SNP WESTMINSTER LEADER ADDRESSES PLAID CONFERENCE

SNP WESTMINSTER LEADER ADDRESSES PLAID CONFERENCE.

‘ONLY CELTIC BLOC CAN STAND UP FOR SCOTLAND AND WALES’

SNP Westminster Leader, Angus Robertson MP, today (Saturday) gave the
fraternal address to annual conference of the SNP’s sister party, Plaid
Cymru in Llandudno.

In his speech, Mr Robertson looked to the forthcoming UK election and said
that only a strong nationalist voice at Westminster could protect Scotland
and Wales from the spending cuts which both Conservative and Labour
Governments would inflict.

In his speech Mr Robertson said:

“[Both] the Tory and Labour Parties are following a cuts agenda. In Wales
and Scotland the only protection is a strong Plaid Cymru and a strong SNP
- the only parties that always stand for Wales and Scotland.

“At the next Westminster election we need to elect a record number of
Plaid and SNP MPs to form a Celtic Bloc, a block on cuts and services like
the NHS, a block on financial attacks to the Welsh Assembly and Scottish
Governments and strong force in the Westminster Parliament that stands up
for the real priorities of people in Wales and Scotland.

“Recent polls in Scotland have shown that when people think about who will
stand up for their best interests at Westminster the SNP came out streets
ahead. I have no doubt that when people think about their vote in Wales as
polling day approaches they will conclude that Plaid Cymru is the best way
to protect their communities, families and children.”