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« on: March 01, 2012, 00:13:39 »
The UK▸ (United Kingdom) Treasury had offered a ^50m contribution to upgrading the sleeper contingent on this being matched by the Scottish Government. The revelation in the "Herald Scotland" newspaper today that the Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has rerouted this ^50m to enable Scottish water to accelerate capital expenditure must raise questions about the future of the sleeper service.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/herald-view/sleeper-service-boost-is-shunted-into-the-sidelines.16871438
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2012, 00:36:50 »
Parliament in London was offering ^50M toward improvements for the Caley Sleeper. And Holyrood has taken that money and diverted it elsewhere? That's the impression you get from this story if you don't read it carefully.

Forgive me, but billhooks. Read the story carefully. It's the (matched) Scottish ^50M that may be diverted elsewhere.

There's no way Westminster would've signed off on ^50M for the Caley Sleeper and then let Holyrood do with it as they please.

EDIT. Not a slight on you woody. A critique of the slanted journalism you linked to.
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