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Letters to the press, 17/05/22: “The Scottish Government urgently needs to change its direction. The fact is that the political parties supporting the Union received far more votes than the independence supporting ones in the recent election. This was true also in 2014, with a huge turnout and in reality, this has not changed ever since”
/in Daily Record, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Jane Lax, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Local elections 2022, Robert Scott, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Scotsman /by sm_adminScottish government ordered to publish indyref2 legal advice – BBC news
/in BBC, Indyref 2, Politics Matters, Scottish Independence /by sm_adminPutin’s war could be the undoing of Nicola Sturgeon – The New Statesman
/in Defence Matters, Politics Matters /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 27/04/22: “One of Nicola Sturgeon’s arguments in defence of the Ferguson Ferry fiasco is that the £245 million spent in the seven years since the contract signing in 2015 saved 300 jobs. In fact, without this contract, the SNP could have used the £35m per year to employ 1,130 people on the national average wage of £31,128”
/in Allan Sutherland, Dennis Grattan, Indyref 2, Jane Lax, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Local elections 2022, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 21/04/22: Ms Sturgeon has the most abysmal record of leading Scotland over the past seven years – the highest alcohol and drug deaths in Europe. Failed vanity projects like Prestwick, BiFab, Ferguson Marine, and Police Scotland, which has a financial black hole of £200 million. The failed Scottish Energy Company, the failed Scottish Stock Exchange and millions spent on setting up foreign “embassies”?
/in Dennis Grattan, Douglas Cowe, Indyref 2, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Local elections 2022, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 18/04/22: Nicola Sturgeon is asking people to vote for the SNP in the local authority elections to “send Boris a message”, but Boris Johnson is not responsible for your bins, your education, your planning, your parks, your verges, your pot-holes, your schools, your swimming pools, your libraries, your street lights, your social housing, your town halls, your council tax, your business rates or your social care.
/in Dennis Grattan, Indyref 2, Letters, Local elections 2022, Robert Scott, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, Victor Clements, William Ballantine /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 14/04/22: First Minister shouldn’t throw stones; she’s in her own greenhouse. Political point scoring. It’s up to the SNP to find extra NHS cash. Scottish Greens will work with you…unless they disagree with you.
/in Covid-19, Indyref 2, Jane Lax, Letters, Richard Allison, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 11/04/22: “Many are unaware the Scottish Government that has full autonomy over the NHS in Scotland but clap like performing seals when the First Minister deflects issues as the fault of Westminster. When they are driving around the traffic cones, barriers, temporary traffic lights and over the thousands of potholes on their way to the polling booth and perhaps think of how many drug deaths could have been avoided, food banks made extinct, littered streets cleaned and services supported with the millions squandered on malicious prosecutions, compensation pay-outs, pretendy foreign embassies and the ferry follies while reducing the shipbuilding pride of the Clyde to joke status”
/in Allan Thompson, Covid-19, Dennis Grattan, Indyref 2, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 08/04/22: Scotland could do so much better. Will railways be another disaster? Poll predictions awry. SNP make me feel guilty to be proud.
/in Allan Sutherland, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Letters, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, William Ballantine /by sm_adminScotland Matters is registered with the UK Electoral Commission as a non-party campaigner. Our objective and activities are to:
Promote the benefits of being in the UK.
Highlight the issues of separation.
And communicate this to Scotland’s voters.