“DEVIOUS, dishonest, sleazy, self-serving, and incompetent. This Tory government’s record has been nothing short of disastrous. The hard Brexit we never voted for. Partying on down in Downing Street during lockdown. Dishing out lucrative PPE contacts to their mates. Cutting Universal Credit by £20 a week, pulling as many as 800,000 people into poverty. Putting up on National Insurance just as millions of households are feeling the squeeze from rising energy prices. The list goes on and on, from scandal after scandal to policies that hit the most vulnerable in the country.”
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Not my words, they are Nicola’s and I do agree with everything said! This was the beginning of SNP’s campaign letter to SNP members. The rhetoric is spot-on. I can’t disagree with any of the words. But where is the specific action to back up the rhetoric? Nowhere to be seen! That’s the soul-destroying fact! We agree with the SNP’s position but we need definitive action plans. Surely the time is right now! Why the hesitancy?
If there is something I’m not aware of, please tell! Indyref2 –when is it going to happen?
Robin MacLean
Fort Augustus
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