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Originally Posted by Chris
And two ferries that are 3x over budget, 5 years late, as of this week delayed a further 6 months requiring a further £6 million in contingency funding. Bill to the taxpayer thus far, getting very close to £300m. Yes, that’s right, THREE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS.
Oh, and the executives in charge of the yard (which is state owned after the SNP government bought it to try to prevent a PR disaster) have been awarding themselves bonuses, worth £87k over the last 3 years.
‘Nicola Sturgeon is a formidable operator’ will one day be judged in the same light as ‘Russia has a formidable army’. Both have been feared and admired, both turn out to be good for nothing but wanton destruction.
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Could have bought more than 20 capable 2nd hand vessels for that kind of money.
Very poor stewardship of taxpayers money.
https://commercial.apolloduck.com/li...ort=0&limit=10
Even the MOD have seen the light, buying used vessels to convert to an MROSS for the RFA.
It was first mooted the MROSS vessels would be new builds, but there are very capable existing hulls out there that can be converted, saving millions.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...ves-in-the-uk/