The Army could be brought into provide a replacement for a key Highland ferry service.
There is currently only a foot passenger service from Corran to the Ardnamurchan peninsula after the relief vessel broke down. A reduced service has been running on the five-minute crossing of Loch Linnhe since January as the main ferry on the Highland Council service, the MV Corran, was taken off for repairs.
The MV Maid of Glencoul had been covering the route until it broke down last Friday, leaving locals and tourists facing a diversion of around 42 miles. Highland Council organised a foot passenger route from Wednesday on a catamaran which can take up to 65 passengers, which runs two return trips daily.
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Mr Blackford working for Scotland and the Islands. Best man for the job as he has the biggest begging bowl which he has used for many a year and he will help to fund the temporary ferry I am sure
SNP couldn't run a tuck shop in a school but give it large in parliament of how better everything is run in Scotland, yeah / yeah Blackford how's the small holding?
Yrs of the snp saying they can do it,then they beg for help from the people they hate..
Deployment of the military is a reserved function, so Scottish leaders must ask nicely. Alternatively there are several hundred dinghys with outboards at Dover.
Let's get things straight here:
There is a road link in this situation so the communities are not "stranded".
The ferry service is run by Highland Regional Council, not the SNP in Holyrood.
The SNP are ready for INDEPENDENCE ……..What a ficking joke this Party is! Mel Gibson (Braveheart 😂😂😂) must be choking on his "porridge ". I wonder if he would bare his backside to the English now after this HUMILIATING climbdown by the little wee Scottish tosser in the United Kingdom's Parliament
This is a Scottish problem so let them fund sorting it out instead of using the British army. Honestly all they do is expect the rest of the UK to fund their transport, education and health services! And then the SNP wants to be independent / what a joke! Try standing in your own two feet!
Another total disgrace ,, the SNP need to be removed hopefully won’t be to long as a Scot I am totalling fed up hearing about there independence,, Jesus could you imagine the shambles!!!
Scotland for 300 years has been drained of the majority of its wealth by the english state…….😅….Well done❤
Jocks by name……..Jokes by nature😂
Ah ha ha ha ha😊😅😊😂
And how much is this going to cost the Scottish taxpayers for your corrupt SNP Failings yet again.. Blackfart?
At least some people are prepared to be pragmatic on both sides of the independence debate. Full marks to both Blackford and Wallace. Anybody notice the irony that the Scottish Nationalist Blackford's surname is English, while British Conservative minister Wallace's is Scottish?
Yet another essential service besides the N.H.S. that has no resilience; no back up! This country is a f*****g joke.
I see we are rescuing Scots as well as thousands of illegal immigrants who are entering the country illegally with help from the royal navy and royal national lifeboat institution fleeing the battlefields of the Calais jungle to go live for free in an army barracks or hotel room, obviously the French aren't interested in paying for their own genocide only dumbed down thick as shit Brits who already willingly poisoned themselves with useless drugs because the government told them to drink the coolaid.
Ask the sturgeon family where the millions are plus holiday homes abroad. John Rooney uk
Brits out of Scotland and Ireland now or you will be forced out. Hands off.
Well get to it and help. Scots are British too!!!!! They need help now….not the " We are looking into it" kind of help
The demise of the SNP is only going to get better, another senior SNP man resigns, the party is sinking, each day the news gets better
You couldn't make this up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Unrepentant Ian Blackford demands Article 50 mechanism to get Scotland out of UK !!! OOPS !!!! Your words aged well Ian ?
So they need help from the military with the Corran ferry , where you can actually drive round by road but don't worry about island ferries that are life or death potentially! Can the SNP morons get any worse?
How embarrassing for the MOD as Ben Wallace sat back and got rid of all the Armies Medium and Small Landing Craft, so what the hell is he going to use ?
How good are they (SNP) could not even hire another ferry for a ten minute run each way, and Humzy Yousless was no place to be seen, as the big boy in Scotland it was his place to beg the English to once again help out. No he is too busy at the bespoke tailors getting his Pakistani/Scottish dresswear for Chuck's King bash down in London, can he Yousless be a true nationalist, after all is the SNP not all about getting freedom from the English Institution and here he will be bowing and begging to be recognised.
Snp tried to help but they could only send a Motorhome…😅
Well done to the British army 👏👏👏
Hi Mark, A great and interesting reply thank you. That's interesting about the Army. I wonder what would have happened if Scotland had got independence (with no army)? They could not have relied on England. I thought the Military is brought in when there is a disaster. As the Highland Council runs the service, should not their first port of call so-to-speak be with the SNP government of Scotland. There is currently a free foot passenger ferry running twice a day for local residents.
SNP were more concerned about ships being called "She".
Daily Record , British state propaganda. What a load of utter shite
It's highlights the incompetence of the NATS and there total disregard for the needs of the island communities
Would that be the Scottish Army – no the British Army! Not sure why they can’t rent a ferry though!!
I don't understand, surely this is democracy in action, people voted the SNP into power, they're getting just what they voted for.
There has to be some accounting for the monies wasted on these ferries that are still not sailing . The Scot’s forget they raided England many many times, for cattle and riches so it was not simply the English wanting to take Scotland but to stop raids, the highlanders were the problem both for the English and lowland Scot’s both were more interested is building business and wealth.
At last the snp have got there shit together and asked the British government for help for there mess up. The only good thing they have done for the Scottish islands in decades
Wait a minute, the UK govt has to step in to save the SNP arse as they cant help , yeah independence right, if they ever get it the highlands starve and are stuck and cant get off, priceless !
The UK gov coming to the SNPs rescue yet again, thist time it’s not money, it’s ferries. Are those ferries being built anywhere near completion yet ? No ? Oh Deer.
So ferries with painted on windows aren't good enough for the Corran people?
Can the SNP not do it?
Still seeing stupid NATS on here making whatever excuses and deflection they can. It's embarrassing they can't hold SNP to account but if it's the Tories they have a childish tantrum about it
Make sure there's a reserved place on it for the simple crofters £90,000 Range Rover.
The islands have a history of voting for the SNP. Guess you reap what you sow.
I'm grateful for the Islanders that Blackford has put them above his usual anti-English posturing. And grateful to Wallace that he is prioritizing this despite all the calls on our dwindled army.
Thankyou for putting the people first. As it should always be.
I like the Scotts , I went on hols there once and received a lot of kindness from folk in a garage in Inverness when my motorcycle got a puncture. They deserve better , stay with us in the U.K. us English and Welsh are ok , let's be strong together , hope your ferry is fixed up soon.😊
Yeah snp looks after the people