EDINBURGH’S Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion was deemed unfit for purpose in 2015, with plans agreed in 2018 for a replacement. Planning for the £45million project was at an advanced stage when, in December last year, the SNP Government pulled the plug on the project’s funding. This is a significant blow, with patients in East Lothian potentially facing trips to Livingston or Clydebank. Celebrated eye surgeon and former clinical director of the pavilion Dr Hector Chawla, the man who saved Gordon Brown’s sight, this week described the decision as “an act of vandalism”. This latest funding farce is typical of the SNP’s record on health projects in Lothian.