Cal Mac discounts

After incessant complaints about the price of the CalMac fares on all the routes, we discover the secret to reduced fares... drive a commercial vehicle on a route which has competition.

Hopefully heads will roll for this, in answer to the three simple questions:

• Who knew?
• Who took the decision to implement the scheme?
• Who decided not to report it up the line to Ministers?

How much money has been wasted on these secret bribes? Remember, when this route was placed out for tender, no-one bid, and CalMac won by default. Western Ferries reckoned they couldn't compete - and now we know why.