Scotland’s Finance Secretary said she “fundamentally disagreed” with the assertion that the announcement of two botched ferries was rushed so it could be made at the Scottish National Party conference.
Jim McColl, the former boss of the Ferguson Marine shipyard awarded the ferry contract, told the Sunday Times that the decision was made for “for political purposes” and “everything was about the optics and timing the announcements for political gain”.
An Audit Scotland report published last week said the contracts were given the go-ahead, despite not having full refund guarantees.
