JIM Murphy had plunged Scottish Labour into "policy disarray" with a series of ill-judged announcements since becoming party leader last month, the SNP have claimed.
SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie said Murphy's vow to fund 1000 new nurses in Scotland from a Mansion Tax was undermined last week by Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls refusing to say how it would work until after the general election.
While Murphy's promise yesterday to ban fracking if he became First Minister clashed with his own chief of staff, John McTernan, saying last year that he was "quite happy" with fracking.
Murphy's support for a £100bn renewal of Trident was also at odds with any desire to end austerity, Hosie said, adding: "It's clear that the policy disarray that has defined the early part of his leadership is continuing. With their voting record - and their complete lack of any costed policies - it's clear that Labour can't be trusted to stand up for Scotland's interests."
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