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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks at a press conference at Bute House in Edinburgh to launch a second independence paper. Picture date: Thursday July 14, 2022.
“TWO governments are missing in action” in Scotland, with both the Tories and Scottish National Party failing the Scottish people, Labour charged today.
The party’s deputy leader at British level Angela Rayner said the SNP were “just like the Tories” while its Scottish leader Anas Sarwar said the nationalist party were “asleep at the wheel.”
Both accused the Scottish and British governments of sowing “division and resentment” rather than taking measures to address the crisis.
Ms Rayner spoke out ahead of a visit to an employee-owned nursery in Edinburgh. Bank of England forecasts expect inflation to hit 13 per cent by the end of the year.
She said the country should not go “anywhere near” another Scottish independence referendum, claiming Labour would “make the changes we need.” Under Sir Keir Starmer, Labour has adopted an intransigently unionist position.
But SNP MSP Paul McLennan retorted that Scots deserved better than “a future controlled by barely distinguishable Westminster parties.”
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