BBC Scotland today and yesterday:

CalMac ferries problems dominate election campaigning – Ferries and the problems besetting CalMac’s services have dominated many of the day’s exchanges on the election campaign. First Minister John Swinney travelled to Stornoway, where he announced a new SNP government would set up a £10m resilience fund to help communities and businesses affected by the recent ferry disruption.

His political opponents claimed it was a problem of the SNP’s own making, and Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay said Swinney should be “ashamed” of the “ferry fiasco”.

and:

Labour promised to fix the “broken” ferries system with a single agency, giving islanders a say in decisions about the services and providing financial support for businesses on the islands.

and:

The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Alex Cole-Hamilton, said the Scottish Parliament “could have, and should have” been recalled this week to handle the ferry crisis.

and:

The Scottish Greens said those badly affected by disruption to CalMac services should be given at least a year’s worth of free travel.

and:

Reform’s Scottish leader, Malcolm Offord, described the situation as “embarrassing” for an “island nation”.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz78pg40lp0o

Can these five party leaders all be wromg?

Indeed they can.

Above, Lord Ashcroft Polls on 6th March 2026 find in 17th place only 4 out of 2028, 0.2%, respondents put transport and infrastructure in their top three concerns. Surely they asked more than 4 islanders?

The Ipsos poll published 8 April 2026, has Public transport/roads 10th, with 18%, in the list of issues respondents say will affect their vote. Perhaps surprisingly, given the MSM obsession with them, no poll ever asks about ferries explicitly.

An AI estimate, based on media coverage, of the breakdown is Potholes up to 50% of the 18% or 9%; CalMac 25-35% or 6%, A9 dualing 10-20% or 4% and others 10-15% or 2%.

So, at worst, only 94% of voters will not consider the ferries when voting.

Footnote – OCD prof predicted to keep wasting his time, despite the above, defending CalMac, especially when the next Herald article claims that ‘islanders’ feel they ‘are living in a new Holocaust.’