@HebrideanHecate This kind of money there's inevitably some corruption.
@HebrideanHecate Such a shame they can't build the right ships for the right price, as they have done hundreds of times in the past.
@HebrideanHecate Wet leasing whole ships isn't going to work for very long. It's hugely expensive.
@sullybiker Everything the SNP has had to do with has turned to shit, they have wrecked the joint.
@sullybiker There have been, apparently, issues re how suitable catamarans are for the seas in our waters round the islands, I don’t know if it is true or just more guff. but either way, Scot Govt doesn’t give a rat’s arse about any of the H&I region.
Also
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-accuse-scottish-government-of-pando-by-the-backdoor/
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-reacts-to-new-calmac-catamaran-trials/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65331660