https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/13/120310/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/12/england-looks-like-fly-tipping-capital-of-europe-with-only-half-the-level-of-inspection-in-scotland-and-far-fewer-inspectors/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/12/as-nhs-englands-fonagy-review-into-mental-health-support-reveals-a-dire-lack-of-support-how-nhs-scotland-hit-90-or-more-target-for-8th-time-in-a-row/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/12/it-is-entirely-legal-for-the-snp-to-refuse-to-host-groups-whose-views-conflict-with-their-platform/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/04/history-re-written-as-a-century-of-labour-misogyny-and-contempt-for-women-workers-is-conveniently-forgotten-by-media/

So Andy says water should be privatised, as in Scotland.
+ rejoining EU is a good idea, Scotland didn’t vote to leave.
But Scotland can’t be independent because they’d fail?
The real reason is England is terrified to stand alone.

My reading indicates intransigence by union officials has forced council to go down this route. Surely the union/Labour Party connection would try to avoid this? (Aye, right!)
For those unfamiliar with labours history when in control of the council they fought long & hard against female council staff claiming equal pay with male colleagues for similar work.

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/25/labour-now-holders-of-the-brass-neck-champions-of-the-world-award-2026/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/26/labour-still-trying-to-get-away-with-hoping-that-the-public-have-very-poor-memories-and-have-forgotten-how-labour-treat-workers-in-scotland/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/23/how-scottish-labours-betrayal-of-glasgow-in-the-1980s-created-a-place-of-excess-child-death-that-even-20-years-of-scottish-government-success-in-reducing-child-poverty-cannot-remove/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/23/drug-deaths-one-year-increase-does-not-change-overall-trend-which-is-down-15/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/23/much-as-hed-like-to-james-cook-does-not-know-that-scotlands-drug-death-figures-remain-worst-in-europe-nobody-with-half-a-brain-thinks-they-do/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/21/massive-improvement-in-rape-conviction-rate-in-scotland-and-rape-offences-up-to-three-times-higher-in-england-wales/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/21/deaths-in-england-attributed-to-nitazenes-have-nearly-quadrupled-since-2023/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/21/more-and-more-ops-done-tens-of-thousands-more-appointments-and-waiting-times-reduce-month-after-month-but/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/21/how-scotland-went-from-being-the-murder-capital-of-europe-to-one-of-the-safest-places-in-the-world-on-bbc-latin-america-but-not-bbc-scotland-por-el-amor-de-dios-por-que/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/21/new-scottish-food-promotion-rules-ignored-by-media-as-they-wait-instead-drooling-for-more-drug-deaths/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/21/agricultural-support-payments-81-paid-in-scotland-and-extreme-cashflow-difficulties-in-england/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/22/why-is-scotland-the-only-place-in-the-uk-with-a-housing-crisis-when-it-has-the-greatest-access-to-housing/

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/20/james-cook-still-still-trying-to-hide-uk-police-chiefs-evidence-that-scotland-is-victim-of-drug-gangs-from-london-birmingham-manchester-and-liverpool-crossing-border-to-keep-drug-deaths-high/