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THE SNP may have lost target seats because pro-Union groups spent tens of thousands of pounds on digital ads pushing tactical voting, an investigation has revealed. The SNP and Scottish Greens won a total of 72 seats in Holyrood on a record turnout for the Scottish Parliament elections of 63% – 10% higher than the previous average. But an OpenDemocracy report found the party could have lost key seats, which prevented them from achieving an outright majority, due to social media adverts with a lack of transparency over funding. The site found a group called Young Unionists spent more than £20,000 on Facebook ads, including more than £5000 in the final days of the campaign. Tens of thousands of voters were pushed to the VoteUnion tactical voting tool.
“Their plans for higher taxes and more red tape would crush Scotland’s economic recovery.
“Ending oil and gas extraction in the North Sea would deliver a hammer blow to lives and livelihoods in north-east Scotland.”
He likened the land reform plans to those that led to economic meltdown in Zimbabwe, adding: “It’s a fluffy way of saying state-backed seizure of private property, scaring away investment.
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Matthew Kilcoyne branded it a disastrous plan Credit: refer to caption.
“Pursued to the ideological purity of the far-left, it risks turning Scotland into Zimbabwe of the North Sea.”
His blast came after Mr Harvie was asked on the BBC how close he was willing to tie his party to the SNP and if he’d go into a formal coalition. He claimed he did not expect the offer to be on the table from the Nats, who relied on Greens support in the last parly term to pass laws and Budgets.