DARLING ADMITS CUTS WILL BE 'DEEPER and TOUGHER' THAN THATCHER’S'

DARLING ADMITS CUTS WILL BE 'DEEPER and TOUGHER' THAN THATCHER’S'

ADMISSION MAKES CASE FOR ‘MORE NATS, LESS CUTS’

Alistair Darling’s admission that any public spending cuts by Labour will
be "tougher and deeper" than those implemented by Margaret Thatcher, has
been described by the SNP’s Westminster Treasury spokesperson, Stewart
Hosie MP, as the final confirmation of Labour’s plans to cuts Scottish
public spending.

Mr Hosie said it drove a coach and horses through the untruthful claims
made by Iain Gray and his MSPs in the Scottish Parliament today.

Mr Hosie, who already exposed how Labour plan cuts nearly three times as
much of those for the UK, said:

"This admission by Alistair Darling destroys any claims Labour have made
that they will protect Scottish spending. The SNP’s campaign of ‘More
Nats, Less Cuts’ has become all the more relevant in the coming election.

"We now have the proof that shows why Labour are just like the Tories in
Scotland.

"Labour and the Tories are the tweedledum and tweedledee of UK politics.

"The people of Scotland have a clear choice at this coming election – SNP
or Labour. A Labour party cutting Scottish public spending and threatening
the creation of jobs, or a vote for a party that stands up for Scotland
and against Labour’s Thatcher-style cuts.”