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As Labour Wales still fails on Sepsis deaths, how under Scottish Labour, hospitals were ‘death traps’ of hospital acquired infections and how Nicola Sturgeon sorted it Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Headlining on BBC UK TV broadcasts too, the above story makes these damning comments: A BBC investigation has found sepsis awareness training is…

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Why is the wettest part of the UK, North-east Scotland coping so well? Scottish Government investment pays off Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Look at that Met Office map above and note how awesomely wet January was for Scotland’s north-east. I suppose that photograph must there t…

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Road deaths halve and offences fall by a third as ‘SNP’ [sic] Road Safety Framework achieves significant results with 5 years to go Image – Grok AI Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. In the Edinburgh Reporter yesterday based on a Sunday Mail report: Scotland’s roads are becoming deadlier amid rising fata…

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Today Scottish Government commits firmly to free higher education tuition for all but not one mainstream media outlet covers this important news because…..it shines in reducing financial barriers and ... The Times Higher Education, read only by some academics, has this below but as you can see above this important news is being hidden from the electorate: ‘We’re looking at all parts of the system –…

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"Ensnared" and "Manipulated": Official Statement by Valéria Chomsky Regarding Jeffrey Epstein As many are aware, my husband, Noam Chomsky, now 97, is confronting significant health challenges after suffering a devastating stroke in June 2023.

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Nothing in Scotland looks anything like the mass child grooming rape gangs in England but Scottish Labour desperately need a national review for their Holyrood campaign and the Herald is trying to hel... No tasteless, exploitative images here. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. The Herald today: The SNP has been accused of dragging its feet on tackling grooming gangs, after watchd…

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Spending on schools across Scotland has increased by more than £1 billion but in a media vacuum Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Above the complete media coverage of a major Scottish Government announcement on school funding, 16 hours after it was first posted. They have n…

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Blue tent big enough for Mandelson police inquiry located in Ayr, Scotland – Sarwar ‘sleeping’ in Pacific Quay basement, unwashed and living on pot noodles as one Peter looks like pushing the other in... Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Readers will remember the scale of the police investigation into £600 000 given to the SNP by its own members for a campaign, and which they the…

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Sarwar half as popular as Swinney:

Keir Starmer gets bitten by his soon to be neutered Scottish poodle I’m not going to lie, I never expected that in 2026 I’d have “Excitedly awaiting a press conference from Anas Sarwar” on my bingo card. Due to the rapidly unfolding Mandelso…

Busy day in politics today, my second blog piece of the day, Keir Starmer gets bitten by his soon to be neutered Scottish poodle. This is all a massive opportunity for the SNP and the Scottish Greens in May's Holyrood elections.

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Kinda weird to think that the first politician to be brought down by the Epstein files, albeit indirectly, is Labour's Scottish leader Anas Sarwar, who isn't even mentioned in them. Meanwhile Trump, who is mentioned in the files thousands of times, continues to be protected by the Republican party.

*Here, being Scotland.

Starmer, Corbyn, and implications for May’s Scottish elections The big political story of the moment is of course the psychodrama enveloping Keir Starmer and the Labour party over the fallout from Starmer’s decision to appoint serial sleaze magnet Peter …

My latest blog piece, Starmer, Corbyn and the implications for the Scottish elections in May.

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As BBC Scotland drool over a dentist shortage in Stranraer, they won’t report the shocking wider contrast as nearly twice as many Scots have access to an NHS dentist as those in England Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. BBC Breakfast had extended and intensive coverage on the dentistry crisis in England, with the above images of queues around the block to even g…

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Social housing satisfaction levels 12% higher in Scotland as crisis strikes England a basic decent standard, and the pace of improving them is far too slow, according to a group of MPs…….The Government said it was taking action to drive up… Please Support Talking…

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Charity says worst form of homelessness in Scotland is about half as high as in England thanks to Scottish ministers having the “right political will” to tackle the problem. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. The Daily Record’s Dan Vevers has been out in the streets of Glasgow finding out what it’s like for rough-sleepers. Ironically, the …

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Why giving your second vote to a small pro-independence party will not increase the overall number of pro-independence parties in Scotland and risks even increasing number of unionist MSPs so ‘Both vo... Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. This is an almost entirely AI report. I trust it more than I would any assessment by human beings with the unavoidable biases and predisposition…

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Why giving your second vote to a small pro-independence party will not increase the overall number of pro-independence party MSPs in Scotland and risks even increasing number of unionist MSPs so ‘Both... Full version with working and sources –

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Assisted dying – Rural hospice staff shortages for palliative care will be UK Labour Government’s responsibility but BBC Scotland try to pass it on to Holyrood Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. In BBC Scotland’s short insert in BBC Breakfast, several times this morning: Hospice leaders say Scotland must must address a severe short…

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Since the crowdfunder started only 9 days ago, nearly 15 thousand distinct readers at Talking-up Scotland but fewer than 1 in a 100 felt it was worth a contribution? Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Sobering feedback that? I know, TuS gets lots of kindly and encouraging words but only 1 in 100 rate it worth even £1. 14 937 discrete visitors …

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Tribute to Jeane Freeman

An image of Starmer pulling Sarwar’s strings.

👀 Has anyone seen Starmer’s man in Scotland

This week has shown that Westminster is broken.

Scotland needs a fresh start with independence.

Vote SNP on the 7th May.

Jeane brought deep values of fairness and justice to all that she did. She made a huge contribution to our cause and our team.

I express my deepest sympathies to Susan and her loved ones. (2/2)

I am heart sore this morning at the death of Jeane Freeman, a wonderful Cabinet colleague.

Jeane gave selfless service to Scotland especially as Health Secretary during Covid. In designing Scotland’s social security system, she put dignity and respect at its heart. (1/2)

Three months until Scotland’s choice.

On May 7, vote SNP to choose hope, fairness and real action on the cost of living.

Let’s escape the broken Westminster system and choose our own future with the fresh start of independence. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We don’t have to put up with this broken, chaotic, failed Westminster system.

Scotland needs a fresh start with independence - and that starts with voting SNP on 7th May.

Join us, let’s win for Scotland: snp.org/join

Why there are no fly-tipping ‘super-sites’ for Scottish media to report – more than twice the level of inspection Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. BBC UK have been reporting 517 incidents of fly tipping, 11 of them ‘super-sites’ like the one above, in England. BBC Scotland, Scot…

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Selective media reading of research report to hide Scotland’s stronger support for unpaid carers Image chatgpt Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. In the Guardian and other UK media today: UK’s ‘unsung army’ of full-time unpaid carers needs more support, report says – Re…

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