David Maddox: Swinney could cross MSPs over new Forth bridge

ONE thing we have learnt from the United States in the past few weeks is that bridges can make or break political reputations. In the case of Sarah Palin, her decision to cancel a "bridge to nowhere" in Alaska is said to have won her the Republican nomination for vice-president.

Back at home this week the fate of another bridge – which everybody bar the Greens and environmentalist friends want – will be thrust into the heart of the political battleground at Holyrood. The second Forth Road Bridge is the most important infr...