FERRY FIASCO: Kate Forbes inadequate answer if Glen Sannox ferry will be delivered on time

[@grww4056]

Forbes developing a few of dictator Sturgeon traits. Hates scrutiny, avoids answering questions and gets very aggressive when anyone dares question the nasty party’s record.

[@report-all-potholes-and-ro2712]

Can the Scottish public not see what fools the SNP take us for.

[@lorraineelliot8620]

Apparently not

[@Mugwump42]

Corruption and ineptitude is the benchmark for this grubby SNP administration. Kate Forbes has fallen into line and ditched her honesty and commitment to facts.

[@RichardVassie]

Kate Forbes of no Fixed hair dye has sold out the "Gers". She is now part of the National Socialist Party of Scotland, the Party of Sleaze,Toxicity, Sheer Bloody Greed and Corruption on an Industrial scale.

[@robertcrowley3129]

⛴️ 6 years late half a billion 😫😫😫😫😫 and still no delivery date 🙄

[@Steviemacdonald6594]

Forbes is a liar like Sturgeon

[@aclark903]

She’s a hell of a lot better than Sturgeon on trans issues.

[@ronniemac2636]

@@aclark903 Not on the Ferry fiasco though which is the essence of THIS article and her continuity forebares!

[@neilwhittaker8021]

What a surprise, SNP can't answer an easy question.

[@ronniemac2636]

Her reply was rubbish, given snp own Ferguson marine

[@Mac-y9b]

The Glen Sannox will not be ready for the 31st of July and Forbes knows it.Scandalous.

[@ronniemac2636]

Possible it won't readily this year😂

[@trevorhart545]

Listened she never said which year but by "A" 31st July!

[@JohnM...]

Let’s see ScottishRoss try and spin this one…😂

[@Pennyburn1688]

Apparently he is in Germany with the other Scottish LOSERS! 😜

[@Mac-y9b]

@@JohnM... true

[@AlVlogs1603]

Breakdown in Trust sums up the Scottish people with the SNP.A non answer again from Wee Shouty deflection,distraction and ineptitude that’s all you get from the SNP

[@davidrendall5112]

288 staff if you give them £1M each plus the initial contract value of £97M would end up costing less than what the costs are to date ffs 🤦‍♂️ totally disgrace

[@daffytree2605]

Why won't the SNP government release the updated costs

[@vtechead1]

Turkish built ferries have been launched already.

[@stewartwallwork6505]

Forbes is falling into krankie mode.

[@margaretwyatt6689]

She is that obviously got at

[@brianeaston3748]

She won't recall or remember anything that will incriminate the SNP 😂

[@neil663]

get them out please

[@stunews2903]

Is this some sort of rehearsal before the rest of the MSPs arrive?

[@alexanderv7702]

Why should this Yard get preferential treatment?

[@JohnM...]

Funny handshakes….

[@keithduff8158]

For a religious person she certainly tells a lot of lies 😅😅

[@Ehehtihtahhh]

As does I’m so useless human

[@matteeeiscool6912]

Kate Forbes is an absolute disgrace

[@taffyddu]

so "Kate Forbes" has confidence in Ferguson Marine's Chair person. She knows absolutely nothing about project management or ship building that's OK then. Who's confident In Forbes ?

[@alasdairfinlayson]

Sounds to me as if neither the shipyard nor the SNP had any clue about what they're doing. The shipyard happy with the situation so long as the incompetent SNP keep throwing money at them, while they SNP are blithely swallowing what they're being told, because they're SNP and don't have a clue about anything anyway.

[@bestboy1057]

It doesn’t matter what she says you can’t believe a word from any SNP MPs

[@johncrawford8214]

Forbes needs to go SNP robot

[@jamesyoung1078]

They cannot afford to deliver rhe ferries, because once they have gone, so will their jobs. A bit like the QE2 at John Browns in Clydebank, many years ago, once completed, next stop the dole.

[@jondingwall5941]

The demeanour of a tetchy girl boss now staring out of Forbes... Resorting to the obfuscation and ineptitude that the SNP do so well.

[@derekmccaffrey7577]

Paul Sweeney sums it up perfectly. A board sacking people before they get sacked!

[@charlesstewart9819]

BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!! Jam tomorrow, sorry FERRIES tomorrow!!

[@JohnM...]

Ferguson’s is NOT a shipyard. It’s a ‘front’…..

[@Diana-007]

Pick the phone up, sorry that’s beyond theSNP - their time is running out pity we have to wait till 2026 to get rid of them from Scotland. I hope the islanders remember all this when they vote! We could have paid every worker on that shipyard a small fortune and maybe they could have set up their own shipyard - minus their management!

[@toni25681]

Kate Forbes is trying her best to put on a brave face, as the SNP's ship is sinking.

[@Campbellero]

Forbes should disclose what the reason is for the sacking, we own the damn yard! . One more example of the SNP treating the people of Scotland with contempt with blatant disregard for honesty and transparancy. The yard in Turkey has already built two, with the 3rd & 4th also on schedule and to budget.

[@ozzy8286]

It appears that the Glen Sannox isn't operating as amazingly as we were told when it started Its sea trials. Just waiting now for the next delay as it would seem highly unlikely it will be delivered by the end of July. Wouldn't surprise me if the Turkish ships will be operating before the Ferguson Marine white elephants.

[@sheilayoung374]

Perhaps they should have saved the jobs of the emplyees at McVities in Parkhead when it closed. More employees, no less deprived than Port Glasgow, and perhaps a more viable proposition.

[@almack3962]

Forbes is so out of her depth What an awful politician. Can you imagine this being being first minister on a world stage. We are all doomed

[@fontybits]

When ANY politician stutters & stammers trying to answer a question, you KNOW they're lying/deceiving.

[@andrewelliott4436]

When will these ferries be working? All of the rest is just words.

[@AllyMac-ic6tv]

Lies, lies and more lies, 4th July cant come quick enough

[@jamesmoyes5685]

Unfortunately Kate joined the wrong clan

[@TheRaminski]

nah , she fits in well with the rest of the nutters.

[@jamesmason8944]

The dual fuel decision was a disaster, taken only to be politically correct. The gas system will need to be regularly used to maintain it in a safe working order. Do we know when the ship will run on gas and then switch to diesel.? Will it run on gas when in the harbour areas and diesel when crossing the Firth.? What great advantage is it to have two types of fuel.?

[@geoffwright9570]

By the sound of things the ferry might be scrapped to save further higher costs. Excuses could be unfit for purpose. Not green enough. Forgot to get enough life boats for passengers and crew. I'm sure there's more that only the snp can come up with.

[@thedangler1754]

Forbes is becoming even more incompetent than 'Useless' with her appalling answers. With the election due shortly, the SNP hope to be able to foul up more issues around Scotland. Macmillan is the biggest idiot the SNP have. The Islanders want Ferries, not to hear that the workers in the yard have passed their NVQ's !

[@patkilpatrick-p3o]

Minger

[@blackislepeastoo]

Clear and truthful responses - not a usual approach taken by the SNP Ministers - purdah, now that was useful.

[@drandrewallan]

That’ll be a NO then!

[@davidstarrs5590]

When a yes or no question isnt answered we all know the answer is NO.

[@RichardVassie]

Stuart McMillian of no Fixed hair piece is a "Bell End".

[@eamonfire]

I hope this bloke that was jettisoned wasn't one who picked up a nice wee bonus. Working towards a completion date? Haven't you been doing this for six years? No change then?

[@Pennyburn1688]

A matter solely for Ferguson marine..... No it's not.... The yard is owned by the SNP government There is no way Ferguson's should EVER get another Scottish shipbuilding job. Open cheque book does not get projects finished on time and within budget!

[@williamsmith-i1h]

Close that yard down its a money pit

[@mikee66]

I think Kate is a very angry wee lady, not a good look.

[@JYT-of8cw]

shut that place down.

[@jeanette6260]

I have voted for reform

[@hollytalbot6695]

I will be voting for REFORM..

[@billymilliken625]

Honest John Swinney won't like that.

[@Macluci]

You now when a snp member is lying because their lips move 😡😡😡

[@vtechead1]

Anybody expecting the SNP to give honest answers must be on another planet.

[@robbieorourke5534]

Forbes used to have some integrity as she stood by her values, now she has taken the the silver shilling, so its all change to hang onto her job in a corrupt SNP club..... the um, um, um's between sentences tells you everything.....another Sturgeonest performer!!!

[@DannySteele-ze7hx]

Just answer yes or no

[@brianeaston3748]

SNP not fit to run our country 💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@MattR1690]

Not fit to run a bath

[@henrysteedman8868]

Anyone believe her?

[@allanstrath8114]

I' very surprised she did not say it was Westminsters fault

[@peterellis6862]

You get what you vote for - the answer is simples!

[@tommay1959]

They just cannot stop evading the truth and telling lies, thought she would know better than that after the way her own party treated her

[@almack3962]

She has taking a leaf out of sturgeon s book as all she can do is talk down to people as they have no answers

[@RonTodd-gb1eo]

The shipyard workers could have dug a tunnel out to the islands quicker. The record so far suggests the program director was not doing much good and his departure will do little harm.

[@williamarmstrong3016]

Lies its not local its Westminster election nothing to do with holyrood

[@trevorvennard6961]

Yes or no????

[@marylowrey8911]

Can’t wait for these buckets to hit the water😂 will they be reliable or will all the snagging start when the shampoo bottle finally hits the hull? As for the viability of the yard? Who’d want a boat oot of there? 🤣 Oh, a female apprentice won some self congratulatory chunk of glass ( who’d be a talented laddy? You’re winning nothing son!), well that’ll bring the world back to the Clyde, won’t it? Still, the islanders voted for it, so paddle on👍

[@allandickman774]

Another sturgeon Scotland deserves better 😮

[@rogergrace2343]

Scotland is like a bad smell it won’t go away.🤮

[@thomasdolan2244]

About £1.4bn worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been destroyed or written off in what is understood to be the most wasteful government deal of the pandemic.

[@hollytalbot6695]

Dumped in the New Forest..

[@merv5492]

where are they MP's are they at home

[@philipatkinson4982]

Where are the other MSPs?

[@bernieb5233]

Uselessness

[@graemetodd3069]

Scottish Numpty Party.......... same old same old..........couldn't tie their shoelaces.......pathetic.

[@standrewpics]

Now pushed back to 19th August I believe for Glen Sannox , that’s just a hand over date if that happens . Then crew training by the ferry company and berthing trails at Troon and Brodick has to happen . It would not be carry passengers till mid September at the earliest.

[@standrewpics]

Oh well another uk / Scottish government very soon , but the ferry saga will continue, due lack of due diligence by awarding a complex duel fuel vessel to a ship yard that had not built a vessel of its find before. If it was marine diesel fuel only it would be in service by now. I think new Islay ferry being built it turkey will be in service first !

[@petersmith9470]

I thought the Spanish galleon that's touring the UK was the first replacement ferry.

[@paparobbo62]

The SNP should be ashamed trying to preserve the last remaining shipyards and workers in Scotland.

[@stevecarter529]

How many SMP`s were there? Why is it taking so long, way past their expected due date? Who is paying for the delays? Should the shipyard be kept? Plenty of questions but I haven't any answers.

[@robertwillis4061]

Why is there only about 10 people ( MSP' s) there? Where are the rest. Can't ALL be working from home, on fact find paid holidays or what. Sack 90%of the money wasters.

[@thomascalder8296]

When we getting news on ardrossan Harbour upgrades?building a brand new ferry for ardrossan-Brodick sailing but it won't fit into ardrossan Harbour

[@lesleys3751]

How can anyone have confidence in an organisation that is 6 years overdue and millions of £ over budget with an order? Only someone who has poor judgment!!!

[@guslyness7189]

So we are all to stay calm about the ferry fiasco because a young lady who was taken on by Fergus Marine happened to win apprentice of the year !!!! Over £300 million pounds over budget and out of control with key top personnel dispatched from the firm and Kate Forbes suggests that Fergus Marine are fully committed because they employed a female apprentice who won apprentice of the year. Well maybe once this super employee is fully trained, she will then single handedly sort all problems out regarding the over due ferries.

[@johnsim3722]

I don't know why any party is wanting to keep Fergusons open. Shut it down - it's incompetent and inept, much like the Scottish Government, the only body it makes look good by comparison. When Ferguson failed it should have been closed and a competent yard given the contract to start from fresh building these ships. We'd no only have sailing ferries by now, but for significantly less cost too. Remember, Calmac could have replaced their entire fleet, with change left over, for the cost of these two ferries. Nobody would put up with the massive cost overrun. It's like getting to the checkout at Tesco and finding everything is five times the sticker prices on the shelf.

[@Ehehtihtahhh]

Shipbuilders to the world and now we cannot build a simple ferry.

[@rankin6571]

The sNP have been an absolute disaster for Scotland and the Scottish people

[@guslyness7189]

Accountability is Kate Forbes standing before you in an attempt to try and answer some questions that she can't and the person or persons expecting answers are supposed to assume that a big laddie caused all the issues and then ran away.

[@keithbuckley3220]

These ferries will be completely out of date when they are eventually launched for use.

[@alanfrost4661]

How long dose it take to build one ship in ww2 they built ships in a week from start to finish but then again the special needs party wasnt in charge

[@patricktracey7424]

Airfix assure me that the ferries will be built on time and within budget, let us pray it will be so.

[@SusanHay-dk1ji]

That building is a waste of money, it is always empty.

[@stewartpattison1920]

I think the SNP are away with the ferries 😂😂😂

[@MattR1690]

The buck stops with this inept shower

[@SteveBennett-e4m]

Maybe they should take bets on it?

[@johnoneil4456]

Poser! Not Forbes!

[@jimmcnaughton8276]

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