SNP OFFER ONLY POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE IN TV DEBATE

SNP OFFER ONLY POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE IN TV DEBATE

Following the first televised Scottish debate of the General Election, the
SNP's campaign co-ordinator Stewart Hosie said:

"The London parties clung together in this debate as the SNP put forward
the only positive alternative for Scotland's voters to the broken
Westminster machine.

"Angus Robertson clearly demonstrated the alternative offered by the SNP
and the SNP's commitment to supporting the people and communities of
Scotland in Westminster as local and national champions. The London
parties had nothing to offer.

"Jim Murphy will not be thanked by Gordon Brown after his admission of
"catastrophic errors" in Iraq - a statement that merely confirms what
everyone already knows about Labour's appalling foreign policy blunders.

"As the election moves in Scotland's direction, the hostility of UK
parties to allowing the people of Scotland to have their voice properly
heard in London was breathtaking. A balanced Parliament offers real
opportunity for Scotland not just to elect politicians but to elect local
champions."