A bridge too far?

I was somewhat irritated by Gill Turner’s accusation that some contributors dared to express “undisguised glee” about the newly-announced problems facing the Queensferry Crossing (Letters, 1 December).

While the Queensferry Crossing is indeed “a magnificent piece of engineering” it cost £1.35 billion and was given a grand opening accompanied by much SNP back-slapping and extravagant partying.

Fast forward a few months and Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s hapless transport minister, has had to admit that the bridge requires partial closure for the next ten months for ongoing repairs which were known to be needed before the official opening. Of course, Mr Yousaf and our First Minister would have us believe they knew nothing about this!

Since they came to power ten years ago, the SNP Government has single-handedly wrecked Scotland’s once world-renowned education system and health services by choosing not to pass on the full Barnett consequentials so that they can fund their own vanity projects such as baby boxes to try to buy votes for independence, which for them transcends everything.

At the same time, during and since the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, politicians and supporters have bitterly divided our country. They have constantly engineered grievance to blame and abuse the UK government and indeed anyone who dares to disagree with them.

In my view, the Queensferry Crossing represented a grand scale attempt by the SNP Government to display and boast about their imagined, extreme competence. Now that problems with this can no longer be concealed and because of the climate of bitter division existing in Scotland today, there would seem to be some excuse for some commentators to be mildly reassured by what seems like the Scottish Government getting for once its comeuppance. Surely, we are all human!

SALLYGORDON - WALKER Caiystane Drive, Edinburgh