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…

Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls for changes to benefits system amid pressure on Labour to scrap two-child limit Child poverty is on course to increase in most of the UK by the end of this parliament, with only Scotland bucking the trend, according to…

Not for the first time, a Herald journalist tries to transfer a very real problem over the border. As always, no facts. Here they are. From the Community Security Trust (CST)’ most recent Ant…

Newsweek’s 2023 research analysed more than 2,300 hospitals across 28 countries to create the league.

Note from James Kelly:  Welcome back to Scot Goes Pop's new series of articles "THE ALBA FILES" (before anyone panics, it's only a name), in...

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Thanks to cuckooshoe and one of our anonymouses, for this. In Business Insider, November 10th 2022, we read that the Royal Yacht Britannia cost the taxpayer £11 million per year to maintain from 19…

No! Westminster’s calculation of both revenue and expenditure for Scotland is artificial. Our revenues are much higher. Westminster loves to claim that the rest of the UK - and England in particul...

By Professor John Robertson OBA From Cancer waiting times 1 July to 30 September 2024, released today, the above graph and: 72.1% of patients started treatment within 62 days. 94.3% of pa…

Today’s iWeekend title page, clearly completely ignorant and unconcerned, to provide Scots with the truth. What is the truth? ScotRail has been named as one of the most reliable train co…

By Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian today, the above and this shocking statement: The government, its water regulator and the Environment Agency could all be taken to court ov…