katf44
@katf44.bsky.social
Retired social work and OU tutor, Scottish Independence 🏴 #FBSI 🏴 European 🏴 Hearts supporter, Dog slave, Fifer, Mother of 3, Granny of 6 🏴
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BBC director resigns over corporation skewing news, you say? Bitter laughs from Scotland.
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LONDON CALLING: BBC bias during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum
YouTube video by London Calling documentary
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November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
BBC director resigns over corporation skewing news, you say? Bitter laughs from Scotland.
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“The drug deaths trend in Scotland has been downward for these last five years, from 1,339 in 2020 to 1,017. A 24.2% fall, by a quarter in only 5 years after more than 20 years of increasing, is very significant and suggests a successful strategy by government.”
FIVE years of success in turning Scotland’s drug deaths trend around, the reasons for that and the reasons it’s not even better than that talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/10/f...
FIVE years of success in turning Scotland’s drug deaths trend around, the reasons for that and the reasons it’s not even better than that
Professor John Robertson OBA This is simply untrue. The drug deaths trend in Scotland has been downward for these last five years, from 1 339 in 2020 to 1 017. A 24.2% fall, by a quarter in only 5 …
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November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“The drug deaths trend in Scotland has been downward for these last five years, from 1,339 in 2020 to 1,017. A 24.2% fall, by a quarter in only 5 years after more than 20 years of increasing, is very significant and suggests a successful strategy by government.”
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Am I the only one who really wishes dogs could talk?
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Am I the only one who really wishes dogs could talk?
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99% of drug and alcohol patients seen in 3 weeks, 99% of children and adolescents with mental health problems seen on time and 98% of cancer patients begin treatment within 31 days but local Labour MP prefers you don’t know that talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/08/9...
99% of drug and alcohol patients seen in 3 weeks, 99% of children and adolescents with mental health problems seen on time and 98% of cancer patients begin treatment within 31 days but local Labour MP...
being missed. Professor John Robertson OBA UK Labour’s Elaine Stewart outside her local hospital to shout about supposed failures, demoralising passing staff again and being carefully selecti…
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November 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
99% of drug and alcohol patients seen in 3 weeks, 99% of children and adolescents with mental health problems seen on time and 98% of cancer patients begin treatment within 31 days but local Labour MP prefers you don’t know that talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/08/9...
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The 8 Kent offenders sent to jail for more than 100 years.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The 8 Kent offenders sent to jail for more than 100 years.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
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We’ve tried really hard but cannot find a prisoner released in error and still ‘on the loose’ in Scotland so Call Fiona Stalker on the restarted ‘Call Kaye’ show to help us, please! It doesn’t have to be true. A neighbour? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/08/w...
We’ve tried really hard but cannot find a prisoner released in error and still ‘on the loose’ in Scotland so Call Fiona Stalker on the restarted ‘Call Kaye’ show to help us, please! It doesn’t have to...
Professor John Robertson OBA, Director of the Goebbels Scotland Education Trust Are there any reports of prisoners released in error in Scotland who have yet returned to prison No absconding cases …
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We’ve tried really hard but cannot find a prisoner released in error and still ‘on the loose’ in Scotland so Call Fiona Stalker on the restarted ‘Call Kaye’ show to help us, please! It doesn’t have to be true. A neighbour? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/08/w...
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No major flu deaths surge expected in Scotland after 80% vaccine uptake and in cleaner hospitals talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/07/n...
No major flu deaths surge expected in Scotland after 80% vaccine uptake and in cleaner hospitals
The national flu immunisation programme for 2025 to 2026 slideset Professor John Robertson OBA The above is from the Over 5 million under 65s with a long-term health condition could miss out flu va…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
No major flu deaths surge expected in Scotland after 80% vaccine uptake and in cleaner hospitals talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/07/n...
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@crankyoldcrackpot.bsky.social I love this definition of HOPE!
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
@crankyoldcrackpot.bsky.social I love this definition of HOPE!
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Our national public broadcaster, BBC Scotland, did it's best to manifest a bonfire of disorder, and contrary to their dubious reporting, it turns out Scotland's not shite after all.
Absolutely shameless. 🏴
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Absolutely shameless. 🏴
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17 newspapers sense a damp squib tonight but BBC Scotland positively lust for ‘Bonfire Night Disorder
Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland’s newspaper review – Scotland’s papers: Plea to probe killer Beggs and tax hike ‘fears’ – has 17 of them and not so muc…
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November 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Our national public broadcaster, BBC Scotland, did it's best to manifest a bonfire of disorder, and contrary to their dubious reporting, it turns out Scotland's not shite after all.
Absolutely shameless. 🏴
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Absolutely shameless. 🏴
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Nobody should amass $30B. Ever. Nevermind since FRIDAY! WTAF?
Jeff Bezos’ stake in Amazon is up almost $30 billion since Friday.
Jeff Bezos Becomes $10 Billion Richer As Amazon’s OpenAI Deal Boosts Stock
Jeff Bezos’ stake in Amazon is up almost $30 billion since Friday.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Nobody should amass $30B. Ever. Nevermind since FRIDAY! WTAF?
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75 years ago, the ECHR was signed after the horrors of the war.
Today, Nigel Farage and many Westminster politicians want to tear up the laws that protect our basic human rights.
Our rights are not Westminster’s to take away. We will stand firmly against that.
Today, Nigel Farage and many Westminster politicians want to tear up the laws that protect our basic human rights.
Our rights are not Westminster’s to take away. We will stand firmly against that.
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
75 years ago, the ECHR was signed after the horrors of the war.
Today, Nigel Farage and many Westminster politicians want to tear up the laws that protect our basic human rights.
Our rights are not Westminster’s to take away. We will stand firmly against that.
Today, Nigel Farage and many Westminster politicians want to tear up the laws that protect our basic human rights.
Our rights are not Westminster’s to take away. We will stand firmly against that.
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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
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Reposted as latest landslip affecting trains into Scotland is not clearly linked to UK rather than Scottish Government responsibility:
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Hiding the UK Government responsibility for the three Stonehaven derailment deaths behind ‘The Crown’
Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald today has the above carefully-worded front page report on the Aberdeen to Glasgow train derailed at Carmont in Aberdeenshire on August 12, 202…
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November 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Reposted as latest landslip affecting trains into Scotland is not clearly linked to UK rather than Scottish Government responsibility:
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If NHS Scotland was performing worse than NHS England, the British Labour Party in Scotland’s condemnation of the SNP in government might be justified but it’s not so it’s not talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/02/i...
If NHS Scotland was performing worse than NHS England, the British Labour Party in Scotland’s condemnation of the SNP in government might be justified but it’s not so it’s not
stewartb On the face of it, these extreme waits referenced by the British Labour Party deputy leader in Scotland are wholly unacceptable. Why did they occur? Unless we know why, we can’t determine …
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November 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If NHS Scotland was performing worse than NHS England, the British Labour Party in Scotland’s condemnation of the SNP in government might be justified but it’s not so it’s not talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/02/i...
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Two reasons why I'm glad to live in Scotland under an SNP government... brought to my attention by TalkingUpScotland, the website that keeps me informed with what's actually happening. 🏴🏴🏴
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UK Labour deny England’s under-22’s the ‘transformative benefit’ of Scotland’s free bus scheme as it hits more than 200 million journeys
Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this: From BBC Business two days ago: A proposed plan to trial free bus passes for under-22s in England will not go ahead as it is “unaffordable” at …
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November 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Two reasons why I'm glad to live in Scotland under an SNP government... brought to my attention by TalkingUpScotland, the website that keeps me informed with what's actually happening. 🏴🏴🏴
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This shit is happening 25 miles from Glasgow.
Now imagine it was 25 miles from Westminster.
Now imagine it was 25 miles from Westminster.
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This shit is happening 25 miles from Glasgow.
Now imagine it was 25 miles from Westminster.
Now imagine it was 25 miles from Westminster.
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EXCLUSIVE: Polling trends in 2025 show women are now more supportive of Scottish independence than men, marking a striking reversal in Scotland’s political landscape
Women tip the balance in Scottish independence polls as gender gap reverses
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November 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Polling trends in 2025 show women are now more supportive of Scottish independence than men, marking a striking reversal in Scotland’s political landscape
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Reposted as BBC Scotland refuse again today to use last years figures for comparison because they fell so dramatically from 2023:
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BBC Scotland desperately predict firework violence again calling the 2023 events ‘last year’ because last year (2024), only one police officer was injured, down from 62 the year before
the skies across Scotland, emergency services are outlining their plans for coping with disorder on bonfire night. Last year, 61 arrests were made and several police officers and firefighters were …
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October 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Reposted as BBC Scotland refuse again today to use last years figures for comparison because they fell so dramatically from 2023:
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Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit.
British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit.
Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit.
It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.
British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit.
Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit.
It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit.
British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit.
Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit.
It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.
British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit.
Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit.
It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.
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Nicola Sturgeon has been named the best Scottish politician of the last 30 years – while David Tennant tops the list for stars of the screen
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Nicola Sturgeon has been named the best Scottish politician of the last 30 years – while David Tennant tops the list for stars of the screen