Yesterday, I kicked off our General Election campaign in Rutherglen. Like most communities in Scotland, families here are currently represented by the SNP at Westminster. Margaret Ferrier, like so many of her colleagues, promised to ‘sta… read more
9 May 2017
Labour has challenged the Tories and the SNP to gurantee the rights of EU nationals living in Scotland
Today is Europe day, and Kez Dugdale has confirmed that EU nationals will have their rights guranteed by a Labour government.
Now it’s time for Ruth Davidson to do the same
Kez said:
“The Tories have used people like poker chips since the EU referendum. It’s sickening, it’s wrong and it needs to stop.
“Labour’s manifesto will guarantee the rights of EU nationals. This goes to the very heart about who we are as a country. There are over 180,000 EU nationals currently living and working in Scotland and they make a rich contribution to our society and economy.
“In Edinburgh, EU nationals are vital to our capital’s economy, and Ian Murray will always fight for their rights in Edinburgh South.
“Ruth Davidson and the Scottish Tories need to match Labour’s commitment and guarantee beyond doubt that EU nationals will be able to continue to live and work in Scotland after we leave the EU.
“Nicola Sturgeon needs to stop destabilising Scotland’s economy and take the threat of a second independence referendum off the table.
“Labour believes that together we’re stronger. Our country is divided enough. It is time to start healing the scars of both 2014 and 2016. That’s why a vote for Labour on June 8 is a vote against another divisive independence referendum and against a hard Tory Brexit.”
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Official figures published today have confirmed that the Sturgeon surge has turned into a ‘Sturgeon slump’.
Labour’s General Election campaign manager James Kelly said Nicola Sturgeon can no longer claim to speak for all of Scotland having secured less than a third of votes in last week’s council elections.
The Electoral Management Board for Scotland data shows that nationally the SNP vote stands at 32 per cent – dramatically down 18 points on its 2015 General Election showing.
Labour defied the pollsters to win three councils, tie in first place in one more, and was just one seat behind the SNP in another two.
The figures show that voters are turning their backs on the SNP on the basis of a divisive second independence referendum.
Labour General Election campaign manager James Kelly said:
“It’s official – the Sturgeon surge has turned into a Sturgeon slump with the threat of a divisive second independence referendum hanging over Scotland.
“How can Nicola Sturgeon claim to speak for all of Scotland having secured less than a third of the vote?
“In 2015 the SNP secured half of the Scottish vote, and these official figures show that has now plummeted by 18 points.
“It is clear that more and more people are getting sick and tired of the SNP’s obsession with dividing us again.
“Labour believes that together we’re stronger. That is why the only way that people across Scotland can reject this Tory Government and reject the threat of a divisive second independence referendum is to vote Labour on June 8.”
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2 May 2017 Speaking in Edinburgh today, Kez Dugdale said voters can send the Tories and the SNP a message by electing Labour councillors on Thursday. The full text of Kez’s speech is below Friends, when I asked Alex to be our local govern… read more