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Nicola Sturgeon’s secret state

Holyrood is one of the most opaque regimes in the democratic world

9 April 2022

9:00 AM

9 April 2022

9:00 AM

As Westminster grapples with the P&O scandal, a very different farce over ferries has been playing out in Scotland. In the run-up to the 2014 independence referendum, a Glasgow shipbuilder went bust and was rescued by a Scottish National party adviser. It was later awarded a £97 million government contract to build two ferries.

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