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Month: March 2021

FACT CHECK: Claire Fox’s claim about young people’s support for independence

  • Regional News
Speymouth March 26, 2021

CLAIM: “I rather enjoyed it in the Scottish referendum when the SNP [granted the vote to 16-17 year olds] …  in the end many of those young people were independent and didn’t actually vote for independence” – Baroness Claire Fox, BBC Question Time, March 25 2021 Source

FACT CHECK: Claire Fox’s Question Time claim about young people and independence

  • Regional News
Speymouth March 26, 2021

CLAIM: “I rather enjoyed it in the Scottish referendum when the SNP [granted the vote to 16-17 year olds] …  in the end many of those young people were independent and didn’t actually vote for independence” – Baroness Claire Fox, BBC Question Time, March 25 2021 Source

FACT CHECK: Claim Scotland’s NHS pay rise is thanks to ‘Union dividend’

  • Regional News
Speymouth March 25, 2021

CLAIM: “NHS staff in Scotland to be offered 4 per cent pay rise – only possible because of the Union dividend and our place in Britain” – Tweet by Tory politician Murdo Fraser, 24 March 2021 Source

FACT CHECK: Claim Scotland’s 4% NHS pay rise is thanks to ‘Union dividend’

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Speymouth March 25, 2021

CLAIM: “NHS staff in Scotland to be offered 4 per cent pay rise – only possible because of the Union dividend and our place in Britain” – Tweet by Tory politician Murdo Fraser, 24 March 2021 Source

FACT CHECK: Has violent crime in Scotland risen under the SNP Government?

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Speymouth March 18, 2021

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FACT CHECK: ‘US should oppose Scottish independence due to security threat’

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Speymouth March 9, 2021

“Scottish independence is a security problem for the United States. President Biden should use his voice to persuade Scots to stay with the United Kingdom” – Foreign Policy Magazine, March 8, 2021. Source

FACT CHECK: ‘Joe Biden should fight against Scottish independence’

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Speymouth March 9, 2021

“Scottish independence is a security problem for the United States. President Biden should use his voice to persuade Scots to stay with the United Kingdom” – Foreign Policy Magazine, March 8, 2021. Source

Matt Hancock claims Covid vaccine rollout was ‘the same’ across UK

  • Regional News
Speymouth March 4, 2021

“The priority order for [vaccinating] everybody has been the same no matter where you live across the UK… that’s been one of the strengths of the rollout…” – Matt Hancock, UK Health Secretary, March 4, 2021 Source

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History Links

  • Elgin Museum Scotland’s oldest independent museum
  • Friends of Purton A fantastic record of Speybuilt schooner Dispatch
  • The Book of Deer A site for the NE Scotland C10th illuminated manuscript, also contains a lot of history of the region.
  • Garmouth & Kingston Community Hub
  • Henry Robb's Shipyard A review of Speybuilt by Jim Skelton
  • Canmore Mapping Mapping of historical items including wrecks.
  • Canmore Royal Commission on Ancient & Historical Monuments
  • Buckie & district heritage Loads of information on Buckie & the surrounding area

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  • Scottish shopping centre under fire for displaying Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck November 11, 2025
  • Overnight parking pilot scheme approved for motorhomes in Moray November 11, 2025
  • Exact date set for planned 2026 return of Scotland to Europe ferry November 11, 2025
  • Historic inn on Scottish harbourside sold for undisclosed sum November 11, 2025
  • New Glasgow restaurant to open at site of former Hanoi Bike Shop November 11, 2025
  • Sostrene Grene announces new store opening in Scottish city November 11, 2025
  • Believe in Scotland’s path to independence, the routemap we need November 10, 2025
  • Fake News and the War on the BBC November 10, 2025
  • Back at the Beating Heart November 8, 2025
  • ‘Farewell to Growth’, Serge Latouche (2007) November 8, 2025
  • Labour’s doomed attempt to paint the SNP as a threat to national security November 6, 2025
  • Babcock fined £967,000 after worker suffered three fractures to his skull November 4, 2025
  • North Coast 500 petrol station on the market for £700,000 November 4, 2025
  • Richard Murphy: Labour don’t need to hike taxes on working people. Here’s why November 4, 2025
  • Driver who killed Moray pensioner ‘almost instantaneously’ on A9 is sentenced November 4, 2025
  • The need for iGERS November 4, 2025
  • ‘Devastating’ report finds NHS Grampian needs ‘significant redesign’ or more funding November 4, 2025
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