Scotland is “being held again by Westminster”, Ian Blackford has claimed as he street examined new and previous slogans within the renewed SNP push for an independence referendum.
At a fiery Prime Minister’s Questions the SNP Westminster chief confronted loud jeers as he raised how Nicola Sturgeon had began a nationwide dialog on Scotland’s proper to decide on an impartial future.
Difficult Boris Johnson, Blackford stated: “If you take a look at nations like Iceland, Eire, Norway and Denmark, it's clear that our neighbours are outperforming the UK.
"They ship higher equality, decrease poverty charges, increased productiveness, social mobility and enterprise funding.
“The proof is overwhelming, Scotland is being held again by Westminster. Prime Minister all these international locations can use the powers of independence to create wealthier, fairer and greener societies, why not Scotland?”
Boris Johnson replied in mocking tones: “I don’t doubt his abilities as a conversationalist however I feel there are different topics within the nationwide dialog proper now and so they embody what we’re doing to come back by way of the aftershocks of Covid, with the strongest jobs led restoration of any European financial system.”
He added: “Funding throughout the entire of the UK…standing sturdy collectively on the worldwide stage and sticking up for the Ukrainians. I feel that’s among the issues that the nation’s additionally speaking about.”
However Blackford stated that whereas the Prime Minister might afford to stay in his personal “little Britain” the fact was that the UK had the worst financial efficiency of any G20 nation exterior Russia and lived with the specter of a commerce warfare with the EU.
The SNP chief stated: “That isn't a imaginative and prescient for the way forward for Scotland. Our nation is sufficiently big, wealthy sufficient and good sufficient. Isn’t it the case that Scotland merely can’t afford to stay trapped within the failing Westminster system?”
For good measure Blackford reprised the late SNP MP Winnie Ewing’s slogan, including: “Cease the world, Scotland desires to get on”.
Johnson missed the reference amid the noise and went on acquainted floor.
The PM stated: "He talks a couple of commerce warfare, what may very well be extra silly Mr Speaker than a undertaking that really has envisages commerce limitations inside elements of the UK, that’s what we try to interrupt down.”
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