An SNP Minister has been accused of “desperate spin” after claiming that the Scottish Government could not intervene in the Scotrail strike dispute that has led to the cancellation of 700 services from Monday.
As Scottish commuters face rail chaos Richard Lochhead, the SNP Employment Minister, said he hoped the Scotrail strike problems will be “sorted soon” but distanced the Holyrood government from the recently nationalised service.
Lochhead, speaking to the BBC’s Sunday Show, describing the rail network as being at “arms length” from the government but was quickly ridiculed by opponents and trade unions.
