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John Swinney
Highland News & Media
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03/06/2024
John Swinney, Scotland's First Minister, visited Buckie and Elgin on the campaign trail ahead of the July 4 General Election.
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That's a good answer, and you'll have a lot of those days ahead of you in the weeks to come.
00:08
But this is a really, really important election because people in Scotland today are facing tough times
00:15
because of austerity, Brexit and the cost of living.
00:19
And all of those have been given to us by the Conservative government in London
00:23
and the Westminster system, and it's been supported by the MP that's been representing this area every single day.
00:30
It's been supported by the local MP for this constituency.
00:34
So we need to do the right thing at this election, and that's to remove the Tory government
00:40
and it starts by making sure this constituency returns to the SNP at the forthcoming Westminster election
00:48
and that Graeme gets elected on the 4th of July.
00:52
That is what we've got to make sure happens, but it's about more than that.
00:58
Because austerity, Brexit and the cost of living are just the three latest examples of what Westminster has delivered for Scotland
01:07
and the way out of that is to make sure that the best decisions for Scotland are made in Scotland, all the time.
01:15
And what we've proved in our government over the last 17 years is that we can, when we have the chance,
01:22
take the best decisions for the people of Scotland.
01:25
There's 100,000 children in Scotland today that have been kicked out of poverty because of the actions of your SNP government.
01:33
There's early learning and childcare that's now available in communities double what was available when we came to power
01:39
making sure that children start off with their best start in life.
01:43
And across the country we've got Accident and Emergency Services operating at the best level of any service in the United Kingdom.
01:54
We've built more social and affordable houses per head of population than the rest of the UK
02:00
and we've seen economic growth in Scotland, where growth per head is rising faster than in Scotland and the rest of the UK.
02:08
These are the things that can happen when decisions are made in Scotland for Scotland and we need to make sure that happens.
02:16
So this election will be, it'll be every election a tough election, but this is one where we can make the breakthrough
02:25
where we can elect a strong group of SNP MPs to Westminster who will do what SNP MPs always do at Westminster.
02:34
They'll put the interests of Scotland first on every issue and they will make sure that,
02:41
they work to guarantee that decisions will be made in Scotland for Scotland at the earliest possible opportunity.
02:50
So please give it all you've got, make sure that Graeme gets elected as the MP for this constituency
02:57
and make sure that we do our bit in this part of the north-east of Scotland to remove the Conservatives
03:04
and put in place MPs that will put the interests of Scotland first and Graeme needs to be one of them.
03:09
Thank you very much.
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