Kate Forbes’ religious views are not the SNP’s biggest problem - the ‘tartan Tory’ tag is ✒️ paulwaugh for ipaperviews
One SNP MP looking through her list of supporters recently had a withering verdict on each: “right winger…right winger…would be a Tory…should definitely be a Tory…”
Forbes, whose rural Highlands upbringing is far removed from the urban socialist traditions of the SNP’s current Glasgow power base, argues that her unashamedly pro-business and pro-enterprise credo is all about getting the growth needed for public services and tackling poverty. While Forbes was on maternity leave last autumn, deputy First Minister John Swinney pleased his party with a package of tax rises on high earners that means wealthy Scots pay much more than English equivalents. In putting up the higher rate from 41 per cent to 42 per cent and the top rate from 46 per cent to 47 per cent, Swinney said he was “guided by our values”.with the right-of-centre Reform Scotland think tank, Forbes appeared to distance herself from the tax hikes.
However, the real difficulty for the SNP as a whole is that while Tory austerity since David Cameron has undoubtedly hit Scotland hard, the Scottish Government stands accused of presiding over low growth and austerity of its own in key areas – even before Forbes got her job.in Scotland fell by 1.9 percentage points, from 34.7 per cent to 32.8 per cent, as a share of the overall budget.
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