SALMOND SLAMS "PHONEY WAR BETWEEN TYPICAL LONDON POLITICIANS

SALMOND SLAMS "PHONEY WAR BETWEEN TYPICAL LONDON POLITICIANS

First Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond has described the
pre-election debate between both Labour and the Tories as a "phoney
war between politicians with the same depressing economic prospectus".

Commenting Mr Salmond said:

"London Labour and Tory politicians have near identical positions on
the economy. The only disagreement is the Tories lunatic proposal to
start a process of further cuts this coming year.

“After that, Tory and Labour politicians are not just in the same
economic book but on the same page. The Prime Minister rightly wants
people to take a long look at the Tories. His trouble is that a second
look at Labour confirms the worst.

“Gordon Brown claims to be aiming to secure the recovery, but the
reality is that the UK is the only developed economy with no
discretionary fiscal boost planned for next year. Far from securing
recovery, he is risking a double-dip recession. He talks the soft
language of recovery but the hard reality is the refusal to accelerate
capital spending to promote growth.

“Gordon Brown claims to secure frontline services but they are already
feeling the squeeze this year, with the threat of much bigger cuts to
come. Meanwhile, both Labour and Tory intend to splurge a near £100
billion lifetime spend on a Trident missile system while placing
public services on a starvation diet.

"This pre-election economic debate between the London parties is the
phoney war. It's the SNP whose local candidates will champion the
communities of Scotland."