ANTI-INDEPENDENCE PARTIES GANG UP AGAINST POWERS FOR SCOTLAND

ANTI-INDEPENDENCE PARTIES GANG UP AGAINST POWERS FOR SCOTLAND

11thJan2012

As David Cameron and Ed Miliband ganged up against any more powers for
Scotland at Prime Ministers Questions today (Wednesday) the SNP said
the anti-independence parties unity at Westminster would result in
further disarray in Scotland where Labour have refused to share a
platform with the Tories.

Labour MPs backing a Tory Government against the ambitions of the
Scottish people will horrify Labour voters across Scotland and cause
further splits in the party after Shadow Labour Defence Secretary Jim
Murphy refused to share a platform with David Cameron saying "I'm not
going to share a platform with him on the referendum".

SNP Campaign Director and Westminster leader Angus Robertson MP, who
raised the UK Government’s attempts to interfere in Scotland’s
referendum at Prime Minister’s Questions, said:

“In ganging up with David Cameron against any more powers for
Scotland, Ed Miliband has deepened the Labour split over sharing a
platform with the Tories.

“Jim Murphy must be reeling.  First he refuses to share a platform
with David Cameron, then Ed Miliband invites Cameron to campaign with
him against powers for Scotland.

“Labour will be misreading and misrepresenting the Scottish people and
many in their own party if they continue with this plan to team up
with the Tories.

“As independence moves ahead in the polls, we are seeing complete
disarray and division in the Unionist camp.

“What David Cameron and Ed Miliband seem to be in denial about is that
the Scottish Government achieved an overwhelming mandate from the
people of Scotland to hold the referendum in the second half of this
parliamentary term, and that is exactly what we will do.

“Both Cameron and Miliband would be wise to hold to the position that
all these matters will be determined by the people and parliament of
Scotland.

“The Scottish Parliament is perfectly capable of doing exactly that –
supported by the overwhelming mandate of the people of Scotland – and
Westminster politicians should just let the people and parliament of
Scotland deliver the referendum in the timescale set out in the
election.

“The only anxiety in these matters seems to be among Westminster-based
politicians, who have gone from a position of wanting no referendum to
demanding one immediately – with no intervening period whatsoever, and
no mandate to do so.”

UNIONISTS ADMIT "DESPAIR" AS LIB DEMS DISOWN UNION

UNIONISTS ADMIT "DESPAIR" AS LIB DEMS DISOWN UNION

MORE CONFUSION FROM ANTI-INDEPENDENCE PARTIES - 7thJan2012

The anti- independence parties became more confused today as a Tory member of the Welsh Assembly claimed unionists are in "despair" over Scotland's progress to Independence and called for a federalist state.  His comments come after Nick Clegg yesterday sought to deny he was a "unionist", whilst the Scottish Secretary claims to be a "home-ruler".

The comments come from David Melding, the Deputy Presiding Officer of the Welsh Parliament.

SNP MSP James Dornan said

"The anti- independence parties don't know if they are coming or going.  One minute they are defending the union the next they are in despair and pretending they don't support the union at all.

"The problem for the anti- independence parties is that they do not know what they stand for.  People across Scotland have a very clear vision of a country with the powers to grow its own economy, tackle social inequalities and bring an end to nuclear weapons in Scotland.  The anti- independence parties are far behind that vision.

"And with Nick Clegg calling on UK politicians to take a back seat, David Cameron insisting on joining the debate and Labour torn between attacking the Tory government or forming a coalition with it this latest intervention will simply cause more problems."