Damning papers released are making for grim reading Nicola Sturgeon and her Scottish independence bid. These papers voice predictions that Ms Sturgeon’s pursuit of ‘independence’ could ravage Scotland’s public services.
Scotland’s top civil servant is the Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans has been warning of this as far back as 2017 and claims she told Nicola Sturgeon and others within the SNP that another referendum on independence might have an impact on key government priorities. She claimed this impact would lead to a “deprioritisation of activity” in devolved policy areas. Critics have argued that, this memo shows that the SNP’s independence objective had come at the expense of improving schools, hospitals, and other frontline services.
The memo has been released following a lengthy freedom of information request battle invoked by the Scottish Conservative Party. The leader of the Conservative party North of the border is Jackson Carlaw and he has said “The SNP tried to keep this document under wraps and it’s clear why. These Scexit files show delivering Nicola Sturgeon’s referendum won’t just divide our country all over again, it will push your school, your local hospital and your high street to the back of the queue. With violent crime on the rise, hospital projects in tatters, and our education system failing to deliver, she needs to listen for once”.
Ms Sturgeon has repeatedly called for a Scottish referendum to take place in 2020. However, the 2017 memo stated that Ms Sturgeon’ officials need to bring forward guidance that “will include offering a view about the impact that delivering the referendum, and preparing for its outcome, might have on the Government’s wider programme of activity”.
Pamela Nash who is the chief executive of Scotland in Union has said: “These bombshell documents reveal the devastating impact of a divisive and unwanted second referendum on vital public services in Scotland. We don’t need another Scexit referendum, we need a government that focuses on the day job it was elected to do”.
Current Affairs Correspondent | My name is Oliver Down I am 22, and a staunch brexiteer. I am a Bristolian lad who studied politics in Leicester. I believe in free speech and accurate journalism and I won’t be afraid to give you “the other side” of the story!
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