The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser [closing 28 February] primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the blog, has made a good start. To contribute, only if you can (!) go to: Talking-up Scotland - a Politics crowdfunding project in Ayr by Professor John Robertson
By Professor John Robertson OBA, former Chair Faculty Research Ethics Committee, UWS and Global Ferry Correspondent 2025 and 2025
In the Pompey News, last week:
Tensions are flaring between rival transport companies over the ferry service between Portsmouth and Jersey – with the Island’s economic minister stating a “smear campaign” is overshadowing it.
Danish operator DFDS was granted the route and awarded a 20-year-contract following a bidding process in The Channel Islands last December. Its first sailing from Portsmouth International Port is due to launch on March 28.
Previous operator Condor Ferries, owned by Brittany Ferries, ran the service for 60 years before the Jersey government chose their rival in a hotly contested bidding process. Its result has led to accusations of bias from the company, who claim Portsmouth residents are being saddled with a worse service.
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/travel/new-portsmouth-jersey-ferry-service-smear-campaign-4969870
Just for info, DFDS owner, Lauritzen Fonden has had $75m in dividends in the last 5 years: https://shippingwatch.com/logistics/article17835954.ece
As for Brittany Ferries, what kind of company is this? How are relations with workers? Eh, well:
The head of Brittany Ferries has led a commando-style raid to “liberate” a ferry used by thousands of British holidaymakers, it emerged tonight.The Mont-St-Michel, which sails between Portsmouth and Ouistreham, was seized by striking French dockers last Wednesday. Brittany Ferries accused them of “blackmail” and – at the weekend – a team led by its CEO, Jean-Marc Roue, stormed aboard so as to break the blockade. The raiding party included around 20 shareholders from a farming cooperative which part owns Brittany Ferries.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/brittany-ferries-boss-leads-commando-style-5681927
Meanwhile in Scotland, no strikes in living memory, never a worker sit-in and everyone, even the GMB, but not the interloupers recently arrived on the islands from below the Esk/Exe line (look it up), thinks CalMac should continue to provide the cheapest, most subsidised, most reliable, safest, most frequent…oh, just the best, by a nautical mile, ferry service in the known world.
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Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
If there one thing that TUS has proved over the years it is blindingly obvious that the English controlled media are never going to relax their anti SNP/Scottish Government bias; if anything it is going to escalate. So for those of us who are passionate about Independence the fundamental question is ‘What are we going to do about it?’
Yes we can go on marches down the Royal Mile waving Saltires until your arms ache, continue to complain about it via TUS and other Indy websites but quite frankly as a 75yo I am running out of time, patience and tolerance. So help me out here…suggestions anyone? (preferably legal) as I’m getting quite agitated at the lack of action.
Robbo
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Keep keeping on….share, share, share….water on stone
A 73.66666 year old
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