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Washington State, USA, population 7.7 million, GDP $725 billion or £573 billion.
Scotland, population 5.5 million, GDP £212 billion.
Washington State’s GDP, adjusted for population is around twice that of Scotland.
Yet:
In 2023, (Washington State Ferries) had 1,560 annual crew cancellations while scheduling only 70% of its regular service.
In the same year, CalMac, in a country with only half the level of wealth and in more northerly, colder and stormier seas managed 95.4%.
Be careful what you wish for Reggie Mountbatten-Windsor of South Uist.
Sources:
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/was-farcical-ferry-fleet
https://www.calmac.co.uk/calmac-performance-data-browser?date=21%2F02%2F2023
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Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
O/T
Jackie Baillie has tweeted “I’m looking for Space Explorers in my constituency”
Well I’m quite happy to start a fund a send her into space….mainly because on Earth (especially in Scotland and in Politics) she seems to be a total waste of space !
Now that would be the type of “change” I could embrace in politics in Scotland…..perhaps she could also take some of her colleagues with her…..branch office & HQ…….because we all know that although they, Labour, keep saying that “A Change is gonna come” (with Labour apparently)…in reality all they, Labour HQ, are really offering is an empty slogan that really represents ‘Change for changes sake’ which we all know means and leads to a path to….nowhere !
NMRN
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