First Minister John Swinney asserted, while speaking in Edinburgh, that his party was the only one calling for a stop to the cuts being made to public services, stating that “arbitrary Tory fiscal rules, adopted by Labour, [would] bake-in more eye-watering cuts”.
Rather, he pledged to “preserve our public services and our invaluable NHS,” dismantling the nuclear deterrent Trident and dissolving the House of Lords.
Mr. Swinney declared, “Elected government, not ermine-clad cronies.” “Raise the two-child cap rather than the bonus cap for bankers.” Not explosives, but barricades. Additionally, invest rather than cut.
These decisions, in my opinion, reflect the ideals that most of us hold dear. These are the values of Scotland. Additionally, supporting the SNP and its platform is equivalent to endorsing these ideals.”
The first minister said that the SNP’s majority in the 2021 Holyrood elections offered the party a democratic mandate for a second referendum, adding that independence for Scotland remained “at the very heart of our beliefs”.
He declared that the party would “intensify the pressure” on Westminster to enable a second vote if it managed to obtain a majority of MPs north of the border on July 4.
However, Mr. Swinney resisted answering questions from media about whether the SNP would retreat from that if it didn’t secure the most MPs in it.
