LABOUR’S HYPOCRISY ON JUSTICE KNOWS NO BOUNDS

LABOUR’S HYPOCRISY ON JUSTICE KNOWS NO BOUNDS

IF SCOTLAND WON WORLD CUP, LABOUR WOULD STILL WHINGE

Bob Doris has today [Tuesday] slammed Labour’s shameful hypocrisy and their ability to see the negative in almost everything, after Richard Baker (Labour Justice Spokesman) complained about the SNP delivering extra police officers when his own party had promised ZERO extra police officers.

Commenting Glasgow MSP Bob Doris said:

“Richard Baker has zero credibility – this is the height of hypocrisy as there would not have been a single extra police officer in Scotland had Labour won the 2007 election.

“There are already over 1,000 more police officers on the streets of Scotland since the SNP took office, protecting local communities and helping cut crime to a near 30-year low – the target was met well ahead of schedule, and there will be 1,000 extra at the end of this parliament, exactly as pledged by the SNP.

“The fact is that Strathclyde has been well ahead of the game in ramping up police recruitment, and we are seeing the benefits of that on our streets.

“However, like everyone else in the public sector they are having to come to terms with the savage spending cuts set in train by the last UK Labour Government, and the extra Westminster cuts announced by the Tories and Liberals – two-thirds of the cuts were Labour’s, and the Con/Dem coalition added the other third.  That is exactly why Scotland needs the powers of financial responsibility.”
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