constituency as well. i am a counsellor here, my casework reflects the issues that families are having with the cost of living crisis and the effect of tory austerity and tory policies, and it is, quite frankly, astonishing that labour are now so close to the tories that what choice do voters have when they are looking at their policy slates? labour s candidate argues the scottish and uk parties disagree on these policies. the scottish labour party has i a position against the two child cap and the bedroom tax. i am a scottish labour candidate and i campaigned against those i issues because we believe - they are examples of heinous policy under the conservative government. but it is awkward, mr shanks, that the leader of your party has a position on a key bit of domestic policy that you disagree with him on. i don t think it is at all. we are into the thirdl decade of devolution. the whole point of labour creating the scottish parliament back- in the 19905 was so that scotland
last 13 years have not worked for them and last 13 years have not worked for them and the conservatives have had 13 years them and the conservatives have had 13 years. chris suggests the conservatives almost when they came into power conservatives almost when they came into power with the election of rishi into power with the election of rishi sunak. that is not the case. secondly, rishi sunak. that is not the case. secondly, those results took place and people chose labour because they know that and people chose labour because they know that labour would be acting now to top know that labour would be acting now to top the know that labour would be acting now to top the cost of living, to cut the crime to top the cost of living, to cut the crime and to cut waiting lists. the conservatives have made the cost of living the conservatives have made the cost of living crisis worse. they have added of living crisis worse. they have added £500 on many mortgages, and that
with laura kuenssberg, and described the comments as dangerous which was echoed by some of his comments. the first minister herself said she had nothing to apologise for in her view, saying she didn t regret the comments and had not been referring to individuals or even supporters of the conservative party but to tory policies. this afternoon that theme was taken up by her deputyjohn swinney on this stage here. he talked about the conservatives being in his words a bunch of reckless hypocrites saying they were causing misery and crippling public services with a new age of austerity. his solution to that he said was for the scottish people to vote for independence. will there be a referendum on independence though? that may be up to the supreme court, which this week will hear the arguments for and against allowing the scottish parliament to pass legislation to hold one.-
the first minister later clarified her comments. i was not referring to individuals or certainly not to people who vote tory, but i was referring to tory policies and values that do a lot of damage. before the clarification, the scottish conservatives expressed their view. i think the onus is on all politicians to choose their language carefully. and not to add to the heat that we see all too sadly in scottish politics today. meanwhile the supreme court will start to consider on tuesday if hollyrood could hold an independence referendum without the uk governments consent. targeting both main parties of westminster, the snp have labour in their sites at this conference. the scottish labour leader said he would not be lumped in with the conservatives about the issues on brexits. the reality is the choice the next election is going to be a uk tory government that has| deliberately been picking fights with the european union in order l to cover for their own failures i and fight the cult
tory, but i was referring to tory policies and values that do a lot of damage. before the clarification, the scottish conservatives the scottish conservatives expressed their view. i think the onus is on all politicians to choose their language carefully. and not to add to the heat that we see all too sadly in scottish politics today. meanwhile the supreme court will start to consider on tuesday if hollyrood can hold an independence referendum without the uk governments consent. targeting both main parties of westminster, the snp have labour of westminster, the snp have labour in their sites at this conference. the scottish labour leader said he would not be lumped in with the conservatives about the issues on brexits. the reality is the choice the next election is going to be a uk tory government that has| deliberately been picking fights with the european union in order l to cover for their own failures i and fight the culture wars i or a uk labour government that is proactively wi