants to present their still dodgy data so that they don’t nearly get chucked off the whole thing as in 2022. See: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/08/two-leading-academics-cast-doubt-on-englands-supposedly-better-pisa-scores-as-their-sample-is-revealed-to-be-skewed-toward-high-achievers-by-schools-gaming-the-system-again/ Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin Crowdfunder at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talking-up-scotland-keep-going Or … Continue reading Even under Plaid Cymru rule BBC Wales can maintain professional journalism standards miles above the BBC Scotland scare stories

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Your Right to Decide – BBC Scotland defends Burnham’s retrenched position fully against a referendum

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Help Talking-up Scotland keep goin 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 the Scottish Government today: FM writes to PM on Scotland’s right to decide has had limited coverage. STV did a fair job in https://news.stv.tv/politics/john-swinney-writes-to-prime-minister-andy-burnham-in-bid-to-legally-launch-independence-vote reproducing Swinney’s letter in full with only a wee tail-ender from the Scottish Cons, more concerned to attack Butnham than Swinney. The letter: Dear Andy I am writing with regards to your comments at Prime Ministers Question’s in response to my colleague Chris Law MP’s question. Earlier today, you said; “on that question of a border poll, it is to … Continue reading Your Right to Decide – BBC Scotland defends Burnham’s retrenched position fully against a referendum