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Scotland’s job market no doubt ‘challenging but not ‘floundering’ as in ‘Britain’ Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON In the Guardian today: Britain’s job market ‘f…

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Three reasons why QEUH will never have a Grenfell-like ‘towering inferno’ Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON The Daily Record today, has the above and: Rob…

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England’s Pisa scores are based only on a tiny selective sample of higher achieving schools making Paul O’Kane’s sad desperate attempt to claim they are better than Scotland just another under-educate... Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Paul O’Kane Labour MSP and former head b…

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14% more NHS England consultants quitting ‘like rats on sinking ship’ ‘Eye-watering’ salaries lure worn-out doctors down under’ – Dr Joanna Bredski, Consultant Psychiatrist in Borders Region, chair of the BMA Consultant’s committee in the Times, THR…

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Why is Amnesty International UK, in London, having a go at Scotland when there’s so much more support for human rights abuse right next door in Westminster? Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON I used to be an Amnesty International activist…

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Anas tried to be a real big tough guy - punk version
Anas tried to be a real big tough guy - punk version YouTube video by John Robertson

And in Punk - youtu.be/7lAcr-e7QFw

07.03.2026 09:15 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Anas tried to be a real big tough guy - Hard Rock version
Anas tried to be a real big tough guy - Hard Rock version YouTube video by John Robertson

Some thoughts for Scottish Labour, Heavy Metal style:
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07.03.2026 09:12 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Reform’s Scottish leader may or many not be racist but he’s definitely wrong as knife crime falls in Scotland Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From BBC Scotland yesterday, the above and: Th…

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Scotland’s teachers biting the hand of the ‘best friend they could have’ and even Jack McConnell’s Labour think tank director says ‘Scotland’s teaching unions must be broken’ Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON In the long-time Labour-supporting New Statesm…

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Scotland’s SIXTH tower block fire contained on one-floor further proves there can be no Grenfell here – here’s why Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From BBC Scotland, yesterday, the above image,…

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07.03.2026 07:48 👍 18 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
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Short video – What has the SNP ever done for you? How about stopping private companies using NHS facilities, NHS equipment and NHS staff to enable the private companies to generate a huge profit? Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Full version at:

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15 years of SNP government and significant increases in employment across almost every sector Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From Industry statistics published today: You&…

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Da da da ta da da ta da diddle etc….We can now drive one hundred miles to fall down at your door for only TWO POUNDS down from THIRTY-ONE! No MSM coverage at all and Northern Scot tries to suggest that Moray Council are paying for a Scottish Government-funded scheme! Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank t…

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BBC Scotland wildfires report ignores the role of the big private grouse estates to blame you, me and the SNP Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON In a BBC Scotland report yesterday: Scotland f…

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Astonishing attempt to cover up Glasgow Labour’s decades of betrayal and abuse of women workers’ rights for 50 years and more Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON In the Herald today: SNP ministers have been a…

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What has the SNP ever done for you? How about stopping private companies using NHS facilities, NHS equipment and NHS staff to enable the private companies to generate a huge profit? Scottish Health Secretary Neil Gray Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From our r…

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One woman moved to a ‘lovely’ care home within one region headlines while a whole care system held together with ‘sticking plasters and glue’ does not – why might that be? Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON In Scotland, to allow proper care, a young wom…

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400 fully researched posts all Talking-up Scotland, 97 000 visitors reading 214 000 times this year so far, 400 contributors from £3 to £100 - please support

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Many thanks to those who have supported the crowd-funder directly and those less-visible who have done so via direct bank transfer. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-ta... or bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account - 12266421 Name - JOHN ROBERTSON

06.03.2026 10:04 👍 5 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
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Surely alleged spying for China is worth a big blue police tent and staying as the top story more than alleged fraud within the SNP?

06.03.2026 09:50 👍 39 🔁 26 💬 2 📌 2
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The evidence suggests that Reform UK seem unlikely to be ‘main threat’ in Ayr Ayr MSP, Siobhian Brown, campaigning recently Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON …

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05.03.2026 17:34 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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12 hour A&E waits – TWICE as common in NHS Wales than in NHS Scotland and not far short of that in NHS England The Royal College of Emergency Medicine celebrates 10 years of its sense of place in the UK Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account…

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05.03.2026 17:32 👍 11 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
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Royal College of Emergency Medicine points to NHS England fiddling the figures again Image Grok AI Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Another post, on NHS England man…

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05.03.2026 17:31 👍 11 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0
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As drug deaths fall and as locals find fewer discarded needles, Annie Wells calls for the closure of a safe drug injection facility in her hopeless pursuit of votes Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON In the Herald today: The UK’s only drug…

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Swinney slashes 103 miles, 4 hour, Wick to Inverness bus fare from £31 to only £2! Is this big news? Well, not really, it seems No MSM coverage at all and Northern Scot tries to suggest that Moray Council are paying for a Scottish Government-funded scheme! Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank t…

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Golf-based therapy for veterans is latest addition to Scotland’s greater care for them through directness and universal benefits Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From Help for veterans and families published …

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05.03.2026 11:48 👍 7 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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In the new ‘alternative’ British media it’s often still the same mindset when it comes to Scotland Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON By Liz S “That is the mindset of many in the m…

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05.03.2026 09:33 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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The run of bad luck for Labour , much of which is self inflicted, just keeps going on and on Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON By Liz S Breaking news: “Scottish Labour MP Jo…

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