SNP have 'wasted precious time' on Indyref2 bid says MSP

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Donald Cameron appeared on GB News where he said it was “depressing” to hear Nicola Sturgeon put Scottish independence at the heart of her government’s pledges when during her election campaign in May she said the SNP would mainly focus on Scotland’s recovery from the pandemic. On Tuesday, Nicola Sturgeon laid out her Programme for Government but was quickly ridiculed by Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross as her speech mentioned independence “just four paragraphs in”. Donald Cameron agreed with Douglas Ross’ condemnation, adding fixing drug deaths, the NHS backlog, and creating jobs should be at the centre of Nicola Sturgeon’s promises.

The Programme for Government is published every year and sets out the current Scottish Government’s plans for the year ahead.

Ms Sturgeon was due to lay out the plans last week but took the time to appoint two new junior ministers instead as part of her power-sharing agreement with the Green Party.

Green Party co-leaders, Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, were appointed as junior ministers and will be allowed access to Scottish cabinet meetings.

Mr Cameron appeared on GB News to discuss the SNP’s plans but was less than impressed at the focus on independence.

He told the show: “I think what’s so depressing about the announcement yesterday, is the fact that [independence] is a priority for them.

“At this time, you know, the focus should have been on creating jobs, on re-mobilising the NHS, tackling the terrible drug deaths crisis that we have in Scotland.

“But instead they chose to waste precious time and resources on preparing a new independence white paper.

“It was very clear that very moment that we should be rebuilding Scotland, this current government is going to be distracted by trying to build a new case for independence and that means civil servants spending their time on putting the case together for independence.

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“When in fact they should be trying to rebuild the economy.”

During Ms Sturgeon’s Programme for Government speech on Tuesday, Mr Ross was allowed to respond to her commitments for the next year but noted something peculiar about the speech.

He told Holyrood: “This is a Programme for Government which was delayed from last week because Nicola Sturgeon prioritised taking green MSPs into her government over outlining her plans for the year ahead.

“And her priorities were wrong last week and they’re still wrong this week.

“Because another independence referendum is front and centre of the First Minister’s plans for the year ahead.

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“In a statement, that is 27 pages long, it takes just until the fourth paragraph for Nicola Sturgeon to mention independence.

“It’s right up there in front of all of the other priorities that we should have.”

Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Ross should look at the rest of the speech as it laid out her plans for taking Scotland out of the pandemic.

Mr Ross accused her of putting independence as the “top priority” and demanded she and the Scottish Government addresses the drug deaths and NHS backlogs which are exceedingly high in the country.

Among the plans for Ms Sturgeon, the First Minister said tackling the climate emergency is a “moral and economic imperative” for the government.

She added: “We must act fast to decarbonise heat and transport – just as we have already done for electricity.

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