In his fortnightly Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says the SNP is treating Scots with contempt by refusing to own up to its mistakes.
The General Election changed the face of Scottish politics – and two months on it seems the only thing that hasn’t changed is the SNP ’s message. At the weekend’s SNP conference, the party reheated the same old tired script and stubbornly continued to insist the challenges Scotland faces are all someone else’s fault.
For years now the SNP has buried its head in the sand while experts sounded the alarm about the state Scottish public finances. It refused to plan ahead, kicked difficult decisions into the long grass and kept making commitments it knew fine well it couldn’t keep. The SNP government’s desperate lack of vision will be exposed this week as the Scottish Parliament returns after summer recess. On Wednesday, the SNP government will publish a Programme for Government setting out its plans for the year ahead – but no-one is expecting any real answers to the challenges our country faces. If anything, it is likely to be a bonfire of existing commitments as budget cuts begin to bite.
We need an end to 17 years of SNP misrule and a chance to undo the damage this government has done to Scotland’s finances, services and economy – and Scottish Labour is ready to do just that.
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