By Anonymous

Breaking news from a broken media aka the BBC Website reporting on the Storm where they could just not stop themselves from including Ferries in the equation of impacted services cancelled because of the Storm.

“Ferry operator CalMac cancelled almost all of its Sunday sailings, cutting off services to the islands including Arran, Bute, Lewis and Harris”

This obsession via the BBC in Scotland with the ferries in Scotland aka ‘the worst Ferries in the world’, allegedly , and all from Scotland only , apparently. (according to the BBC that is).

A wee storm was it ( amber and yellow weather warnings) and still they cancel their Ferry services in Scotland (would that be a unique scenario in storm conditions. Hmm)

Meanwhile elsewhere in the UK, as controlled and mismanaged by other governments, as in the UK ones under different political parties, it is being reported that.

“Ministers to oversee HS2 build as costs ‘spiral’” (Labour ministers that is).

This initially was the Tory government’s ‘baby’ as in their project so they started the ball rolling in generating much of this mess and absolute waste of public money.

“Labour Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said it had long been clear that the cost of HS2, which could reach £66bn, had been allowed to “spiral out of control”.

Well with that eyewatering amount, as in £66bn, it kind of puts into perspective how (In)significant Ferries in Scotland actually are, compared say to what has happened and is still happening with HS2 a UK government project.

A project that has way way over spent on it’s original (and obviously wrong) budget (and also the same goes for a few other UK government projects , that were/are , also BTW not actually for Scotland’s benefit at all).

Meanwhile listen to Tory & Labour MP’s and MSP’s unite in declaring #SNPBAD and also #ScottishFerriesBad .

Yet the way over budget project that is the HS2 , where a far too excessive amount of taxpayers money has been spent on (wasted upon) it , delays have occurred constantly via missed deadlines and spiralling costs and significant route changes made as it has now proven to be far too costly and the end result supposdley benefits only one nation (England) within the UK as opposed to everyone in it (that is in the rest of the UK as a whole).

There is also currently another Scottish Ferry story on the BBC website just now:

“Ferry fares in Scotland to increase by 10% next year”.

The article includes the usual quote from opposition parties and the one from Labour is a tad hypocritical.

“Scottish Labour transport spokesperson Claire Baker said: “This eye-watering fare hike is salt in the wound for all the islanders dealing with the SNP’s ferry chaos.

“This comes as a blow to Scotland’s tourism industry and will pile pressure on islanders already struggling to make ends meet.”

Oh where do you start with that statement from a Labour MSP.

First “eye-watering” compared to what ?

HS2 costs.

Secondly she will get kudos for including one of the KEY words that they all love to associate with the SNP as in the word “Chaos”. (BBC loves that word too in relation to most things they link to the SNP)

Thirdly is there no “pressure” then on these same islanders via Brexit , some of whom have had their businesses negatively impacted by Brexit, which Labour as the new UK government have endorsed and pledged to continue with as a Tory policy.

Also are pensioners on the Islands not struggling with one (of many) of Labour recent bad decisions , as in the one on the Universal pensioners winter fuel allowance being cut, which as an approach by Labour, then reduced the block grant adjustment associated with devolution.

Where a reduction estimated at £140-£160 million in 2024-25, nearly 90% of the cost of the Scottish Government’s new replacement benefit, Pension Age Winter Heating Payment will be impacted.

Then of course some of those same islanders may also be negatively impacted by Labour retaining the Tories two child cap, so they too will “struggle” but then all that Labour MSP’s seem to focus upon and care about is trying to ‘get one over on the SNP’ in blaming them, the SNP, for everything.

I mean do Labour see themselves as the blameless party in the UK.

It seems so.

So what about a Compare and contrast on all projects etc funded by different governments within the UK undertaken by the UK media as an investigation, especially the BBC, that will be a big fat NO then as they too are far too busy trying to ‘get one over on the SNP’ as well or so it seems (based on their content on their BBC website and their news programmes- and same goes for other media in Scotland also).

Like Kelticgirl says above, I too am at the point where it is “doing my head in” also, that is the way the media are spreading smears and accusations against the SNP constantly all so that they can try to get Labour elected in 2026.

Is that so that Labour can then try and destroy Scotland too, as well as them trying to destroy all of the other nations in the UK as well ? (with them, Labour, being in charge almost everywhere (bar NI) but not (really) being in control).