Cole-Hamilton: SNP want to focus on independence, I want to focus on NHS

Responding to the First Minister’s new strategy for independence, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:

“One of the major reasons that the SNP took such a beating at last year’s general election is that people are sick of them bleating about breaking up the UK, rather than focusing on health, education and the miserable state of the Scottish economy. It seems like the First Minister is a glutton for punishment.

“John Swinney’s total faith in independence to solve every problem is delusional and out of touch.

“Hundreds of thousands of Scots are stuck on waiting lists. That’s why at next year’s election, I will choose fixing the NHS while John Swinney will choose the squabbles of the past. I want to urge everyone to back the Liberal Democrats using your peach-coloured regional ballot paper next May to focus on what really matters.”