Not Only Ferries Run Aground

Scotland’s inability to manage infrastructure requires us to move beyond blame games and towards structural solutions, write Peter McColl and Gilbert Ramsay.

After centuries of shipbuilding pride, the failure to build ships effectively on the Clyde today is one of the main stories in Scottish politics. Besides the saga of stress and misery it is causing islanders, Ferguson Marine’s failure to deliver ferries is part of the wider chronicle of poor project delivery in Scotland...