Herald sets new low in dishonest infantile reporting on Scotland’s ferries as their repair bills are far lower than comparable ferry services

Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald today has the above and: Martin starts off the year with one of the most dishonest, maybe not infantile, but certainly primary school-level, adding up of costs over 11 years to get a big enough headline to impress his diminishing flock of readers. See that ‘spiralling’ in the headline. Martin carefully does not reveal any spiral, just a comparison of the 2022/23 figure with the 2024/25 figure. Why is the 2023/24 figure hidden? Not small enough for the doubling claim? Why don’t we see the full eleven years of data? Does it reveal variation … Continue reading Herald sets new low in dishonest infantile reporting on Scotland’s ferries as their repair bills are far lower than comparable ferry services