STEPHEN Flynn has mocked the Scottish Greens as he hit back at their criticisms of the SNP council tax freeze.
leader took aim at the party’s former power-sharing partners, who were ditched last week, as he said the controversial move had been aimed at helping people who “don’t have money in their pockets”.
He said: “The Scottish Government decided to freeze council tax, 70% of the population backed that, yet we’re having to deal withMarr then said that the Scottish Greens were polling on “about one per cent”, to which Flynn quipped: “Are they that high? I wasn’t aware of that.”According to Electoral Calculus, the party stand around 1.8% in Westminster voting intentions but poll at 4.6% in the constituency vote and 9.
“We all know that. Humza knew that when he took the decision that he did. As I say, I think it was the right decision in the interests of the public who want their government to be acting on theWe know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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