15-05-2025
Swinney sails into trouble over ferries fiasco
In the circumstances, it was brave of John Swinney to mount a robust defence of the SNP's record on ferries for the Clyde and Hebridean service at first minister's questions this week. Brave and, indeed, bold.
Brave because this week the state-owned shipyard Ferguson Marine confirmed there would be a further delay in delivering the MV Glen Rosa to the state-owned ferry company on behalf of the state-owned commissioning agency.
The cursed Glen Rosa will not sail this year and the cost of its construction has increased by up to another £35 million. All in, it will have taken a decade and £460 million to build it and its sister ferry, the MV Glen Sannox. A bargain at any price.
And bold as well because,
