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Scottish Tories show hypocrisy on 'ferries scandal' – The REAL Scottish Politics

IF you were only to read certain anti-independence Scottish papers you might think that the only important news story this week was the British nationalist obsession with cost overruns and delays in the procurement of new CalMac ferries.

Of course, it's a news story when an important government contract is delayed and incurs cost overruns of some £150 million. No one is disputing that it's an important news story, and it's certainly to be expected that it should be in the news on the day that the First Minister gives evidence to the Holyrood inquiry looking into the issues with the contract.

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