As the next election in Scotland draws nearer, hostile
leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has asserted that if more powers are
given to the SNP “would be bad for Scotland and the Scottish people” this was
supposedly said as he desperately move to boost his party’s hopes in next
month’s polls.
The Labour leader asserts that the Conservatives and the SNP
have embraced the same “narrow nationalist” agenda amid fears his party could
lose more backing in the former Labour heartland when the country goes to the
polls.
While condemning the First Minister, he opined that local
services in the region would experience further budget cuts if the Scottish
people casts their votes in favour of the SNP.
Speaking to Scotland on Sunday, he claimed the party was
“only interested in a second independence referendum” and slammed the SNP’s
“abysmal” record after a decade in government at Holyrood.
Corbyn said: “Labour will be focused on delivering quality
local services, such as schools and social care, and standing up for our NHS.
“If you vote Labour you will elect a local champion; if you
vote SNP you will elect a councillor who is only interested in a second
independence referendum.”
Opinion polls suggests that Labour could be taken by the
Tories and drop to third place in Scotland, which, according to Professor John
Curtice, could leave the party’s major strongholds at risk.
Glasgow is one area where Labour remain popular among
voters, and the party’s leader was quick to remind the city of the risks of
voting for the SNP.
He also said: “The SNP will not protect services in Glasgow,
nor will it tackle the deep underlying problems of poverty that are
scandalously prevalent in the city.
“In fact, evidence tells us that the SNP will exacerbate
them.
“The educational attainment gap is increasing, working
poverty in Scotland is at its highest level since devolution, and only this
week figures revealed that Scottish economic output has contracted.
“I would urge voters to reject the competing nationalisms of
the Tories and SNP and vote Labour for a fairer and more just Scotland.
“That’s the choice facing Glaswegians and voters across
Scotland and I hope they think about that choice before casting their vote.”
Meanwhile, in a swift reaction, the SNP claimed the Labour
party was failing as an effective opposition to the Tories.
party spokesman said:
“When Labour talk euphemistically about ‘using the powers of the Scottish
Parliament’ what they really mean is hiking the basic rate of income tax, which
would take hundreds of pounds away from families on modest incomes just as the
consequences of Brexit are starting to be felt.
“Kezia Dugdale herself said that Labour would be carping
from the sidelines with Jeremy Corbyn as leader, and with ill-informed, out of
touch comments such as these, it’s clear that Labour will be in that position
for some time to come.”
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