Speaking publicly for the first time since leaving the Scottish government two years ago, he told the Sunday Times he intended to co-operate fully with a parliamentary inquiry, based on key government documents. Friends say he has a scapegoat, as Sturgeon and other ministers were heavily involved in the case. The dramatic intervention comes after a condemnatory report by Audit Scotland on the construction of two ferries in the Ferguson Shipyard that exceeded 150 million pounds and with a five-year delay. The guard could not find out why the ministers withdrew a conventional routine
