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SCOTLAND FACES A CHOICE OF TWO CONTRASTING FUTURES. We can build a stronger, fairer recovery with Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister and the choice of independence after the pandemic – or
leave our future tied to more right-wing Tory governments. However, voting Labour – a party determined to deny Scotland’s democratic right to choose – puts Scotland’s future firmly in Boris
Johnson’s hands, threatening the future of our NHS and the powers of the Scottish Parliament. This is what continued Tory rule over Scotland means… A THREAT TO OUR NHS Boris Johnson’s Tories
voted to scrap an amendment which would have enshrined “a comprehensive, publicly funded health service, free at the point of delivery” into law – leaving our NHS exposed to post-Brexit
trade deals and privatisation. In Scotland, we’ve been able to choose a different path – resisting NHS privatisation, increasing funding to record levels, and passing progressive policies
such as free prescriptions. The SNP has a more ambitious plan for health and care than Labour or any other party – with free dentistry, more doctors and nurses, and a new National Care
Service. > 🦷 If re-elected, we will abolish all NHS dental charges. > > 💻 This is how we’ll build a stronger NHS and a fairer society: > https://t.co/DQGcgvZ4GZ > > 🗳️ On
May 6, make it #BothVotesSNP. #bbcqt > pic.twitter.com/rAnjpJXjUb > > — The SNP (@theSNP) April 22, 2021 A TORY POWER GRAB ON OUR SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT All the progress we’ve made
to build a stronger NHS and a more caring Scotland is at risk from the Westminster power grab – which is already under way. Boris Johnson has called devolution “a disaster” – and his senior
Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg wants to “undo” devolution. Only with a strong SNP government, and the choice of becoming an independent country when it’s safe, can we properly protect our
Scottish Parliament. > 🚨 After dragging Scotland out of EU against our will, Boris > Johnson, aided by Scottish Tories, is now imposing a creeping > Westminster power grab. >
> 🏴 It could open our NHS up to > privatisation, or reduce food standards. > > 👇 Here’s what it all means.https://t.co/y7uuwYRzsd > > — The SNP (@theSNP) March 10,
2021 OUR RECOVERY PLANS UNDERMINED As we begin our recovery from the pandemic, we need to consider what kind of country we want to be. The SNP have the boldest, most transformative plan put
forward by any party – with policies such as 100,000 more affordable homes, universal free school meals, putting ScotRail in public hands, and so much more. However, our efforts to make
Scotland the best place to grow up in will continue to be undermined by right-wing Tory governments in Westminster – imposing wasteful nuclear weapons, more welfare cuts and a damaging
Brexit. > 📒 Read our vision to kickstart Scotland’s recovery and build a > better and fairer future for our country. > > 🏴 Make it #BothVotesSNP for strong >
leadership, our plan for recovery and, when the crisis is over, > choice of a better future with independence.https://t.co/x3uhAdoZ3a > > — The SNP (@theSNP) April 15, 2021 NO
ESCAPE FROM A HARD TORY BREXIT Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU, and the SNP is now the only party that supports Scotland’s place in Europe. Our recovery from COVID is
undermined by Brexit – risking jobs, holding back our economy and depriving young people of vital opportunities. Despite all that, Labour have turned their backs on Europe and now stand
shoulder to shoulder with Boris Johnson – with Keir Starmer repeatedly saying there is “no case” for re-joining the EU. > 🇪🇺 Labour have signed up to Boris Johnson’s hard Brexit and >
helped to drag Scotland out of the EU. > > 🏴 The SNP is the only party fighting for > Scotland’s place in Europe. > > 🗳 By May 6, make it #BothVotesSNP to put
Scotland’s future in > Scotland’s hands. pic.twitter.com/wWQ9HCKIOb > > — The SNP (@theSNP) April 1, 2021 ONLY THE SNP HAS THE POLICIES AND THE AMBITION FOR A BETTER RECOVERY The
SNP 2021 Manifesto has the bold ideas, backed by the experience and the serious leadership of Nicola Sturgeon, to build a fairer, more prosperous Scotland. > On May 6, make it
#BothVotesSNP to re-elect @NicolaSturgeon as First > Minister and put Scotland’s recovery in Scotland’s hands > > 🍎 Free school meals > 💛 National Care Service > 🏗️ National
Infrastructure Company > 🦷 Free NHS dental care > 🔎 And much more: https://t.co/DQGcgvZ4GZ > pic.twitter.com/jWIJqcc51v > > — The SNP (@theSNP) April 22, 2021 It includes
policies such as: * INTRODUCE A NATIONAL CARE SERVICE * Increase frontline NHS spending by at least £2.5 billion * DOUBLE THE SCOTTISH CHILD PAYMENT * Free NHS dentistry * 100,000 MORE
AFFORDABLE HOMES * Universal free school meals for all primary pupils * THE BIGGEST NHS PAY RISE IN THE HISTORY OF DEVOLUTION * Free bikes for all children who can’t afford one * EXPAND FREE
CHILDCARE AND BUILD A ‘WRAPAROUND’ SYSTEM Meanwhile, Scottish Labour’s manifesto failed to back free dental care, free prescriptions and free hospital parking – and included no funding
commitments for the NHS beyond 2021/22. > 🔎 Scottish Labour’s manifesto is failing our NHS. > > ❌ No free dental care > ❌ No free prescriptions > ❌ No free hospital parking
> ❌ No funding commitments for the future > > ✅ Only the SNP has the plan and the ambition to build a stronger > NHS. #BothVotesSNPhttps://t.co/RyWnRqJ86Y > > — The SNP
(@theSNP) April 23, 2021 IT’S TIME TO PUT SCOTLAND’S FUTURE IN SCOTLAND’S HANDS The hard fact is this – by refusing Scotland the right to choose its future, regardless what the voters decide
– Anas Sarwar is happy to sit back and leave Scotland’s future in the hands of Boris Johnson. As we recover from COVID, Scotland must have the choice of a better future with independence –
so we can build a fairer, greener, more equal country, free from damaging Westminster decisions.