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Poorest Scots ‘five times more likely to die of alcohol-related causes’ – STV News
/in Health Matters, Scottish Government, STV News /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 21/06/22: “Nicola Sturgeon stated last week: ‘Independence does not guarantee a better future.’ Andrew Wilson has been stating for years: ‘Independence will be hard with no guarantee of success. In 2019 he said: ‘Independence would mean more, not less austerity.’ One question: why do they want to make life hard’ for the people of Scotland when there is no ‘guarantee’ of a better future?”
/in Allan Sutherland, Census 2022, Douglas Cowe, Indyref 2, Letters, Regina Erich, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence /by sm_adminSNP Covid care curbs branded ‘inhumane’ after TWO ‘damning’ reports – Scottish Sun
/in Covid inquiry, Covid-19, Health Matters, Scottish Government, SNP, The Sun /by sm_adminA Classroom with a ZX Spectrum; How Scottish education is failing on computing skills – ScotlandCan
/in Education Matters, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_adminNHS at ‘crisis point’ as funding on temporary staff reaches £423m – STV News
/in Health Matters, NHS Scotland, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_adminLetters to the Scottish press special, 15/06/22: IndyRef2 – Here We Go Again
/in Allan Sutherland, Dennis Grattan, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Letters, Nicola Sturgeon, Richard Allison, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP /by sm_adminLetters to the press, 14/06/22: “Sir John Kay – sometime economics adviser to Alex Salmond – tells us in a new book that a separate Scotland “would begin independent life carrying a pro-rata share of UK debt in the region of £180 billion”. Scotland would also need to borrow, he adds, to cover its budget deficit of between £10bn and £20bn, every year. This raises a few points…”
/in Allan Sutherland, Gerald Edwards, Indyref 2, Jill Stephenson, Letters, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence /by sm_adminMinimum alcohol pricing is the latest in a long line of SNP failures – CAPx
/in CAPx, Health Matters, Scotland Under the SNP, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_adminSNP urged to ‘come clean’ about second independence referendum – The Guardian
/in Indyref 2, Politics Matters, Scottish devolution, Scottish Government, Scottish Independence, SNP, The Guardian /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.