THE former owner of the shipyard embroiled in the ferries debacle has been pulled up for telling an untruth while accusing Nicola Sturgeon of lying.
Jim McColl (below, right), who was the owner of Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd (FMEL) when the firm collapsed and was nationalised, said the First Minister had told “a lie” when she claimed 400 jobs had been saved by taking the Port Glasgow yard into state ownership.
