Professor John Robertson OBA
Thanks to Bob Lamont for suggesting this.
I can’t believe I’ve missed out on the regular large-scale surveys of CalMac ferry performance, published but ignored by MSM, as they pursue a different agenda regardless of the facts, and fully transparent. Any journalist can scrutinise these surveys, demand all information, and report on any debates within them. Notably none ever do.
If you don’t trust these surveys, challenge CalMac for details of who did them, how they were done and get the raw data. They cannot refuse you. If you have something and can present it honestly, I promise to publish it.
In January 2025 and covering the period April 2024 to January 2025, 79.4% of 15 000 survey respondents on the Brodick/Ardrossan, Claonaig/Lochranza and Tarbert/Lochranza services.
Notably in the above period, all bar 2 of 43 cancellations on the Arran run were due to hazardous weather conditions.
For the fourth time today, it’s not a good match with the nonsense in the Herald or on BBC Scotland, is it?
The Herald wants to be trusted but, on this evidence it’d be better under the waves.
Source: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:ae05a889-5b06-4aee-9b0d-2299ee72afd8
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
I’m glad to see that you’re helping to ease the pressure on Calmac. We all know why the mainstream media are hitting them so hard because they are merely pro for the Scottish government. I’m glad to see that you’re helping to ease the pressure on Calmac. We all know why the mainstream media are hitting them so hard because they are merely proxies for the Scottish government.However, don’t be too easy on them. Their cancellation record due to weather is absolutely mind-boggling.
They will tell you that they cross the roughest seas in Europe but I’m struggling to imagine the Hebrides are worse than the crossing to Orkney or Shetland and Northlink have almost zero weather cancellations.
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