“We are set on reducing child poverty in Scotland to the lowest levels in 30 years.”
NARRATOR: The SNP have been on power for the last FIFTEEN of them
“We’ve announced the world’s biggest commercial programme of floating offshore wind development, helping cement Scotland’s place as a world-leader in renewables.”
NARRATOR: Sold for a fraction of their value & you can't export renewables as easily as oil or gas…
“And of course, our ground-breaking co-operation agreement with the Scottish Green Party is bringing a more constructive kind of politics to Scotland.”
NARRATOR:
“When I became First Minister, Scotland had no independent social security system, no independent tax authority […] since then, we have built all of these institutions from scratch.”
NARRATOR: All established under the Smith Commission
“And the new publicly-owned Scottish National Investment Bank, which will invest at least £2 billion in its first decade”
NARRATOR: And whose CEO left under dubious, secretive & costly circumstances…
“To that end, we will shortly begin publishing an updated prospectus on the opportunities that independence can offer Scotland. A prospectus that, yes, is up front about the challenges”
NARRATOR: “up front” translates to candy coat the immense hardships that will ensue…
“Growing up in the 1980s, I vividly remember how powerless people felt against the tide of Thatcherism.”
NARRATOR: That allowed Maw+Paw Sturgeon to buy their Council House…