@barnesgrahamp were you at the Scottish Place name conference today in Inverness?
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Infrastructure for Scotland
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@JohnSwinney I noted comments re delivery at Sherrifhall rdbt. The highly centralised, out of date TS is the issue. TS have blocked progress in many areas & their cosy relationship with consultants has wasted millions ref RABT. Time to devolve power away from TS,or abolish them.
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@_JamieMcIntyre It does make zero emission buses. Not coaches though such as Ember want.
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How can you order zero emission buses from a company that doesn't make them? (and apparently doesn't want to either)
This from one of the major bus companies:
Brian Leishman@BrianLeishmanMP
The announcement of redundancies and a reduction in operations at Alexander Dennis is awful, my thoughts are with all workers impacted. In buying more buses from China, the SNP have betrayed the workers and Scottish industry. Our buses should be built by Scottish workers.
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@bmstewart2004 @NickyZog Yes it does. Shame as ashp is much cheaper and not as bad for the environment.
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@scot_tunnels @NickyZog Surface mount - lovely 😉🤣
Looks like we’re stuck with gas meantime…
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@bmstewart2004 @NickyZog It would be silly to attempt to reuse that. Surface mount 15mm is fine. Some systems can use microbore though.
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@scot_tunnels @NickyZog Our primary home has microbore piping cemented/plastered into the floor (under tiles) and walls. Disruption would be immense as would cost of reinstatement. Assuming our housing association allowed it.
In Scotland for various reasons we’re not eligible for a grant atm.
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@ammacj @mcmotors23 @_JamieMcIntyre @BBCScotlandNews No, there was absence of certain vessels meaning the timetabled services couldn't all run. Those that did, or were planned, were also subject to weather disruption.
"Yer man" = I mean the McCash guy who seems to get abusive when matters are explained.
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@scot_tunnels @mcmotors23 @_JamieMcIntyre @BBCScotlandNews What do you mean by ‘yer man’?
You said
“There's been no ferry service for major parts of this weekend for Mull.”
I said that’s only true mainly because of weather.
I was correct, wasn’t I?
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Not downplaying for a minute the very real impact the state of our ferry network is having but it's surely unreasonable for @BBCScotlandNews to make an issue of the fact that Ardrossan harbour won't be ready until 2029 when SG only bought it *last month* bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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@bmstewart2004 @NickyZog There is no ROI. Gas boilers don't generate it either but are cheaper to install initially. £7.5k is what it cost and about £100/month in the winter. Last night kwhs cost 1.73p.
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@scot_tunnels @NickyZog How expensive was the installation and what’s the ROI?
Octopus suggested 9-13 years for us on solar panels and battery alone.
I don’t have £15-20k in my back pocket to go that route unfortunately- that’s going to buy a lot of oil!
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@bmstewart2004 @NickyZog I do, in the Highlands, 1934 property. Much cheaper than oil and more comfortable.
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@NickyZog Serious question Nicky.
Do you use a heat pump for your highland home?
Not convinced they’re cost effective vs oil (I know…) in the frozen north…
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@ammacj @mcmotors23 @_JamieMcIntyre @BBCScotlandNews I wasn't referring to you but more in general ref the on-time stats which are completely unrelated. Yer man appears to think a service that doesn't operate produces a stat. It doesn't. He can only hide behind insults then. A bit like Trump. Re Mull, check above.
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@scot_tunnels @mcmotors23 @_JamieMcIntyre @BBCScotlandNews I have never said ‘unionist conspiracy’, have I?
I said
‘The only time there has been ‘no ferry service’ (on Mull) this weekend is when there have been weather cancellations. Yes, Isle of Arran is broken but other ferries operating depending on weather.’
True, isn’t it.
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@ammacj @mcmotors23 @_JamieMcIntyre @BBCScotlandNews This simply isn't true. Calmac themselves have even said so. This idea that it's all a unionist conspiracy just demonstrates an ignorance of Scotland that no insult will be able to divert.
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@scot_tunnels @mcmotors23 @_JamieMcIntyre @BBCScotlandNews The only time there has been ‘no ferry service’ this weekend is when there have been weather cancellations. Yes, Isle of Arran is broken but other ferries operating depending on weather.
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@BlackIslePMD Massive issue for sure. I am glad I replaced mine with an ASHP.
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I don't think public awareness has cut through yet on the cost of heating oil for those not on gas/elec. It was sub 60p a few weeks ago, and now over £1.20
Heads out of the sand. This is massive issue.
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@_JamieMcIntyre @mcmotors23 @ammacj @BBCScotlandNews It's like Trump. Inconvenient realities can be shouted down and called fake news. Real knowledge doesn't matter to some.
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@mcmotors23 @scot_tunnels @ammacj @BBCScotlandNews ....there's huge impact & disruption on the communities of Ardnamurchan & Morvern *as well as* on Mull. But your statistics still say everything's fine so it must be.
Trouble with arguing your case, 'champ', based on stuff you hear is you haven't got a clue about what's going on
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@mcmotors23 @_JamieMcIntyre @ammacj @BBCScotlandNews No. As before, cancelled services don't appear on reliability figures. If no service operates, it can't be late or early. A car that never moves is 100% reliable. An independence supporter, like me, should have a better knowledge of Scotland.
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@_JamieMcIntyre @scot_tunnels @ammacj @BBCScotlandNews I read stats, not 'blogs' champ. Facts on targets and achievements.
Are you saying CMAL CalMac stats are false and your anecdotes are the measure?
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@mcmotors23 @_JamieMcIntyre @ammacj @BBCScotlandNews There's been no ferry service for major parts of this weekend for Mull. Various people have now cancelled hospital appointments in Glasgow because they can't travel to get there in time. It's nothing to do with stats. A service doesn't report a stat if it doesn't run.
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@_JamieMcIntyre @scot_tunnels @ammacj @BBCScotlandNews Come on champ, what are your 'impacts' what services have been/ are being cancelled and when through breakdowns and your crisis?
GIF
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@mcmotors23 @_JamieMcIntyre @ammacj @BBCScotlandNews Absurd post. If a service do not operate, it can't be on time or late. You are downplaying the huge impact of the crisis.
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@_JamieMcIntyre @ammacj @BBCScotlandNews Tell us exactly what 'the impact' is , a service that meets 97% of targets.
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@_JamieMcIntyre Just, as they say, build a tunnel or bridge.
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Absolute chaos unfolding at the Corran Ferry - & not a Highland Council marshall to be seen.
But all the ingredients were known in advance:
- big ferry out of service
- disruption to Oban-Mull ferries
- Friday always busy with workmen finishing up
- holiday traffic building
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@BlackIslePMD Martin is correct but also cost. The railway is double or triple for costs relative to buses.
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What is it that Lothian Buses does right in running public transport, that we fail to do on a national level?
Cat Hobbs@CatHobbs
Huge missed opportunity that these new trains will not be owned by ScotRail They are being leased by Beacon Rail which is owned by JP Morgan Asset Management Rolling stock is the most profitable bit of the railway Scotland should own its own trains! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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@_JamieMcIntyre Well said. It's similar to "fixed links will destroy the culture". That ferry sailed, reliably, a long time ago.
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Countryside 'industrialisation'?
Like 18thC charcoal production in the oakwoods? Or lead mining in Strontian & elsewhere? Kelp burning? Iron ore mining in Raasay? Or even 20thC forestry?
The 'industrialisation of the countryside' ship sailed long ago. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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@Mislein @_JamieMcIntyre Yes you are correct. MSPs seem genuinely unaware.
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@_JamieMcIntyre @scot_tunnels The Rest and Be Thankful is the perfect example of this.
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Morvern, Ardnamurchan, Moidart, Morar & Mallaig all currently inaccessible to vehicles from the rest of mainland Scotland - except by ferry via Mull or Skye.
Bet you haven't heard that on the 'national' news.....
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@BlackIslePMD No I amn't. The SNP vote will be further split by FEvsSNP $is already down. My prediction is Lib Dem 1, SNP 2, FE 3 or equal with Reform. People seem to think the SNP is going to walk this. I predict all H&I seats for LD apart from Shetland for SNP. The irony!
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@scot_tunnels Are you kidding? He's been the MSP for nearly 30 years, he'll get a chunk of the snp indy vote, a chunk of the "2 fingers to SNP" vote and a chunk of the "put Highlands first" vote. The Lib Dem is an unknown from Moray.
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I'm not sure if this is ignorance or being disingenuous, but Fergus Ewing is standing here as an independent, and has been MSP for the area since 1999, he's in with a decent shout and the idea that it's a straight Lib Dem vs SNP is simply not correct.
Neil Alexander 🏴🔶️🏉🎮@NeilAlex94
Your hot topics 🔥 Our campaign is all about listening to you on the issues that matter In May, in Inverness and Nairn it's a straight fight between the Lib Dems and the SNP, every vote matters!
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