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Thanks to rtpscott for alerting us to the above and noting:
A long time back we had the Unionist parties block the money for the dualling of the A9 go to the trams in Edinburgh and Jack the lad sending money back to London now we have this from them.
By stewartb
Mr Sarwar wants us to believe that with him as FM in Holyrood matters will be so much better because we will have a British Labour Party government. But what does his party’s track record in government with (just) devolved powers tell us? What can we learn from Wales? That government is difficult and bad stuff happens … even under Labour?
BBC News January 6, 2025: ‘Works on ‘road from hell’ to end after 23 years’.
‘Tony Blair was just halfway through his time as prime minister and FA Cup finals were being played in Cardiff when one of the UK’s most expensive and complex road upgrade projects this century began.
‘But after 23 years, roadworks on the A465 Heads of the Valleys road in south Wales are finally going.
‘The 28-mile (45km) £2bn upgrade to almost motorway standard was designed to bring prosperity to one of the UK’s most deprived areas.’ (The bits of the A9 needing dualled are a wee bit longer – about three times?)
‘Work to make the road that links Swansea to Monmouthshire a full dual carriageway began back in 2002. This was 12 years after Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative UK government drew up an upgrade programme in 1990.
‘Parts were already two lanes each way, but there was severe congestion and frequent serious road crashes on other parts of the route.
‘Almost 35 years later after enormous overspends, major delays, devolution, a global pandemic, unsuitable ground for road building and hundreds of carriageway closures, the end is finally in sight.’
See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dxn7rj27go
With the time factor, the cost overruns, the mode of financing etc. – it’s quite a story!
Labour has governed in Cardiff for c. 26 years.
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Anas promised to “save” Grangemouth.
Anas promised to base British Energy in Aberdeen–its run from Manchester.
Anas promised “change”, but we got Starwars instead.
Anas promised 69,000 jobs.
Anas promised lower energy bills.
Anas promises Carbon Capture–gone to England.
Anas has failed to launch—electoral disfunction.
gavinochiltree
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Ask ratty how long it took them to remove temporary traffic lights at Pulpit Rock, Loch Lomond.
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It’s weird because that main road must have needed upgrading for many decades (wee roads were all the English in London obviously thought suitable in Scotland) and even when the English Labour party were in full control of Holyrood for TEN years, yet they did nothing about it. Hmmm…Yet Labour when they controlled Holyrood for ten years wasted £billions on their PFI scheme (scam) plunging Scotland into massive debt to this day.
Also Lancons’ Edinburgh trams fiasco, waaaay over budget and needed big investigation later on to no consequence for the fact the English controlled Labcons wasted sooo much public money on building half a tram system for the city! Then the Forth road bridge, nope not a penny spent on a new one even though the old one was falling down. Only the SNP made sure that major arterial route for Scotalnd was er accessible via investing in a new bridge, in budget.
I wonder if those who opposed it ever use it? Including the er Scottish Greens!
A Sarwar is a liar doing the BritNats’ dirty work for them, bet he’s been promised a seat in the HOL’s!
Don’t let the English London HQ’d parties get near power at Holyrood again, or it’ll be curtains for every positive socially responsible SNP policy, and SNP investment in Scotland’s services and infrastructure etc.
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Scuse typos I should be doing a million other things… 🙂
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That’s very charitable, Stewart.
some might even say, lying.
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