English islanders shocked to find SNP Government-subsidised and even longer ferry crossing costs a fraction – one seventh – of their regular to the Isle of Wight. Thousands plan to move.

In the Daily Mail today:

Furious Isle of Wight locals have accused ferry companies of holding them to ransom and say they can’t wait to move after being charged £440 for a return ticket to the mainland. 

Islanders say they cannot afford to cross the Channel due to soaring costs and unreliable services.

‘Ridiculous’ ferry prices, cancellations, and delays are blighting their lives with some now wishing they had never moved to the island who say it is making them feel ‘completely cut off from society’.  

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13722747/I-wish-never-moved-Furious-Isle-Wight-locals-held-ransom-ferry-companies-say-wait-charged-440-return-ticket-mainland.html

The longest Isle of Wight crossing is 10 miles. Ardrossan to Arran is 17.3 miles.

A return trip from Ardrossan to the frankly far more beautiful island of Arran leaving tomorrow and returning next Friday costs:

The shorter Southampton to Isle of Wight crossing, in high season, costs SEVEN times as much!

One of the two ferry companies, Wightlink, paid £8 million in dividends to its shareholders in 2022.

https://www.wug.org.uk/account-of-wightlinks-financial-history/#:~:text=In%20June%202022%20Wightlink%20declared%20a%20dividend%20of%20%C2%A38million.&text=It%20is%20important%20to%20note,public%20cannot%20own%20WL%20shares.

12 thoughts on “English islanders shocked to find SNP Government-subsidised and even longer ferry crossing costs a fraction – one seventh – of their regular to the Isle of Wight. Thousands plan to move.”

  1. Ah, but …… Scots are ‘subsidy junkies’. The Isle of Wight ferries are so expensive so that money can be sent to Scotland to pay for cheaper ferries!!!!
    Alasdair Macdonald

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      1. I’d submit that most English believe they subsidise us + many Scots.

        All part of the media propaganda encouraged or insisted upon by Westminster.

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  4. I noted this in the article about the Isle of Wight: ‘‘The island has limited health services, including no dentists’.

    (Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13722747/I-wish-never-moved-Furious-Isle-Wight-locals-held-ransom-ferry-companies-say-wait-charged-440-return-ticket-mainland.html )

    The population of the Isle of Wight is c.144,000.

    From a very quick Google search, so treat with care, but the findings, the contrasts, do look to be ‘significant’:

    Isle of Arran: Arran Dental Care, Brodick – the population of Arran is c.4,600.

    Isle of Islay: Islay and Jura Dental Practice, Bowmore – the population of Islay is c. 3,200.

    Isle of Mull: PDS Dental Clinic, Tobermoray – the population of Mull is c.3,000

    Isle of Skye: PDS Dental Clinic and also Portree Dental Care – the population of Skye is c.13,000.

    Note: PDS (Public Dental Services) have Dentists employed by NHS Highland.

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  6. we have always known the herald and scotsman and BBC english run with the sole purpose of giving the english nationalists in Scotland something bad to say about Scotland , the traitorous amongst us who hate their own country and their own people use the lies churned out by these media cesspits too it helps them forget their betraying ways how embarrassed they must be knowing their relatives and neighbours are aware.

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  7. Its clearly what Labour and the Torys want for the Scottish Islands and it appears some of the island ferry pressure groups desperately want that too. It is time the islanders defended their ferry services in writing and at the ballot box. They need to stop their critical services being hijacked by Unionists with an agenda.

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