Chamberlain: Peach ballot key to holding SNP to account on secrecy and broken promises

Speaking ahead of the SNP’s manifesto launch, Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader and campaign chair Wendy Chamberlain MP has urged Scots to use their peach ballot paper to give their verdict on the SNP’s record of secrecy and broken promises. 

The party’s chief whip at Westminster said that the SNP’s behaviour in government had undermined public trust in devolution and that Scots could use their vote to show their dissatisfaction.

The MP for North East Fife also highlighted the SNP’s failure to deliver on key pledges, including recruitment in education, income tax, and developing an app for the Scottish NHS.

At the election, Scots can have their say on the secrecy and decline that Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon, Humza Yousaf, and John Swinney have presided over and back the Scottish Liberal Democrats calls for accountability and transparency in government.

Wendy Chamberlain MP said: 

“From Salmond to Swinney, the SNP have created a culture of secrecy and broken promises which has had a highly damaging impact on the level of public trust. 

“From questions of financial mismanagement to the failure to hold people like Jordan Linden to account for unacceptable behaviour, it would seem that there is something fundamentally rotten at the core of the SNP.

“Scots are still waiting for promises on recruitment in our schools and income tax to be fulfilled and to be able to access the NHS via an app, like people in England can. Swinney and Sturgeon deleted their Covid WhatsApp messages. The ferry network is a mess and pledges on educational attainment have been dropped.

“No one will believe a word that their manifesto says.

“At the election, Scots can use their second peach regional ballot paper to repair the damage the SNP has caused by backing the Scottish Liberal Democrats who are committed to transparency, accountability, and to change with fairness at its heart.”