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Letters to the Scottish press special, 23/06/22: IndyRef2 campaign started already

23 June 2022/in Ian Balloch, Indyref 2, Letters, Robert Scott, Scottish devolution, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, Victor Clements /by sm_admin

Unfinished CalMac ferries already ‘obsolete’ – Insider.co.uk

16 June 2022/in Ferguson Marine, Scottish Government, SNP, Transport Matters /by sm_admin

SNP paid £49m to build stricken Ferguson Marine ferries from Covid business support department – Daily Express

12 June 2022/in Daily Express, Ferguson Marine, Scotland Under the SNP, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 24/05/22: “We’re missing the point on Nicola Sturgeon’s retraction from her “Closing the attainment gap” aim. She has realised that being poorly educated and thoughtless is a major attribute to fortifying the numbers of her followers. So perhaps her next promise will be to close all private schools, so increasing the chances to achieve a zero attainment gap at a mediocre level, providing more fodder for the Indyref2 machine”

24 May 2022/in Indyref 2, Letters, Richard Allison, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_admin

Scale of Uist booking losses are revealed – Stornoway Gazette

20 May 2022/in Economic Matters, Transport Matters /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 20/05/22: When former principal teacher of social subjects Jenny Gilruth became transport minister in January she said it was an opportunity to “help Scotland become a world leader in achieving our goal to become net-zero by 2045″. I’m not sure if she was meaning carbon emissions or ScotRail journeys.”

20 May 2022/in Allan Sutherland, Daily Record, Dennis Grattan, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Robert Scott, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman, William Ballantine /by sm_admin

Ferguson Marine ferry scandal shows why Scotland needs to beware the dead hand of economic populism – The Scotsman

19 May 2022/in Economic Matters, The Scotsman /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 17/05/22: “The Scottish Government urgently needs to change its direction. The fact is that the political parties supporting the Union received far more votes than the independence supporting ones in the recent election. This was true also in 2014, with a huge turnout and in reality, this has not changed ever since”

17 May 2022/in Daily Record, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Jane Lax, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Local elections 2022, Robert Scott, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_admin

SNP minister linked to ferries fiasco refuses to answer questions from media – The Scotsman

29 April 2022/in Scottish Government, The Scotsman, Transport Matters /by sm_admin

Letters to the press, 27/04/22: “One of Nicola Sturgeon’s arguments in defence of the Ferguson Ferry fiasco is that the £245 million spent in the seven years since the contract signing in 2015 saved 300 jobs. In fact, without this contract, the SNP could have used the £35m per year to employ 1,130 people on the national average wage of £31,128”

27 April 2022/in Allan Sutherland, Dennis Grattan, Indyref 2, Jane Lax, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Local elections 2022, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP /by sm_admin