Scottish independence: Curran ‘negative’ SNP claim
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Ms Curran said that the best way of getting the Tories out of power was by voting Labour in the General Election rather than breaking up the United Kingdom.
In a speech in Edinburgh, the MP for Glasgow East said: “Instead of providing a positive vision, the Nationalists are increasingly reliant on a negative argument that says the best way to get rid of a Government is to end a country.
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Hide Ad“For them, it’s a movement from vision to tactics. The playbook for the SNP’s campaign now only goes as far as a belief that people hate the UK Government enough to break up the United Kingdom.”
Ms Curran claimed that Britain had worked for Scotland, adding: “It’s a curious argument from the SNP that says we should be in all other unions except the one on our own doorstep. It is the cul-de-sac of nationalism that gets you into such blinkered thinking.
“The truth is that if the partnership between our nations didn’t exist, then someone would have to invent it.”