GMcC
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Love cooking, reading, being outdoors. Want to live in an independent Scotland
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London-born, entirely England-educated, nephrologist with no understanding of Scotland’s 500 years plus history of universal free-education thinks he can tell us what to do wp.me/pbesfy-qpb
London-born, entirely England-educated, nephrologist with no understanding of Scotland’s 500 years plus history of universal free-education thinks he can tell us what to do
Sir Peter William Mathieson, above, born in Colchester, educated entirely in England with only a medical science degree, and principal of the university where anti-working class Scots bias is the n…
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January 9, 2026 at 5:24 AM
London-born, entirely England-educated, nephrologist with no understanding of Scotland’s 500 years plus history of universal free-education thinks he can tell us what to do wp.me/pbesfy-qpb
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One year after First Minister’s promise NHS Scotland’s overall waiting list for new outpatient appointments has fallen for the 6th month in a row with NHS England’s list now a shocking 51% longer per head of population talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/06/o...
One year after First Minister’s promise NHS Scotland’s overall waiting list for new outpatient appointments has fallen for the 6th month in a row with NHS England’s list now a shocking 51% longer per ...
First Minister John Swinney Professor John Robertson OBA In January 2025, SNP First Minister John Swinney promised to get NHS Scotland waiting lists down substantially and, based on the latest figu…
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January 6, 2026 at 10:19 PM
One year after First Minister’s promise NHS Scotland’s overall waiting list for new outpatient appointments has fallen for the 6th month in a row with NHS England’s list now a shocking 51% longer per head of population talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/06/o...
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How could I have missed this research saying explicitly that ‘things are easier for Scottish families relative to English families’ because of SNP Child Payment, when we pay for a national news service? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/03/h...
How could I have missed this research saying explicitly that ‘things are easier for Scottish families relative to English families’ because of SNP Child Payment, when we pay for a national news servic...
Professor John Robertson OBA I seem to have missed the above very significant research from the London School of Economics. You’d think our media, especially BBC Scotland which we all pay for…
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January 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM
How could I have missed this research saying explicitly that ‘things are easier for Scottish families relative to English families’ because of SNP Child Payment, when we pay for a national news service? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/03/h...
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Scotsman ‘newspaper’ front pages incompetent, mendacious, self-important, sub-standard researchers to undermine Scottish schools talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/22/s...
Scotsman ‘newspaper’ front pages incompetent, mendacious, self-important, sub-standard researchers to undermine Scottish schools
Professor John Robertson OBA, , former schoolteacher, education lecturer, head of department, Associate Dean (Quality Assurance), Research Professor, research methods tutor, Masters and PhD supervi…
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December 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Scotsman ‘newspaper’ front pages incompetent, mendacious, self-important, sub-standard researchers to undermine Scottish schools talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/22/s...
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NHS Scotland have given the flu jag to ten times as many people as they have in England. Thanks to the Scottish Govt decision to increase the amount of people that qualified for the flu jag and a higher uptake in Scotland.
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Scotland flu vaccine jagging far faster than NHS England can jab
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Dorothy for alerting me to this. According to Dr Chris Streather, who’s Medical Director for the NHS in London, on Channel 4 News last night, NHS England has …
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December 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
NHS Scotland have given the flu jag to ten times as many people as they have in England. Thanks to the Scottish Govt decision to increase the amount of people that qualified for the flu jag and a higher uptake in Scotland.
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For every halfwit who tries to tell you England's schools did better in Pisa tests this demolishes the argument, no prisoners taken:
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Pisa – 33% of Scotland’s schools took part but only 4.7% of England’s schools were confident enough to do so – Scotland did far better
I’m grateful to AR and Haggis Hunter for alerting me to this. The England PISA sample consisted of 201 eligible schools having at least one pupil in this age range. In England, 3,852 pupils f…
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December 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
For every halfwit who tries to tell you England's schools did better in Pisa tests this demolishes the argument, no prisoners taken:
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2023/12/06/p...
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As BBC Scotland platform the wee Audit Scotland guy for the umpteenth time, the good news about NHS Scotland they don't want you to know about:
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/28/n...
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News you won’t hear – Scottish Government’s ‘world-leading’ legislation on NHS staffing levels is already working as staffing ratios in Scotland are already significantly better
Professor John Robertson OBA From the Scottish Government yesterday: The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”) is the UK’s first multidisciplinary staffing legislation and Scot…
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December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
As BBC Scotland platform the wee Audit Scotland guy for the umpteenth time, the good news about NHS Scotland they don't want you to know about:
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Impressive, don’t you think @scottishlabour.bsky.social @scottories.bsky.social ?
SNP buy Prestwick Airport for just £1, make £10 million profit and create 4 500 jobs in only 4 years while its sister airport in Kent goes out of business in only 6 months to become just a lorry park
The Ayrshire Daily New’s Doug Maclean, has a fine piece of journalism serving the information needs of the community. Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Robert Martin for alerting me to t…
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November 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Impressive, don’t you think @scottishlabour.bsky.social @scottories.bsky.social ?
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News you won’t hear – Scottish Government’s ‘world-leading’ legislation on NHS staffing levels is already working as staffing ratios in Scotland are already significantly better
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/28/n...
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News you won’t hear – Scottish Government’s ‘world-leading’ legislation on NHS staffing levels is already working as staffing ratios in Scotland are already significantly better
Professor John Robertson OBA From the Scottish Government yesterday: The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”) is the UK’s first multidisciplinary staffing legislation and Scot…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
News you won’t hear – Scottish Government’s ‘world-leading’ legislation on NHS staffing levels is already working as staffing ratios in Scotland are already significantly better
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Remember what
Nicola Sturgeon said
well it's now coming into view 👇
Nicola Sturgeon said
well it's now coming into view 👇
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Remember what
Nicola Sturgeon said
well it's now coming into view 👇
Nicola Sturgeon said
well it's now coming into view 👇
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Community owned assets surge in Scotland up to 14% higher than in England talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/25/c...
Community owned assets surge in Scotland up to 14% higher than in England
Figure 1: A steady upward trend in community owned assets has been seen since 2000 Professor John Robertson OBA From Community Ownership in Scotland 2024, published today, the above and: This publi…
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November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Community owned assets surge in Scotland up to 14% higher than in England talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/25/c...
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I think we all knew that the UK COVID inquiry would result in a stitch up of our First Minister. We were right.
What it highlights clearly is the ignorant, arrogant and dismissive attitude of Westminster - particularly No.10 - towards our Government.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/unfa...
What it highlights clearly is the ignorant, arrogant and dismissive attitude of Westminster - particularly No.10 - towards our Government.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/unfa...
Covid report slammed as 'unfair' and 'incorrect' | LBC
The Covid inquiry report has been branded “unfair” on the Scottish Government
www.lbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I think we all knew that the UK COVID inquiry would result in a stitch up of our First Minister. We were right.
What it highlights clearly is the ignorant, arrogant and dismissive attitude of Westminster - particularly No.10 - towards our Government.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/unfa...
What it highlights clearly is the ignorant, arrogant and dismissive attitude of Westminster - particularly No.10 - towards our Government.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/unfa...
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Why will BBC Scotland’s James Cook not inform you of the facts – how Scottish ministers closed schools and saved thousands?👇
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Why will BBC Scotland’s James Cook not inform you of the facts – how Scottish ministers closed schools and saved thousands?
and the current First Minister, John Swinney, to close school without the Cabinet being present. Professor John Robertson OBA Is it because Cook just trusts the Herald and is too lazy to do his job…
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November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Why will BBC Scotland’s James Cook not inform you of the facts – how Scottish ministers closed schools and saved thousands?👇
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It was only in Scotland that opposition parties were regularly invited on to critique the Scottish Government’s pandemic decisions talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/21/i...
It was only in Scotland that opposition parties were regularly invited on to critique the Scottish Government’s pandemic decisions
BBC Scotland BBC Wales By brendarobb I see only the BBC Scotland web page headline names a politician within a negative framing, in Wales & N Ireland headlines are negative but no names initial…
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November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It was only in Scotland that opposition parties were regularly invited on to critique the Scottish Government’s pandemic decisions talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/21/i...
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My latest blog piece, the double standards of the anti-independence media's coverage of the Covid Inquiry.
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The Scottish media’s covid double standards
Did Nicola Sturgeon get everything right during the Covid pandemic when she headed a devolved government limited powers at its disposal and she was faced with an anti-independence Scottish media th…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My latest blog piece, the double standards of the anti-independence media's coverage of the Covid Inquiry.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
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The answer to all the media attempts to smear Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP Government and will not tell you about - excess deaths nearly twice as high in England and 20% higher in Wales t.co/vHHPbEUoY3 hidden on Page 45!
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The answer to all the media attempts to smear Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP Government and will not tell you about - excess deaths nearly twice as high in England and 20% higher in Wales t.co/vHHPbEUoY3 hidden on Page 45!
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Have Scottish Government’s significantly widened access to free flu vaccine to give more than twice as many, per capita, protection from worrying new mutation, prevented a crisis? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/20/h...
Have Scottish Government’s significantly widened access to free flu vaccine to give more than twice as many, per capita, protection from worrying new mutation, prevented a crisis?
Professor John Robertson OBA From Viral respiratory diseases in Scotland surveillance report, published on 20 November 2025 (Latest release): Whilst influenza activity in Scotland remains at low le…
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November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Have Scottish Government’s significantly widened access to free flu vaccine to give more than twice as many, per capita, protection from worrying new mutation, prevented a crisis? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/20/h...
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