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Ageing CalMac fleet ‘driven hard’ by increased sailings risks more breakdowns – The Scotsman

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People with disabilities ‘still unable to access public transport’ – STV News

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Letters to the press, 14/06/22: “Sir John Kay – sometime economics adviser to Alex Salmond – tells us in a new book that a separate Scotland “would begin independent life carrying a pro-rata share of UK debt in the region of £180 billion”. Scotland would also need to borrow, he adds, to cover its budget deficit of between £10bn and £20bn, every year. This raises a few points…”

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

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Letters to the press, 09/6/22: “The much-vaunted alcohol pricing initiative of Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP, like so many other of their key projects, has been declared a failure. Those with severe dependency problems were apparently cutting back on food and nutrition in order to pay for their drink. It gives me no pleasure to say that many forecast this was exactly what would happen.”

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Roads closed or dug up once every four minutes last year as traffic disruption hits record levels in Scotland – Sunday Post

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