SCOTLAND will pay a “heavy price” if more Conservatives are elected at the general election, Nicola Sturgeon claimed yesterday, as she campaigned in one of the Tories’ key targets.
At a cafe in East Renfrewshire, where SNP MP Kirsten Oswald is being challenged by Labour’s Blair McDougall and Tory Paul Masterton, the First Minister said the Tories were already “failing Scotland” with austerity cuts and harsh welfare policies.
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She said: "The more Tory MPs Westminster has, the heavier the price Scotland will pay. A free hand for the Tories would mean even more cuts, more attacks on low-income families and a hard Brexit. The SNP is the only party that can stand up to the Tories and, working with the Scottish Parliament, SNP MPs will fight these devastating policies."
Campaigning in Glasgow East with candidate Kate Watson, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale described the Herald's report that Labour was focused on just three Scottish seats as “absolute nonsense”.
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Squeezed into third place by the pro-Union Tories, Ms Dugdale said her party was “first and foremost” opposed to a second referendum.
She said: “The best way to send a message to Nicola Sturgeon that people want her to focus on the day job rather than campaigning for another divisive referendum is to vote Labour."
Visiting a sweet shop in North Berwick, Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson said there was a “huge buzz” around her party’s campaign.
She said: “We're working hard all over the country, and people in East Lothian, in the Borders and in Banffshire know that if you want someone that's going to stand up to the SNP, and lead the fightback against the SNP in Scotland, then it's the Scottish Conservatives."
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In the LibDem target of North East Fife, leader Willie Rennie joined candidate Elizabeth Riches, who has been a councillor for 27 years in the East Neuk. He said her "determination, energy, intellect and steely backbone" would also make her a "cracking MP".
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