I'm not sure what it is about the Borders Railway that the Scottish Government hate so much. Maybe it's because it wasn't their idea in the first place.
Time and again we've seen them dragging their heels to such an extent that John Swinney could have been used to plow most of Perthshire.
They'd rather see the wholly unnecessary It's-A-Replacement-Not-A-New-Bridge-Honest new bridge across the Forth than a public transport initiative that can only benefit an entire area.
Now it appears that the Americans have had enough and are going home, and who can blame them? The BBC reports that one bidding consortium member has run out of patience with the whole process and has given up.
I can't imagine the other consortia are too happy either - we're still a year off from a winning bidder being named.
So what exactly has been done since the SNP came to power and immediately tried to strangle the Borders Railway?
It would appear, diddlysquat.
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