IF Kate had stood for the leadership of the SNP, she would have had my backing. She has not and therefore I will fall behind the leadership of John…
, she would have had my backing. She has not and therefore I will fall behind the leadership of John Swinney.
I was hugely encouraged by the tone of John’s speech. He and I come from the same moderate left of centre tradition, and it was so good to hear him reach out to Kate Forbes, acknowledge the divisions in the party and pledge to restore internal party democracy and respectful debate.is a huge opportunity for the SNP to reset our agenda in government. Out with identity politics and virtue signalling.
A truly progressive agenda would be one which builds upon great policies like the Child Payment to alleviate poverty in our country and redistribute wealth, while at the same time creating wealth by supporting business to do that. Both John and Kate, as former finance secretaries, believe in economic growth and this is something they could work on together.emissions while creating jobs, enabling the just transition, and tackling poverty and inequality.
A truly progressive agenda would not monster a woman for her sincerely held Christian beliefs just as it would not monster a man for his sincerely held Muslim beliefs. A truly progressive agenda would not engage in double standards or hypocrisy.Earlier this week the Joint Committee on Human Rights, which I chair, launched an inquiry into the role of human rights in the UK democratic process.
Finally turning to the central purpose of the SNP, in his resignation speech Humza said that independence feels frustratingly close. That is not quite how it feels to me.in pointing out the reality of the situation. Polls regularly show that approximately 50% of people living in Scotland want independence, which means that the issue is unlikely to go away.
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