Sarwar's Open Goal
1. Public spending per capita in Scotland is £2,417 higher than in the UK as a whole.
— alexmassie (@alexmassie) August 14, 2024
2. The SNP government is imposing "emergency spending controls".
3. Given 1 & 2, Anas Sarwar is a lucky politician. The goal is open... https://t.co/shgIG1LzXH
Alex Massie is spot on about the open political goal facing Labour's Anas Sarwar.
Scotland's public finances are in a terrible mess because of the tax and spend decisions of SNP ministers over the past 17 years.
Margaret Thatcher is not to blame and neither is the new Labour Government which has been in power for just a matter of weeks.