There's idiocy, and there's sheer bloody-mindedness.
And when it comes to the Forth Road Bridge 2, there's both.
Parliament yesterday backed the new bridge despite evidence that the existing bridge can be repaired and that the good people of Fife don't want it.
Not only that, but we also discovered yesterday that the Scottish budget is to be cut by £2 billion. Guess how much the new bridge will cost?
So we'll basically have to find £4 billion from somewhere, just to have more cars on the road.
SNP Tactical Voting does a better assessment of the politics behind it all than I could, but I'm increasingly of the opinion that this white elephant will never be built. The government will realise that we can't afford it and they'll announce a 'miracle cure' for the existing bridge, getting them out of an increasingly unsustainable position.
Won't they?
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