Scottish islanders erupted in fury last week at the latest failure by the SNP Government to deliver a working ferry network.
Around a third of the population of South Uist turned out to protest after the cancellation of nearly every ferry to the island this month.
This is the latest episode of the sorry scandal that has developed from the SNP's failure to build ferries at Ferguson Marine.
It's a personal failure for Humza Yousaf. Six years ago, he described the fake launch of the MV Glen Sannox as "a good-news story." He was there when Nicola Sturgeon pretended the vessel was ready to set sail.
But his embarrassment has reached new depths recently.
The SNP has failed to such an extent that they were forced to admit it would be cheaper to scrap the build of one Ferguson ferry and start again from scratch.
The contracts for new ferries have been sent to Eastern Europe because the SNP can't build them in the West of Scotland.
The costs to taxpayers are already in the hundreds of millions. It looks likely to be the worst waste of public money since devolution.
But worst of all is the damage to coastal and island communities.
The SNP's failure to deliver a working ferry network is upending lives, damaging businesses, risking jobs, and driving islanders to despair.
Speaking to the Scottish Conservatives, one shop owner on Uist, Louise Cook, told my colleague Donald Cameron MSP: "I'm really at my wit's end with all the disruption caused by our aging ferry fleet and the horrific impact this is having on my business."
"When I should be increasing staff hours, I have had to cut them drastically. It's utterly appalling and really upsetting."
Another islander, Eileen Macdonald of the Doune Braes Hotel on the Isle of Lewis, also spoke with my colleagues.
She said: "Enough is enough. The island is in such a terrible way. Hotel bookings are more than 50% down. In 40 years of living on Lewis, there is no vibrancy, we are in despair. We cannot be fobbed off with empty words any longer."
People in Scotland's coastal and island communities who are suffering the consequences of the SNP’s failures must be compensated.
The humiliation this scandal has caused Humza Yousaf personally and the SNP as a party is nothing compared to the damage this scandal is doing to Scotland’s islanders.
As one South Uist business owner told the BBC - "We don’t want compensation, we need compensation."
It’s time Humza Yousaf made up for some of his grave mistakes and put in place a fund to support jobs, businesses, and people struggling to get by on Scotland’s islands.
None of this is their fault. All of the blame lies solely at the door of the SNP.
They must take responsibility and finally do the right thing.
