“ it is not possible to be clear “ so there’s no excuse or answer. She is treating this parliament, it’s members, it’s rules, the Scottish people like fools absolute fools, no answers it’s a simple question why were these bonuses awarded?
Fudging again. Taxpayers in Scotland; the highest taxpayers in the UK, have a right to know why our cash is being wasted in this way. Please wake up to this incompetence and vote for a change.
No worries on that score, we've not been asleep for the last 16 years, but wide awake to the snp's record of failure from the first day they took office.
@@mrdunns3338 You would think we have been asleep the number of times they've been elected to lead Scotland irregardless of all their failures. Helps that those who oppose the SNP find their votes are split at every election.
I am Scottish, she sounds like Humphrey out of yes minister, all talk but no answer to the question, Fergusons ship yard had good reputation until the SNP took over.
The point is Mrs Sturgeon should have blocked these bonuses before they were paid. It shouldn’t have been beyond her intelligence that this would have been seen as unjustified given the mess she has made of this issue.
She shouldn't have even had to be doing that. Had the commercial and contracts management team exercised due diligence and a duty of care, any bonus would have been performance based..... I wouldn't wager my hat that bonuses elsewhere in conjunction with these contracts are equally as high..... For financial managers, contract managers, procurement managers and the ilk
The Scottish taxpayers should be very worried there is at least 2billion sitting in an investment bank set up by the SNP but with no fund manager and the post pays 250k per annum plus expenses how long before she gets the job and her hands on the money, more villas in Portugal or another new motorhome?
Or dumbar*e investment projects ..... Like spending 170k £ on a scheme to lend people money to buy bicycles.... Of which only 4 people were allocated £4k each! Or how about funding a business out with Scotland, who's sole business was in advising Scottish companies on how to best avoid paying tax to the Scottish govt 🤯
check out her 'political' husband , up to his knees in ''losing'' 600K crowdfunding donations , if we are to believe that spurious claim. More like the Covid funds being diverted to SNP coffers
@@mogznwaz but she is very good at it, remember her being questioned over the Salmond case.....I can't recall, I can't remember, I'd have to check on that etc, one slippery fish is Sturgeon.....☹️
Being economical with the truth is one thing, but downright lies & virtue signalling is another! Rid Scotland of the scourge of snp once & for all & mind the door doesn’t hit you on the way out! 😤😤
@@Muileach Useless is a big failure and he is already warming her seat in the parliament just step into he had already been elected by them behind closed doors,
She has been a complete and utter failure from day one, and now deserting the sinking , stinking trawler that reeks of corruption, police enquires, mutiny and scandal as it slowly goes down.
Fishy Minister Sturgeon added a NEW "R" Regrets! so we have, Nicola who under Oath sore that she CANNOT 1. Remember and/or 2. Recall and/or 3. Recount anything and now we have a positive "R" 4. Regrets (Deeply) that the COST to Taxpayers for the None Delivery of the 2 Ferries is now £338m v £97m, almost 3.5 times AND we cannot say IF they will be completed OR If they are, WHEN OR How much they will cost! Best part it is ALL John Swinneys problem, as she has said on camera, "I do not understand numbers so if there is any money missing it cannot have anything to do with me". Her evidence is she didn't even notice that Hubby spent £107,600 of THEIR MONEY on a Loan to the SNP. Since she doesn't understand numbers HENCE the reason she didn't declare it! It is ALWAYS someone elses fault, usually "generic Westminster" AND IF we had full control of "OUR" money we would not have these problems despite the fact that Nicola/SNP does not understand numbers!
@@trevorhart545 we would be a third world country for sure does Imelda Marcos and Ferdinand Marcos ring any bells I don’t expect anyone to remember under the age of forty to remember She was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power during the Presidency of her husband, 10th president Ferdinand Marcos. She is the mother of current president Bongbong Marcos. Sturgeon and her husband reminds me of them I often wonder if Sturgeon has as many shoes 👠 They had to hightail it out of the Philippines and by Gid did they leave that country in a bloody mess,
They are NOT made but Nicola said One survived been in Dry Dock. Very reassuring but they are better tested in the Sea. I believe that they are mainly RUST now and certainly will be before they never enter service. Q. When they FAIL to meet Safety Standards WHO is going to pay = Westminster!
They should relate her with a unbiased presiding officer who will not show favouritism or prejudice and must be fair I have watched the presiding officer be more than unfair to the opposition parties,
As soon as Nicola starts talking it is a lie and "she" constantly lies about everything. We should all know who the father of lies is, if you don't know look it up.
What was their objective: 1) to save jobs; 2) to build these ferries. Completely crazy. Who on earth would place orders with this shipyard? They would be completely mad.
I still struggle to understand why Sturgeons beloved EU hasn't launched an enquiry into the award of this contract. It was quite obviously an exercise in favouritism as well as nationalism. Contravening everything the European public procurement legislation seeks to promote
@@Mr_G_in_Alba that is an interesting question. Under EU procurement rules they would need to open up competition to the EU members. The only reason that they might of overcome the regulations would have been BREXIT. UK defence is different as we are able to limit competition to within the UK for security reasons. ‘Prior to Brexit, a breach of EU competition law was enforceable by the CMA . After the end of the Brexit transition period, EU competition law ceased to apply to the UK. Under section 60A Competition Act, the CMA and UK courts must continue to interpret UK competition law in line with EU law and case law as at the 31 December 2020 and have regard to guidance and future EU case law, although they are not bound by it.’ ‘The Competition and Markets Authority has warned about the "potential risks" of state control over the way ferries are operated, run and paid for in Scotland. In an analysis, the CMA has warned of the dangers of now government-owned Ferguson Marine being awarded work without a competitive tender process, saying "it is unlikely to make it a commercially sustainable business" and "it may also have a negative impact on the wider industry".’
@@Land-of-reason I was told the contract was awarded using unfair criteria, European/other bidders were bidding on the project based on tender specification, Ferguson was awarded the contract based on completely different criteria..... Thier reply/bid was more akin to a RFP (request for proposal) than a bid for the projects in the govt specification. Ferguson offered cheese, when govt was shopping for, and other competitors were pricing for chalk Edit: the contract was awarded in 2015, before Brexit, so scotgov would have been bound by EU legislation I imagine.
It was to look good just before the 2014 referendum, look at us aren't we wonderful saving all these jobs and keeping a shipyard open. Wow, well done SNP 🙄
Douglas Ross is right to question this on behalf of the Scottish people. Sturgeon makes out that he doesn't want to hear the answer, is extremely rude to him and still doesn't answer. She should be so mad about these bonuses that she should be saying she will demand the money back!! They have obviously given managerial positions to people without a proper contract!
Mental how Krankie can be made to look so bad by a Tory referee. She’s lost the plot. Problem is that all you hear is ‘yeah but what about Westminster’. SNP are not only bad at their job, they are corrupt as it comes.
Excellent presentation from Douglas, highlighting yet again "potential fiddling of the books" by Ms Crankie's government and her fellow travellers in the SNP. The money (bonuses) is "resting" in someones account, send in HMRC to seized it back.......
Good old Krankie...never been honest or truthful, and by heck she isn't going to ruin her reputation in the last few gasps of her time as FM. ! Good old slippery will reveal all later!! Yeah, rite! Lol
Well surely that response from Nicoliar will turn her sheep off from voting for these clowns 🤡 £330M 🤦♂️ ffs that’s only £233M thus far over budget …. Absolutely disgraceful 😡
Not hard to see why Sturgeon ran away from answering the questions. She knew that there was going to be yet another delay to the ferries and that £millions more would be required. So instead of giving the details, she ran away and left it to John Swinney as she always does. An absolute joke but this situation is gravely unfunny.
I'm sure every criminal finds it regrettable when they are caught This is nothing more than corruption at the highest level and not once has the word Criminal been used How infuriating it is to hear they way they think they can palm this of because the public is too dumb to see what's going on Its regrettable to the public thats these criminals are getting away with such corruption
Never answers a question, and never anyone to be held responsible
One scandal on top another.. UNREAL.. If they were running a business of their own they would be bust within a week
Unbelievable so she's saying this snp Scottish government have no idea why these failures of bosses were given a binus
where do I sign up for a failure bonus?
@@bobblue_west join the snp
@@wingnut1690 Can we all join and have a Slice of all these "missing millions"?
“ it is not possible to be clear “ so there’s no excuse or answer. She is treating this parliament, it’s members, it’s rules, the Scottish people like fools absolute fools, no answers it’s a simple question why were these bonuses awarded?
Going out evading questions as ever. Despicable woman.
Was going to say, she's soon sailing off in the sunset, but, maybes naw...
Boat no ready!!!
Woman ?? See there you, listening to all the spin!
Wow you just have to admire transparency no one will be held accountable.????
Fudging again. Taxpayers in Scotland; the highest taxpayers in the UK, have a right to know why our cash is being wasted in this way. Please wake up to this incompetence and vote for a change.
No worries on that score, we've not been asleep for the last 16 years, but wide awake to the snp's record of failure from the first day they took office.
@@mrdunns3338 You would think we have been asleep the number of times they've been elected to lead Scotland irregardless of all their failures.
Helps that those who oppose the SNP find their votes are split at every election.
It's wonderful they can say sorry with no-one being held accountable,it's not her money it's the Scottish people's money.?????
It's actually the UKs money!
Sturgeon has built a career on avoiding responsibility for ANYTHING.
“We will learn from our mistakes” I have never heard that before😂
God help Scotland with these clowns in charge.
I am Scottish, she sounds like Humphrey out of yes minister, all talk but no answer to the question, Fergusons ship yard had good reputation until the SNP took over.
The point is Mrs Sturgeon should have blocked these bonuses before they were paid. It shouldn’t have been beyond her intelligence that this would have been seen as unjustified given the mess she has made of this issue.
She shouldn't have even had to be doing that. Had the commercial and contracts management team exercised due diligence and a duty of care, any bonus would have been performance based..... I wouldn't wager my hat that bonuses elsewhere in conjunction with these contracts are equally as high..... For financial managers, contract managers, procurement managers and the ilk
The Scottish taxpayers should be very worried there is at least 2billion sitting in an investment bank set up by the SNP but with no fund manager and the post pays 250k per annum plus expenses how long before she gets the job and her hands on the money, more villas in Portugal or another new motorhome?
Or dumbar*e investment projects ..... Like spending 170k £ on a scheme to lend people money to buy bicycles.... Of which only 4 people were allocated £4k each!
Or how about funding a business out with Scotland, who's sole business was in advising Scottish companies on how to best avoid paying tax to the Scottish govt 🤯
the scots got who they deserved. this is the result. all on them.
Don't ask me any hard questions I have an election to fix.
spot on sir
He asks for an honest answer. She has not got an honest bone in her body
Can she not just admit she does not know. Never once can she admit any failure. Such dishonesty.
check out her 'political' husband , up to his knees in ''losing'' 600K crowdfunding donations , if we are to believe that spurious claim. More like the Covid funds being diverted to SNP coffers
To be fair no politician ever does that
@@mogznwaz but she is very good at it, remember her being questioned over the Salmond case.....I can't recall, I can't remember, I'd have to check on that etc, one slippery fish is Sturgeon.....☹️
A lier until the end and more waffle and lies to come
And they want to run Scotland?
Will not give a straight answer, ever!!
Douglas Ross is growing in stature. At the same time Sturgeon sound more confused and incompetent
Yes Douglas is growing into his own and doing very well I think he will do pretty well ,
But the tories are finished in Scotland and in England and in Wales and in Northern Ireland.
@@RedToriesBlueTories they can’t be any worse than the SNP but then there’s labour, or if Neil Oliver would run or George Galloway ,
@@jennyporraz I think you should ask the English voters what they think of the tories
@@RedToriesBlueTories why?
Why can't they just stop the payments until such times that everything has been clarified ?
That would be the ethical thing to do but Sturgeon and her SNP are unethical,
Being economical with the truth is one thing, but downright lies & virtue signalling is another! Rid Scotland of the scourge of snp once & for all & mind the door doesn’t hit you on the way out! 😤😤
This woman just CANNOT answer a question ever!!
Nothing new, no politicians of any party, answer questions!
The SNP is built on rewarding failures.
Snp built on lies and corruption !
And there are plenty of them.
They're a party of failures
@@Muileach Useless is a big failure and he is already warming her seat in the parliament just step into he had already been elected by them behind closed doors,
What a disgrace thank goodness she's going never answers the questions am surprised she didn't try and blame Westminster
Why do we expect Nicoliar to to come clean 😊
She has been a complete and utter failure from day one, and now deserting the sinking , stinking trawler that reeks of corruption, police enquires, mutiny and scandal as it slowly goes down.
Payments were wrong but the Scottish Ministers who own Fergusson must have signed them off.
She probably cannot recall, or it’s no one’s fault. Pathetic.
Fishy Minister Sturgeon added a NEW "R" Regrets!
so we have, Nicola who under Oath sore that she CANNOT
1. Remember and/or
2. Recall and/or
3. Recount anything and now we have a positive "R"
4. Regrets (Deeply) that the COST to Taxpayers for the None Delivery of the 2 Ferries is now £338m v £97m, almost 3.5 times AND we cannot say IF they will be completed OR If they are, WHEN OR How much they will cost!
Best part it is ALL John Swinneys problem, as she has said on camera, "I do not understand numbers so if there is any money missing it cannot have anything to do with me". Her evidence is she didn't even notice that Hubby spent £107,600 of THEIR MONEY on a Loan to the SNP. Since she doesn't understand numbers HENCE the reason she didn't declare it!
It is ALWAYS someone elses fault, usually "generic Westminster" AND IF we had full control of "OUR" money we would not have these problems despite the fact that Nicola/SNP does not understand numbers!
@@trevorhart545 we would be a third world country for sure does Imelda Marcos and Ferdinand Marcos ring any bells I don’t expect anyone to remember under the age of forty to remember She was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power during the Presidency of her husband, 10th president Ferdinand Marcos. She is the mother of current president Bongbong Marcos. Sturgeon and her husband reminds me of them I often wonder if Sturgeon has as many shoes 👠 They had to hightail it out of the Philippines and by Gid did they leave that country in a bloody mess,
The shipyard is done! Well done Sturgeon!
More WAFFLE from the QUEEN OF WAFFLE . YOU are a LAUGHING at your parliament
Krankie and another scandal involving money, who would have thought that?
339 million, what the hell are they made of, what a joke,
They are NOT made but Nicola said One survived been in Dry Dock. Very reassuring but they are better tested in the Sea. I believe that they are mainly RUST now and certainly will be before they never enter service. Q. When they FAIL to meet Safety Standards WHO is going to pay = Westminster!
This so called “Presiding Officer” is so pro SNP it’s (almost) comical.
Krankie surrounds herself with snp minions
They should relate her with a unbiased presiding officer who will not show favouritism or prejudice and must be fair I have watched the presiding officer be more than unfair to the opposition parties,
As soon as Nicola starts talking it is a lie and "she" constantly lies about everything. We should all know who the father of lies is, if you don't know look it up.
@Simon Simon - I'm not.
It’s mismanagement of public funds 😢
Just to add to my comment some one one in the Scottish government must have sanctioned this,why are the not held accountable
????¿???
What was their objective:
1) to save jobs;
2) to build these ferries.
Completely crazy.
Who on earth would place orders with this shipyard? They would be completely mad.
none of those only to spend some cash to look good
I still struggle to understand why Sturgeons beloved EU hasn't launched an enquiry into the award of this contract. It was quite obviously an exercise in favouritism as well as nationalism. Contravening everything the European public procurement legislation seeks to promote
@@Mr_G_in_Alba that is an interesting question. Under EU procurement rules they would need to open up competition to the EU members. The only reason that they might of overcome the regulations would have been BREXIT.
UK defence is different as we are able to limit competition to within the UK for security reasons.
‘Prior to Brexit, a breach of EU competition law was enforceable by the CMA . After the end of the Brexit transition period, EU competition law ceased to apply to the UK. Under section 60A Competition Act, the CMA and UK courts must continue to interpret UK competition law in line with EU law and case law as at the 31 December 2020 and have regard to guidance and future EU case law, although they are not bound by it.’
‘The Competition and Markets Authority has warned about the "potential risks" of state control over the way ferries are operated, run and paid for in Scotland.
In an analysis, the CMA has warned of the dangers of now government-owned Ferguson Marine being awarded work without a competitive tender process, saying "it is unlikely to make it a commercially sustainable business" and "it may also have a negative impact on the wider industry".’
@@Land-of-reason I was told the contract was awarded using unfair criteria, European/other bidders were bidding on the project based on tender specification, Ferguson was awarded the contract based on completely different criteria..... Thier reply/bid was more akin to a RFP (request for proposal) than a bid for the projects in the govt specification. Ferguson offered cheese, when govt was shopping for, and other competitors were pricing for chalk
Edit: the contract was awarded in 2015, before Brexit, so scotgov would have been bound by EU legislation I imagine.
It was to look good just before the 2014 referendum, look at us aren't we wonderful saving all these jobs and keeping a shipyard open. Wow, well done SNP 🙄
Cobblers Nicola
Hurry up and go jimmy krankie
“We don’t know” The catchphrase of the SNP
She doesn't want to answer the question because she can't
I wonder how much Wee Nippy bonus was
ye her and murell might buy an island up north to hide it
Humza will sort it all out 😂😂😂😂
Douglas Ross is right to question this on behalf of the Scottish people. Sturgeon makes out that he doesn't want to hear the answer, is extremely rude to him and still doesn't answer. She should be so mad about these bonuses that she should be saying she will demand the money back!! They have obviously given managerial positions to people without a proper contract!
They should have built the Titanic the Disaster would not have happened it would still be in Dry Dock!!
😂😅😅😅 as the snp go down like the titanic 🎉
Mental how Krankie can be made to look so bad by a Tory referee. She’s lost the plot. Problem is that all you hear is ‘yeah but what about Westminster’. SNP are not only bad at their job, they are corrupt as it comes.
£600,000. £600,000 £600,000 ?
Get SNP out
She'll say she can't recall
A total liar to the end much did she get
our land is slowly being ruined.............scandal..........
From the 1st day snp got power !
If they don't know how or why the bonuses were paid, how can you put measures in place to make sure it doesn't happen again????
Keep the shipyard open but at what cost
I’m guessing the yard knows it’s days are numbered and are pumping as much money from Scotlands government as they can.
Probably deliberately destroying it so they can sell the land to developers, or they have developer chums, nice sea-view next to Newark castle.
Excellent presentation from Douglas, highlighting yet again "potential fiddling of the books" by Ms Crankie's government and her fellow travellers in the SNP. The money (bonuses) is "resting" in someones account, send in HMRC to seized it back.......
Good old Krankie...never been honest or truthful, and by heck she isn't going to ruin her reputation in the last few gasps of her time as FM. ! Good old slippery will reveal all later!! Yeah, rite! Lol
She looks and sounds defeated....
She Krankie is shocking won’t answer a question
Presiding Officer must go. No impartiality from her. Also will new FM continue to blame UK GOV for all that's wrong in Scotland?
Paid to keep their mouths shut.
Grateful for Douglas Ross holding the Government to account - extraordinary to hear the responses
I see no ships.
Corruption with painted windows you could not make this up...unfortunately!
A few personal insults threw out by it, but that’s ok for it?
Think the Christmas trees will get their fairies first.😂
Probably to her cronies
Put all the snp on the Glen Sannox and push it out to sea!
Nicola the sand dancer
Nicola the f**ken chancer 😄😄😄
Why give out a bonus
Snp orher day other scandal
Nicoliar
If it was quoted at 97 million pounds then all they should have got
Ferries are over 6 years late
You cannot trust the SNP to run a ferry!
That said, are you going to pay the taxpayer back?
Liar
Only an SNP run company can pay a bonus for failure!!
😂 run forest run 😢
Sturgeon passing the buck with each question no wonder she running away with her tail between her legs and off to stay with her lady friend
Story is her passport was taken from her. Not allowed to leave the country as she is under investigation.
@Simon Simon It's a story going around. Don't know if there is any truth to it.
Well surely that response from Nicoliar will turn her sheep off from voting for these clowns 🤡 £330M 🤦♂️ ffs that’s only £233M thus far over budget …. Absolutely disgraceful 😡
SNP JUNTA . Out of control in power and out of touch full stop
Sir Humphrey in a dress!
😂😂😂😂😂
Not hard to see why Sturgeon ran away from answering the questions.
She knew that there was going to be yet another delay to the ferries and that £millions more would be required. So instead of giving the details, she ran away and left it to John Swinney as she always does.
An absolute joke but this situation is gravely unfunny.
How much more £ ? How many have been sacked?
its all a racket ! kranks will no about tennis nudge nudge no balls please
She bought Judy Murrays hoose !!!! (£850,000)
Wise words by douglas ross ---- he should lead the country
Down rite,, Disgrace!!! Look at NHS ,,, they fully deserve a rise!!!!
The Houdini of Hollyrood
No wonder she’s decided to resign. Has lost control of everything.
Do you SNP fanatics now realise you have been duped by the ultimate Sturgeon con artist.
I'm sure every criminal finds it regrettable when they are caught This is nothing more than corruption at the highest level and not once has the word Criminal been used How infuriating it is to hear they way they think they can palm this of because the public is too dumb to see what's going on Its regrettable to the public thats these criminals are getting away with such corruption
Why does it keep saying, "I have said it many times"
No wonder we don’t trust any of them lies lies lies
SNP are dying a death and that’s clear.
She has no shame.
The ferries should have been scrapped when they paid £97M, when they had nothing at all to show for it.
It's now £340M and still rising 😂😂😂😂😂
Humza Usless. If you thought Sturgeon was bad, wait until this devious, failing clown gets going.
Were has noddy gone.