CASH FOR ACCESS LEAVES LABOUR TOTALLY DISCREDITED

CASH FOR ACCESS LEAVES LABOUR TOTALLY DISCREDITED

SNP RESPOND TO COMMONS STATEMENT

Commenting after the UK Government was forced to make a Commons Statement
on cash for access allegations made in a Sunday newspaper and tonight's
Dispatches program, the SNP MP who started the cash for honours inquiry,
Angus MacNeil, said:

"The Westminster Parliament has been left totally discredited. From cash
for honours, to the expenses scandal, to dodgy donors and now cash for
access; the London parties have presided over a deep decline in standards
in politics.

"Just when it seems trust in Westminster politics can sink no further,
Labour has become embroiled in yet another scandal, and as usual the Prime
Minister is running away from the problem by refusing to have an inquiry.

"With each successive episode, voters are becoming more and more
disenfranchised and disheartened with politics, but at this election the
SNP is offering an alternative to those let down by the Westminster
machine.

"On polling day voters across Scotland will have a straight choice between
SNP candidates who will champion local causes and Labour politicians who
are out for what they can get."