This seems a little fatuous. Of course we …

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This seems a little fatuous. Of course we know where Cove is, what Rosneath is and that the peninsula is called the Rosneath peninsula.
We refer to the Cowal peninsula as Cowal – as does everyone else and no one in Cowal has complained (yet). Sometimes the familiar version seems more fluent – but we apologise for irritating you.
We are not a cheerleader for Clydelink. We have been critical of their shortcomings but we have not joined in their demonisation.
The principal fault here – and it is a serious one – lies with the principal in the action and that is SPT.
The management of this tender contract was ridiculous in so many ways and not remotely defensible.
But any business has the right to tender, the right to accept the award of a contract and the right to do its best then to fulfil that contract.
We fully understand and sympathise with the damaging disruption to ordered life in the peninsula and the destabilising impact of the unreliability of the Clydelink service to date.
But your argument is with SPT. Splitting your focus in hammering Clydelink is politically inept.

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