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Talking-up Scotland
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Professor of Media Politics (rtd) https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/ 'Yes may have had a sustained lead on the ground for many years, but that fact has been effectively concealed from us by dubious polling methodology.' James Kelly
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Private schools intake drop welcomed by education experts but clearly worries BBC Scotland, Herald, Scotsman and Reform UK
From Alasdair Macdonald [former Head Teacher] this morning: The Herod and the Scotsperson both headline the fall in the number of children attending private schools in Scotland since the introducti…
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SHOCK – More than TWICE as many Scots trust the SNP Government in Edinburgh as trust the UK (Con or Lab) Government!
in trust in the Scottish Government since the start of devolution, with less than half of respondents saying it acts in the country’s best interests. Professor John Robertson OBA What were th…
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BBC Reporting Scotland celebrate their construction of reality actually overcoming the evidence and reducing trust in devolved government
Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland broadcasts this morning, but not their website, are celebrating their achievement in pushing down trust in the Scottish Government [only 47%] by years of l…
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Very little evidence of young children taking knives into schools in Scotland
Professor John Robertson OBA There’s not one reference to Scotland in this 1 500 word report yet the broadcast on BBC Breakfast this morning explicitly includes it in the problem and the call…
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‘Teachers to vote on strike action over workload’ despite Scotland maintaining the lowest PTRs overall, reflecting higher per-pupil spending and policy priorities on smaller classes
Professor John Robertson OBA It’s impossible to escape the conclusion that if teacher workload is the issue in Scottish schools then there is a failure here of management in schools to apply …
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SNP bill passed to help prevent domestic homicides and suicides
Justice Secretary Angela Constance Professor John Robertson OBA Legislation to help reduce the number of domestic abuse-related homicides and suicides in Scotland has been passed unanimously by Par…
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News you won’t hear – Support for struggling households from SNP Government
Housing Secretary Màiri McAllan Professor John Robertson OBA From Scottish Government News today with only the Daily Record covering it: A record £99 million will be invested in Discretionary Housi…
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63 years of regular and repeated nuclear incidents at Dounreay safely 509 miles downwind of London
By stewartb The public record of incidents at Dounreay from CHATGPT: ‘Here is a chronological timeline of known official / media‑reported pollution, health & safety, and regulatory in…
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The one-way flow of drugs and XL Bully dogs from England into Scotland
Professor John Robertson OBA It’s probably best to check my facts first so, with Grok AI: Are there any media reports in 2025 of cocaine being smuggled from Scotland into England? Based on a …
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Inspectors raise Scottish nuclear plant with excess child leukaemia risk to an ‘enhanced level of regulatory attention for safety because of unsatisfactory site performance across numerous areas’ with...
Professor John Robertson OBA From the Chief Nuclear Inspector’s annual report on Great Britain’s nuclear industry October 2025, page 28: In July 2024, we increased NRS Dounreay to an enhanced level…
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A Fresh Start with Independence
This paper sets out why Scotland should become an independent country, and what an independent Scotland could look like. It provides details of this Scottish Government’s proposals for an independent ...
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Homeless deaths in Scotland fall as they climb in other parts due to lack of national leadership
Professor John Robertson OBA Once again, I’m grateful to Brenda Robb for finding this and researching it for us. From BBC UK today but ignored by BBC Scotland, the above and: The figures show…
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NHS England has to pay out almost twice as much as NHS Scotland for ‘maternity failings’
Professor John Robertson OBA Many thanks to Brian McGowan for alerting us to this. How are things in Scotland you ask? £1.3 billion was paid out in 2024/205: Per head, that £1.3 billion becomes £13…
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Not one English river but nearly 60% of Scottish rivers in good health or better in 2024
The River Wye – Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC Wales and broadcast on BBC Breakfast, today: The biggest legal claim ever brought in the UK over environmental pollution in the country h…
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Massive fall in number of children in care as progressive policies work to reduce poverty and as violent crime reduces but, hey, you don’t need to know that do you?
Scotland’s system for children in care. Professor John Robertson OBA There’s something important missing from the above ‘news’ today on children in care in Scotland – …
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BBC Scotland and Audit Scotland understating the dark forces resisting the Scottish Government’s pledge to improve the lives of care-experienced children and young people by 2030
Professor John Robertson OBA Popping up as he does on a regular basis to criticise the Scottish Government: Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland, said that initial planning about how The Pro…
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How dangerous is it to live 5km from a nuclear power station? It depends who you ask but EVERY German study says it doubled childhood leukemia risk
Professor John Robertson OBA I asked the Elicit AI for scientific research which claims to help researchers be 10x more evidence-based: How dangerous is it to live 5km from a nuclear power station?…
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More funding to tackle child poverty but that doesn’t fit the media narrative does it?
Professor John Robertson OBA The small-circulation Scottish Housing News has the report but it’s nowhere in the MSM despite their gleeful responses to the flawed Joseph Rowntree Foundation cl…
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Crime rate in Central London is more than 5 times higher than in Glasgow after 18 years free of ConLab rule
Professor John Robertson OBA From the Sun, published 3 days ago DANGER ZONES Map shows the top 10 UK crime hotspots – do YOU live in the most dangerous area? Newcastle has the lowest crime rate of …
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Long A&E waits more than twice as common in NHS England but despite that the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in England has little to say by comparison with its comments in Scotland
Professor John Robertson OBA From Public Health Scotland today, we see that 4.2% patients spent more than 12 hours in A&E.1 From NHS England, the equivalent figure was, once calculated from the…
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NHS Scotland was ready to complete 98% of operations in August 2025 despite steadily increasing demand
Professor John Robertson OBA From Public Health Scotland today: During August 2025, there were 24,750 operations planned to take place across NHSScotland. This is 3.1% higher (+753) than the number…
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Almost twice as many households in England than in Scotland find it difficult or very difficult to afford the costs of childcare
Professor John Robertson OBA From Scottish Household Survey 2024 Childcare published today: More than half said that they found it easy (17%) or very easy (34%) to afford childcare, with a further …
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SNP Cop numbers more than under Labour, crime halved and murder less than in Denmark, as Express puts mental health of hundreds at risk
Professor John Robertson OBA The Express today with Cop cuts putting public at risk? Rubbish. Cop cuts? From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: August 2025, publishe…
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Scotland’s Fort Apache, Fort George, should be recycled
Professor John Robertson OBA Fort George, Scotland’s very own Fort Apache is apparently at risk again. It was under threat four years ago: In the Times 17 October 2021: Up to 1,700 soldiers c…
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