Scotland has designated AND effectively protected more than 4 times the area of land in sites of special scientific interest, than has England In the Guardian today: The government’s wildlife watchdog for England is failing to save nature because it has stopped giving protection to rare wildlife and habitats, according to a new …

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Anti-social behaviour in Glasgow – This SNP council should be praised for implementing dispersal zone to further combat it even though it has fallen by two thirds in ten years From BBC Scotland today, the above and: Police have arrested 43 people in the first month of a new dispersal zone to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in Glasgow city centre. Officers have use…

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Claim Scotland is ahead of UK in emissions reductions is True The SNP election manifesto contained a claim about the performance of the Scottish Government in reaching 'net zero' emissions.

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New research report – The Politicisation of BBC Reporting in the 100 days before the Scottish Election 2026 – Comparing BBC Wales and BBC Scotland On Friday 17th April 2026, only three weeks before the Scottish Parliament election on May 7th, 2026, a research team at Talking-up Scotland completed a 100-day survey of the BBC Wales and BBC Scot…

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How can South Uist have no ‘mainland’ ferry service when the Skye Bridge offers an alternative that takes the same time? Keeping the Ferry Frenzy kettle boiling right up to the election, BBC Scotland today has the above and: The owner of a South Uist tourism business has said they are dealing with a wave of cancellat…

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Are Labour politicians now telling us how crap it is for Scotland to be within the UK? Voting Labour is not really voting Labour? By stewartb Strange times for Unionists in Scotland!  The Daily Record has just told its readers that ‘Anas Sarwar has claimed voting for Scottish Labour is not an endorsement of Keir Starmer …

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Contrary to England, vulnerable children in Scotland must be placed in regulated safe settings Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this. In the Guardian today: Ministers must get to grips with the “national scandal” of England’s shadow child social care system, the children’s commissioner ha…

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Vulnerable children placed in caravans and AirBnB

If you see anyone reading the Daily Record today

Scotland remains a progressive outlier with only half the level of concern about immigration and no chance of Reform UK winning even one constituency – Libby Brookes must improve YouGov, no friend of the SNP sees no sign of Reform UK coming first anywhere. Reform UK in Westminster polls – ahead consistently with up to a third of the voters. Reform UK in Scotland &#821…

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Sample in the latest supposedly 'All to play for' poll has been adjusted, skewed in favour of, the 2024 General Election result when the electorate were duped by Labour 'Change', before Mandelson, and before they screwed everything up and is thus a useless outlier - have faith!

Despite 1 320 more referrals, Scotland’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services hit 90% target for fifth time in a row but in media silence The Child, adolescent, and psychological therapies national dataset (CAPTND) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Report published today, does not cover waiting times targets, so I used the …

As the Record today shamelessly distorts the figures on behalf of Anas, how despite 1 320 more referrals, Scotland’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services hit 90% target for fifth time in a row but in media silence
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Health visitors in England are key to Labour’s preventative strategy but they’re plummeting there after two years in government while Scotland after 19 years of the SNP has four times as many per head... From BBC Breakfast early this morning (06.17 to 06.20am) and repeated with the above shocking figures throughout the show: The number of health visitors in England has fallen by almost half over th…

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Prof Mary Beard agrees with me (us) on listening to Tucker Carlson regarding Trump and Iran My main critical friend, who when I became addicted to opioid painkillers, constructively said ‘Some f*****g professor!’ , agrees with me on Tucker Carlson, a Christian and a Trump fan,…

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How Sarwar tried to steal credit for a trade union's achievement
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The causes of healthy life expectancy falling – Scotland already has far more, per head of population, GPs, nurses, midwives and other professionals than other parts of the UK so maybe look at this? The Herald today has: Scotland already has far more, per head of population, GPs, nurses, midwives and other professionals than other parts of the UK (table above, sources below) so Prof Cameron&#8…

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UK Government ‘austerity’ measures the key driver of Scotland’s falling life expectancy in good health and Labour will do nothing to reverse it Healthy life expectancy, Scotland 1995–2019, males (top) and females (bottom). The Herald today has: The graph above from the BMJ in 2022 puts the trend in an historical perspective, revealing that…

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Sarwar Admits Regret Over Grangemouth Promise as Pressure Mounts - The Highland Times Anas Sarwar has said he regrets his promise to save Grangemouth refinery, following its closure and job losses, as political pressure grows over industrial policy and differing UK government intervent...

'Anas Sarwar does not regret the fact that Grangemouth closed, he simply regrets being caught out in a lie.' thehighlandtimes.com/sarwar-admit...

Hell hath no fury like an MP scorned By Liz S Here’s something that the UK MSM will make a big thing about, indeed they have already started. It is a book , soon to be released , that will not be given such a negative and critical rec…

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NHS England is ‘being rewired by the policy of foreign governments’ stewartb ‘The NHS being rewired by the policy of foreign governments is an unusual step, and needs well-informed debate. We urge the UK government to publish these details.’ This is the observation…

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Measles crisis – why Scotland needs border control In the Guardian today, the above and: In 2024, a measles epidemic tore through this community and left one unvaccinated toddler dead. “As long as vaccination rates remain low, it’s a powder keg,” s…

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The UK government must publish a detailed impact assessment of the costs and benefits of the US-UK medicines partnership stewartb Seems like another example of a potentially damaging policy in a critically important area impacting Scotland implemented not only as a result of a Westminster government’s decision but on…

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Survey reveals shocking standards of research by trade union affiliated with Labour in Scotland By reader George S Gordon On Wednesday the Scotsman had an article based on Unison Scotland surveys of its members in the NHS, headlined – “Exclusive: Survey reveals ‘shocking’ concerns over health…

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Will Anas Sarwar be asked about Starmer’s ‘disastrous’ pharma deal with the US that could cots Scotland £6bn and 30 000 deaths Thanks to Dottie for alerting us to this: From the Canary fact checker yesterday: Keir Starmer’s disastrous trade deal with Trump for US pharmaceuticals may end up costing the UK £64bn. T…

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BBC Good Mourning Scotland – 12 years of uninterrupted interrrupting of SNP guests Fiona Stalker in 2026 and James Naughtie in 2014 MSM Monitor’s post today reminded me of something 12 years ago. Research I did then reveals that nothing has changed at BBC Good Mourning Scot…

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Have the Scottish Labour MPs joined the campaign against the ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contracts which the SNP already rejected two years ago? Palantir CEO Alex Karp In the Guardian today: MPs have queued up to demand the government scraps its £330m NHS contract with the spy-tech company Palantir, calling it “dreadful” and “shameful” in a…

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Third US request for data on campus safety cannot be provided despite on every English university campus you are significantly more likely to be a victim of violent crime than on any Scottish one From Police Scotland – 26-1005 – Clery Act Request (USA University) Date and time of release: April 15, 2026 18:36 Reference: 26-1005 – Clery Act Request (USA University), publish…

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Massive Attack & Tom Waits – Boots on the Ground [Verse 1] / Big legs dangle from a helicopter hole / Big chug rhythm, gotta be now ho! / Brown, mean and young, dumb and full of cum / What can you use a Marine for? / [Chorus

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Massive Attack / Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground YouTube video by Massive Attack

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