should be enabled. so the united kingdom government is the government that has got the problem here, because they are acting in an anti democratic fashion, and the people of scotland can take that posturing out of the hands of the uk government by empowering the scottish national party and empowering the people of scotland to make progress on the agenda for independence. we will come to sky now. darren mccaffery? goad now. darren mccaffery? good afternoon- now. darren mccaffery? good afternoon. thank now. darren mccaffery? good afternoon. thank you. - now. darren mccaffery? good afternoon. thank you. todayl now. darren mccaffery? good i afternoon. thank you. today the now. darren mccaffery? (emf. afternoon. thank you. today the snp accused keir starmer of directly harming scotland with his pledge to reduce migration. but surely as the scottish national party, you would agree with the sentiment that businesses should put the priority of hiring scots first, that scots should be front
communities. at this election, it is those principles that will guide my approach. so i m asking people to vote snp to remove the tories from government. i m asking people to vote snp to put scotland s interests first. i m asking you to work with me in a strong, unified team to encourage people to vote for a future made in scotland for scotland. thank you very much. cheering
spent, and essentially delivered as a consequence of the eu programme so that the sunday times story this morning takes a snapshot of a programme that has not reached its completion yet, and my expectation would be when it reaches its completion almost all of that expenditure will be spent. on the second point about party funding, all i would say to party members and to donors is that i will give them my personal assurance that every penny raised for the scottish national party will be spent effectively and appropriately on the scottish national party election campaign, and on winning independence. from the financial times. . , ., independence. from the financial times. ., , , times. can you please clarify the snp s position times. can you please clarify the snp s position regarding - times. can you please clarify the snp s position regarding north i times. can you please clarify the l snp s position regarding north sea snp s position regarding north sea oil and gas? snp s position r
scotland s interests first actually means. in the few weeks i ve been first minister, i ve made it pretty plain. we must be focused on people s top concerns. i m proud of what we have done in government. we re helping with the cost of living through free prescriptions, the abolition of university tuition fees, free bus travel for under 22s. in our nhs, scotland has the best performing a&e units in the united kingdom. on the economy, under the snp, scotland has had faster economic growth per head for the rest of the uk. in housing, under the snp, scotland has 40% more affordable homes per head than england, and over 70% more than in wales. we have introduced the scottish trial payment, and there are record levels of literacy and numeracy in primary schools. we have massively increased renewable energy and are already almost half to net
let s ensure the decade of destructive decisions that westminster is never again visited upon the scottish people. i ask people to vote snp so that decisions can be made in scotland for scotland. let me finish by setting out what my leadership is all about. i believe in bringing people together. three weeks in, i have already done that in this wonderful party of ours. i believe. i believe in a politics of persuasion. if that is not possible, a politics of respectful disagreement. i believe in our wonderful, diverse, inspiring country, where everyone should have a chance to get on in life. that we will achieve more for the common good if we draw together the talent that lives in all of our