Alec Salmond warns Scots of more of Swinney’s treachery
Alex launched a brutal broadside against Swinney as he accused him of “making independence impossible” in this General Election. And he also claimed that the First Minister was “reprising” his failed 2003 Holyrood campaign where he lost eight seats.
Alec was reacting to an interview Swinney did with ITV News in which he confessed that he would support Devo Max instead of gaining a second independence referendum.
The SNP strategy is to win a majority of the seats at the next General Election and then plead with the Prime Minister to give them the power to hold another vote. but Westminster has already rejected the notion of such an event.
Swinney was asked whether he would support more powers for Holyrood instead of a referendum, and admitted he would.
He said: “I have never, my record says that I have never resisted strengthening of the powers of the Scottish Parliament. I was part of the Smith Commission which brought more power, the very tax powers that you’ve asked me about, came from the Smith Commission, of which I was a member. So I will always try to build the powers of the Scottish Parliament. I’m a believer in independence, I think independence is the answer for Scotland, but I will always work constructively to strengthen the powers of the Scottish Parliament. The real challenge we face is over the last few years since Brexit the powers of the Scottish Parliament have been eroded by the UK Government.”
He was asked if he wanted to see these extra powers being offered in the Labour manifesto and confirmed he did, and wanted Scots to “have the opportunity to decide their own future.” But the interview was highlighted by Alec Salmond as proof that the SNP had given up the push for Scexit.
Alec said: “Now we know why independence is off the SNP ballot paper. These interviews from Swinney are so wrong on so many levels. All experience shows that the ONLY circumstances when Westminster offers more powers for Scotland, is when they are frightened of independence and since the SNP are not campaigning for independence then Labour have no need to concede anything. As Swinney told Nick Robinson, of the BBC, the SNP is campaigning for a ‘democratic effect’ forcing Starmer to permit a referendum to which he already knows the answer is “no”.
A timely reminder
In 2003, Swinney led the SNP to a calamatous result in the Holyrood election, losing eight seats and seeing the vote share drop by 4.9% which was the beginning of the end for his reign as he was forced to resign after another bad showing in the European Parliament elections and was replaced by Mr Salmond. Luddite as he is Swinney is destined to repeat his mistakes condemnimg Scots to many more years of Westminster abuse. Thank you Mr Swinney.
Summarised from an article written by the political correspondent David Walker,
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The SNP has been screwing Scotland over before the referendum and after it. The Vow helped to destroy the chances of becoming Independence and the SNP went into the Smith commission and instead of demanding full fiscal powers that was promised in the vow but decided to except anything on offer.
For me next year isn’t about Independence it never was its about riding ourselves of the SNP and I will vote for any party including a Unionist party if that goal can be achieved.
I hear certain dip sticks in the Indy movement saying the SNP is the only vehicle no its not the party and its membership is Scotland’s jailer.
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Swinney cooperated with handpicked, hard-line Unionist Smith throughout the inappropriately termed negotiations ensuring Westminster and Holyrood based Unionist politicians based in Scotland got exactly what they wanted which was a load of fluff and very little substance. He even gave up on media control which was supposed to be non-negotiable. Swinney as a negotiator is as much use as a wet fart
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