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.”
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.”
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