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Why England can learn from Scotland after first measles death in a decade The NHS in England could learn important lessons from Scotland after a measles death in Liverpool last week, experts say.

Media are pushing 'Increased measles cases 'across' the UK'
Case of equating England=GB=UK mentality when statistics show England in a bad light.
Article in The Telegraph of all publications paints a different picture.
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A man in a suit speaks at a podium in the House of Commons. Above him, text reads: “Claim water pollution is worse in Scotland than England is Mostly False.” A scale beneath the text ranges from “True” to “FFS!”, with a marker positioned under “Mostly False” showing The Ferret’s logo.

UK environment secretary Steve Reed claimed pollution levels are worse in Scotland than in England. But our fact check found the evidence doesn’t back that up, and in key measures, Scotland fares better
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The very real and tragic costs that competent government by the SNP has quietly averted by its handling of health service pay and conditions settlements The many strikes in NHS England in 2023, all averted by the Scottish Government, were at a real and tragic cost: From the ONS in March 2023: In total, at least 93,022 outpatient appointments, 18,71…

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A graphic showing a tweet set onto the background of a scottish lake. The tweet reads: “Despite what Labour are claiming, Scottish water is world renowned. 87% of Scotland's entire water environment is assessed by SEPA as having a 'high' or 'good' classification for water quality - up from 82% in 2014. Public ownership is not just possible, it works in Scotland!” The tweet is quote tweeting another tweet, which reads: “My letter to UK Gov Minister Steve Reed asking him to retract his false statements about the condition of water in Scotland. IWC was able to report we’re in a much better position than rUk with 87% “high” or “good” status. Public ownership works.“

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The SNP will always keep Scotland’s water in Scotland’s hands.

The current fiasco in England shows that public ownership works.

Scottish Water delivers a better service, reinvestment not profit, and 20% lower bills than England. 🚰

If Keir Starmer wants a positive relationship with the Scottish Government, he needs to get his Environment Secretary to retract his totally inaccurate comments about Scotland’s water.

Our rivers are cleaner, our bills are lower - and public ownership delivers for people, not profit. 👇

And no shareholders got a big fat dividend too.

"The final report from the Independent Water Commission led by Sir Jon Cunliffe was published this week.

It found that 66% of Scotland’s water bodies are of good ecological status compared with 16.1% in England and 29.9% in Wales."

"Yorkshire has pretty much the same population (5.4 million) as Scotland but its sewage spill clear-up costs were 345 times higher".

We've had enough bullshit from gaslighting unionist media and lying Labour ministers!

Leading health think tank praises new framework for population health co-created by Scottish Government and COSLA – ‘this is a major step forward’ –  ‘Despite the now released Fit for the future: 10 Year Health Plan, England has nothing equivalent’ – ‘England would do well to draw …

This is a major confirmation, from a high status independent source, but ignored by Scottish media, of what the SNP is achieving in government - share very widely including with your MP and MSP
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Scotland now nearly as forested as it was 1 000 years ago and 80% more forested than England Image: Paul Tomkins, Visit Scotland The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser [closing 28 February] primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 i…

As the Guardian today reports England's woodlands in decay, what has been achieved here after 18 years
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Arran ferry’s troubles started when the contract to build it was awarded by Scottish Conservatives to an inexperienced English yard on its last legs in a Conservative constituency Professor John Robertson OBA Readers will already know that the MV Caledonian Isles is back in dock for repairs following botched work by Cammell Laird in Liverpool. Readers will also be aware of t…

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Junior doctor strikes again – Why we want less Scottish news and more from England Above, BBC Scotland’s interests specially chosen for you. Below, the really big story everywhere else in the UK but not to be mentioned by BBC Scotland, even though to do so might reassure th…

Junior doctors in England vote to strike again - how BBC Scotland hid the facts from their viewers last year:
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Contrary to Labour claims NHS waiting list in England surges to 17% longer than in Scotland leaving more than 1 million extra waiting longer than they would if they’d had an SNP government these last ... Our waiting list is 1 million longer? (Image: Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror) Professor John Robertson OBA On a regular basis we see new ‘Scottish’ Labour MPs in Westmonster, …

While Wes Streeting talks bizarrely of Swinney's analogue leadership, the terrible truth of a year of Labour rule for NHS England talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/05/28/c...

Social housing in Scotland factcheck – 40% more availability, no damaging right to buy, bigger grants and greater fire safety Professor John Robertson OBA Amongst all the current media frenzy about a one-year down-turn in new social media building, these important, positive, contextual facts, published in a review by the …

As Labour are allowed to campaign on housing in the Herald recently, facts you won't see there talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/06/25/s...

The scale of Wind generated electricity in Scotland is staggering, right now wind is producing 100% of Scotlands electricity, 50% of Wales and 10% of Englands, that is equivalent of us producing over 220% of what we consume.
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Alex Cole Hamilton reveals CalMac to be more than 97% reliable with his second-class research Professor John Robertson OBA Here we have another of those Freedom of Information requests by the opposition parties stored up to try to maintain the SNPbad narrative through the holidays. You&#821…

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As England-only research is presented as evidence of a child-obesity crisis ‘across the UK’, how the Scottish Government has been turning the tide By Professor John Robertson As the Guardian headlines UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds based on a Food Foundation report explicitly titled A NEGLECTED…

Obesity in the 'UK' again in the Guardian but no mention of this in Scotland:
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LATEST – SNP maintain crime level steady at 40% below that of last Labour government but need the full powers of independence to push it further down again Professor John Robertson OBA From Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2024-25, published today, the above graph, and: There was little change in crimes recorded by the police in Scotland, decreasing by &lt…

Today's poll suggesting Scots THINK crime has gone up - that's because it has IN the media reporting and in TV drama they consume daily, but IN reality, it's way down, based on three kinds of proof:
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Significant fall in ‘bed-blocking’ in just six months as Scotland’s better integrated health and care system improves further Image –  Professor John Robertson OBA From Delayed discharges in NHS Scotland monthly Figures for May 2025 published today, we see that the number of delayed bed days occupied in a calendar month p…

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Despite daily media campaign to undermine it Public satisfaction with NHS highest in SNP Scotland and lowest in NHS Wales GETTY IMAGES Professor John Robertson OBA Regulars here will have seen our almost daily rebuttals of the lies and selective bias against NHS Scotland and our reports of 95% plus target busting in a…

As new NHS England chief admits they've often seen patients as an 'inconvenience', it's different in Scotland:
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Knife crimes plummet in Scotland to only half the level under Labour and 90 times as many, per head, ‘Zombie’ knives mentioned in crime reports in England & Wales restrict the purchase of knives online, in an attempt to reduce the number of attacks involving young people. The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser [closing tomorrow at 2pm] primarily to enable the r…

Sale of knives and swords across UK media today but you won't hear this:
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Fiona Bruce lies shamefully as QT opens tonight contrary to the truth that NHS Scotland does better on the 4 key measures of A&E, cancer, 18 weeks and overall waiting lists talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/10/24/r...

Independent Ireland - Indy PosterBoy Download this design as a printable PDF document, perfect for printing using your home inkjet or laser colour printer at A5, A4 or even as big as A3 size.

Independent Ireland is the world’s 3rd richest country. Its poorest have a living standard 62% higher than the UK poorest. It now has 44+ direct EU trade routes bypassing England, & increased EU trade by 50% in just 6months. If Ireland can *of course* Scotland can.
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Independent Iceland - Indy PosterBoy Download this design as a printable PDF document, perfect for printing using your home inkjet or laser colour printer at A5, A4 or even as big as A3 size.

Independent Iceland has a population smaller than Edinburgh. Has doubled its GDP per capita since the 1998 global financial crisis, and is now the ninth richest country in the world. If Iceland can, then *of course* Scotland can.
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A closed breastfeeding support service and failed hospital disinfectants research but no mention that Scotland has the lowest stillbirth rate and the cleanest hospitals in the UK By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Faculty Research Ethics Chair, UWS BBC Scotland today, headlining: A breastfeeding support service which has helped mums of newborn babies for…

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