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Scots have ‘critically low’ democratic well-being staying in UK but are ‘twice as likely to have high trust’ in SNP Government even after 18 years – How did BBC Scotland cope with this? Professor John Robertson OBA From a large survey by Paris-based Ipsos for Carnegie UK, into wellbeing index for Scotland in 2025, highlighting collective wellbeing scores across various domains and…

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Why Scots have a ‘critically low’ democratic well-being score – the 50 years theft of their energy supplies for one thing? Grok having a go at ‘Draw a map showing Scotland’s energy heating England using a plug socket in Scotland and an electric fire in England’ – spot the errors? Professor John …

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BBC Scotland ‘balance’ the FM’s claims on increased NHS appointments with Con and Labour ‘playground’ shouts and of course not the hard evidence that he is correct with 120 000 and 10% more than last ... of breaking the NHS. Professor John Robertson OBA author of 20 peer-reviewed papers on media effects The above is not, as they would claim, ‘balance.’ That would be hard, published, sta…

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Violent attacks on trains are significantly more common in England and Wales than in Scotland Professor John Robertson OBA The Scotsman today has a wee go at making Scots feel included in this latest British tragedy. There not much in the way of comparative data but a 2019 report by LBC had…

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‘The Canary in the Coalmine’ – Abortions shocking 36% more common in England & Wales after 18 years of SNP rule Professor John Robertson OBA I should say quickly that I’m right behind women’s right to choose on this. My posts are almost always about the representation rather than the substance of…

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Why can only BBC Highland Cops tell us straight that these drug gangs originate in England and are from London, Birmingham and Newcastle? Don’t they care about the reputation of the Union that we’re ‘... Professor John Robertson OBA That’s an Inverness-based police inspector telling us on BBC Highland Cops in S3, E4, that the drugs will be ‘brought to Inverness by organised crime groups…

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‘Troubled Tory ferry fiasco’ vessel built in England out of action again Professor John Robertson OBA The National’s piece, above, on the latest problems for the MV Caledonian Isles has no historical perspective on this long-troubled vessel, leaving some to think …

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Wealth Extraction – Another supposed supporter of independence works against it by denying colonialism and blaming the SNP Professor John Robertson OBA Like Wings and Craig Murray and Kevin McKenna, Robin McAlpine of Common Weal cannot get over the SNP leadership’s failure to recognise his supreme intelligence an…

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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 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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UKIP, The Brexit Party and now Reform UK are all cheeks that have stemmed from the same Arse….and that Arse’s name is Nigel Farage By Liz S Talking of migrants…….sorry long comment , but most of it consists of a transcript of a TV report by SKY News. Connor Gillies, SKY News Scottish correspondent , did a TV report on SKY…

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Middle class refers now to the 0.6% of the population living in £500 000 mansions and SNP is apparently out ‘to hammer’ them Professor John Robertson OBA In the Telegraph, last Monday: SNP council tax raid to hammer middle class – Families living in larger homes could see their annual bills rise from £3,780 to £6,5…

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One 8 year NHS Scotland wait for plastic surgery does not erase Labour’s longer waits for hundreds of thousands, overall, in A&E, for urgent 18 week treatment and for heart operations as they, not the... Professor John Robertson OBA Showing that even the best of the English MSM can be taken in by Scottish Labour’s lies about the SNP, the Independent last Monday, had: Scottish Labour’s deputy …

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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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From Iraq, through Afghanistan and on to Palestine/Gaza, they have watched hundreds of thousands of their co-religionists - old men, women, children - murdered, brutally and cruelly, yet only a vanishingly small number of them ever seek to harm us in revenge - praise them.

Only 20 years ago we had more to fear from violent criminals, from failing hospitals, from dangerous roads and from rip-off landlords than those in other parts of the UK. Today, it's the other way round. Who gets the credit?

Why Scotland’s higher school violence is a myth now being pushed by Channel 4 Professor John Robertson OBA From Channel 4 yesterday, the above and: Scotland has Britain’s highest rate of violent injuries to school staff reported to the safety watchdog, FactCheck can reveal. …

Reposted as Scotland on Sunday today repeat the myth:
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Scotland IS different as it protects unaccompanied children seeking asylum Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian, today, the above and: More than 50 lone child asylum seekers who disappeared soon after arriving in the UK [sic] and while in the care of the authoriti…

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Go out and buy the Herald today? Words you rarely, actually never, hear here Professor John Robertson OBA You’ll have to excuse be if I have no scoobie as to why the Herald is leading with the above, presumably Alba-inspired, story: Scotland is expected to generate ne…

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🇬🇧 113 years AFTER the british union, the british state was still publicly Hanging & Beheading Scottish “traitors” to the british crown

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Remember this when british unionists try to tell you about the 300 years of “glorious” union

“SCOTLAND FREE, OR A DESERT” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

Homeless deaths plummet in Scotland as they soar in other parts of the UK but…. Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC UK, 8th October 2025: The number of people who died while homeless in the UK reached a record high last year, according to new figures. The Museum of Homelessn…

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Unelected Ayrshire MSP Professor John Robertson OBA In the Daily Record yesterday: A row is brewing over delays to complete a multi-million pound mental health inpatient unit, designed to care for children aged 12 to 18 …

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Latest poll showing 10 point lead for Yes is still weighted heavily toward 2024 Labour voters so may understate it?
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Scottish Government initiatives push Scotland well ahead of the rest of the UK in preserving nature Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: or by direct bank transfer method – Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 Professor John Robertso…

Reposted today as the Guardian claims 'Britain' (sic) least 'nature connected':
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It doesn’t look as if the British Labour Party will bring about reform to England’s social care sector anytime soon stewartb Many expert commentators argue that long waits in A&E are caused – to a substantial degree – by delays in discharging hospital in-patients when medically ready for discharge and that t…

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NHS Scotland performance likely to be even further ahead as five examples of cover-up and distortion by NHS England managers is revealed stewartb making this comment below, yesterday, reminded of how previously, he, I and others have revealed the trickery used by NHS England, operating in a Tory/competitive/managerialist culture, co…

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Let’s be sure we learn this lesson from history as global uranium demand and Labour’s nuclear plans threaten the lives of the people of the Orkney Islands: Edited Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Frances McKie for alerting us to this again, as she did in March 2025. In Investing.com, two days ago, the above graph and: When the U.S. government announced…

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How Labour tried to gag The National with £30k legal threat ahead of General Election Today we lift the lid on how the Labour Party used a £30,000 legal threat to try to kill a big story about one of their senior figures ...

How Labour tried to gag The National with pre-election legal threat

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Migrant hysteria, the lie driving the rise of the far right The far right is on the rise, and it’s on the rise due to an artificial panic manufactured by rich and powerful interests in order to distract public attention from the greed and avarice of t…

My latest blog piece. Migrant panic, the lie driving the rise of the far right

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I see Sky News is yet again bigging up Reform UK in Scotland. They never do the same with the SNP which is actually expected to win the Scottish elections in 2026 while the Scottish Greens, who are polling strongly, never get mentioned at all.

Families in Labour-run Bath and North-East Somerset wait 40 to 200 times as long for social housing as those in SNP-run Glasgow or across Scotland Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Dottie once more alerting me to this: In the Guardian today, the above and: The stats are stark: families on Bath and North East Somerset council’s social hou…

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