Labour vows to merge ferry bodies and fix ‘broken system’ broken by their Douglas Alexander and Jack McConnell in the first place

Headlining for BBC Scotland, featuring across all media operating in Scotland and in The Standard today:

Labour vows to merge ferry bodies and fix ‘broken system’ – Anas Sarwar will visit Stornoway on Monday, as he warned the ‘SNP’s ferry fiasco is a symbol of their incompetence and waste’. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/anas-sarwar-snp-holyrood-isle-of-lewis-b1276923.html

I’m already blinded by the shine from Labour’s brass neck on this one.

Merge what? CalMac which runs the service and CMAL which owns the ferries and commissions the building of new ones.

Until 1 October 2006, Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd ran the service and owned the boats. The harbours and other infrastructure had been sold off before including Ardrossan sold to Peel Ports in 2003, to be neglected and milked for profit.

All of this happened under First Minister Jack McConnell and Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander, both Labour.

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One thought on “Labour vows to merge ferry bodies and fix ‘broken system’ broken by their Douglas Alexander and Jack McConnell in the first place”

  1. Labour propaganda does not deal in FACTS .

    At that time , Lord Jack and wee Dougie were too concerned with their own career development and fiddling expenses to bother about the effects of their ‘business’ decisions .

    And now , plus ca change …

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