SNP Party Election Broadcast - Thursday April 15, 2010

Wednesday 15th April 2010

LEADERS' DEBATE - TWO MINUTES TO SAVE TWO HOURS

SALMOND'S APPEAL TO SCOTS VIEWERS AHEAD OF LEADERS' DEBATE

Scots voters are being invited to take two minutes to hear a message from
the SNP tonight which could save them two hours of their time later
in the evening.

The special party election broadcast - billed as "2 minutes from Alex
Salmond...Which could save you 2 hours later" - will be screened on all
terrestrial channels, and will be UK-wide on Channel 4 and Channel Five,
ahead of the leader's debate on ITV.

That debate will focus on so-called "domestic issues" like health,
education and justice - all of which are run in Scotland by the SNP
Government at Holyrood. As such, the ITV leaders' debate will be almost
totally meaningless to viewers in Scotland.

The full text of the broadcast from Mr Salmond follows below:

"Tonight is the first of the TV debates. Some of you may watch it, most of
you will hear about it, but tonight what you wont hear about is Scotland.
Youll see a long and probably long-winded debate about English health,
crime and schools. None of it, none of it, will apply to Scotland. There
wont even be any Scots in the audience - thats the audience that are not
allowed to cheer or clap or react in anyway to whats said.

"I say there should have been a real debate, with all political voices.
Tonight there will be a cosy Westminster consensus. Three politicians
disagreeing around the edges but basically agreeing on the things that
matter most. The three London parties have the same agenda, theyre part
of the same system, the same metropolitan machine. They want to cut
spending, cuts that will threaten recovery, cuts that will undermine vital
local services.

"The Labour Party have admitted that their cuts will be deeper and tougher
than those of Margaret Thatcher. Just think about it. The Labour Party say
that their cuts, thats Labour cuts, will be deeper and tougher than those
of Margaret Thatcher that devastated so many lives and so many
communities.

"Cuts in public services that make society what it is, the National Health
Service, our schools, our police. Make no mistake, these are the targets
of Tory cuts and Labour cuts and even savage Liberal cuts. But I say there
is another way. Let's protect these things that are really important, lets
invest in jobs and recovery, Invest in these vital local services and
instead take the axe to the planned hundred thousand million pound
replacement for Trident nuclear weapons and The five thousand million
remnants of the ID card system. Cut the hundred million from the House of
Lords or the ten million Scotland Office.

"Cut these things because they dont matter to anyone and they dont
matter at all.

"That is the alternative agenda, which you wont hear from any of the
London parties tonight. Tonight the people will be excluded from the
debate but on polling day its the people not the politicians who have the
power. That means that this time you can do more than vote for just
another politician, elect a local champion, a local and national champion.
An SNP MP who will work hard to protect the things that matter most.

"Tonight there will be no one to champion Scotland in the TV debate and
the people will be silenced. But on May the 6th the people will speak and
their voice will be heard."

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• General Election
• Leaders Debates
• SNP
• Scotland
• Scottish
• Scottish National Party
• Alex Salmond

[roccosilverstar]

Saor Alba!!!

[hugh6de6payens6]

worst thing that will ever hapen to scotland

[TheJaaysog]

STICK IT UP YOUR HAGGIS COATED ASS! FUCK THE SNP-

VOTE NO ON INDEPENDENCE! it will be like living next door to iran!

[jamie24cfc]

Vote NO for independence, it'll be the Scottish equivalent of the Third Reich

[jamie24cfc]

FUCK THE SNP

[billybob7ful]

the snp are cultural marxists

[MrScottishJamie]

@MrMickroach its funny and annoying that david camerons big society is hating the scots at the same time wanting us all together every time a tory boy gets in power snp power rises and gains more power and more reasons for independence so get to fuck u anti scottish racist stop drinking the cider its not making u think straight lol lol

[MrMickroach]

@MrScottishJamie Like the hatred of the English? You silly child! Come back when your voice breaks!

[MrScottishJamie]

@MrMickroach if u dont live in scotland it has nothing do with u ok and u wont get to vote on scottish affairs iam not catholic iam atheist . the reason iam atheist is because of relgious hatred such as the type of hatred

[MrMickroach]

@MrScottishJamie Oh but it does old son, it does indeed have everything to do with me you pathetic clown! Again, are you a catholic?