scotland. i m here to serve you all. i m here to work hard to win your trust and your confidence. i m here to give everything i have to secure the best future for our country. applause that process starts with listening, and this is what most people in scotland are telling us. they want to rid of this disastrous, chaotic tory government. they want a party thatis tory government. they want a party that is laser focused on their concerns, a party that is going to help them and their families live happier, healthier lives. in other words, they want a party that puts their interests first. they want a party that puts scotland s interests first. and for the snp, as the party of independence, there is a clear task they have set for us. to demonstrate why achieving independence is relevant and indeed vital to their core concerns. so let me take each of those in turn. removing the tory government, putting scotland s interests first and winning the decision making powers that come wit
and it has pushed up food, mortgages and other household costs. labour knows all of this, sir keir starmer is an intelligent man. he knows the effects of austerity and brexit, but he is still willing to impose all that damage in scotland whatever the cost so that he can win power. i m sorry, but that s quite simply unforgivable. it doesn t have to be that way. i have set out the benefits of taking decisions in scotland for scotland with the current powers of the scottish parliament. if we look at independent european countries and it s got like denmark, norway and ireland with full powers, we can see what is possible. those countries are wealthier than the uk. they are fairer, with greater equality. they
the tories. i m not. but they are giving an awfully good impression of them. applause the only substantive change labour seem to be offering is to change their own principles. let me give you one really telling and worrying example. there are health spokesman, wes streeting, the man who in a few weeks time will be the uk government s health secretary, last week set out his plans for the nhs. he criticised the tories on the issue of the nhs and the private sector. fair enough, you might say. bad news. he was not criticising the tories for using the private sector too much. he was criticising the tories for not using the private sector enough. he went on to say he wanted to go further than tony