The principle is the same but it is irrelevant as this was not a Scottish gvt initiative. It was a Boris feasibility study and nothing to do with the Scottish gvt. Why on earth should spending come out of the Scottish gvt's budget when this has nothing to do with the Scottish gvt? There are devolved matters and these are paid for out of the Scottish gvt's budget. This was not a devolved matter. It was the UK gvt's hair brained plan for a possible major project within the UK. I agree it was a waste of money but it was a waste of money by a UK gvt. The Scottish gvt targets its own spending and that did not involve these plans. As well as suggesting she thought Boris was simply throwing this as a diversion the FM, with tongue in cheek, suggested if the UK gvt was going to spend tens of billions on a bridge then they could just give the money to Holyrood and Stormont instead as there are other higher priorities. It has nothing to do with the Scottish gvt so of course it wasn't paid out of the Scottish gvt's budget.