Tory leader Annabel Goldie will today launch the Scottish
Conservative Manifesto for the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections,
saying that voters face a stark choice of devolution or isolation.
The party has put law and order at the top of its agenda, promising
to commit an additional £1 billion over the next four years to fight a
“crusade against crime and drugs”.
Goldie said: “Much will be said by many people during the next month
of political campaigning, but no party will concentrate more on the
real issues that really matter to the Scottish people than the Scottish
Conservatives.
“Ours is an innovative, bold and uncompromising programme.
“At its core, is our pledge to the Scottish people to defeat drugs
and cut crime – an ambitious and tough challenge, but one that must be
relentlessly pursued in a way that has never been done by any party, at
any time, in Scotland. We will do this.”
Liberal Democrat campaign director – and Transport Minister – Tavish Scott, said
that no matter what the Tories pledged they would not be in a position
to deliver it after the 3rd of May, as they had ruled out having any
role in government. “Every page and every policy has already been
rendered meaningless by the Tories themselves.
He also pointed to the
Conservatives’ record in Scotland. “People have not forgotten the poll
tax, the high level of unemployment, the record high crime rates or the
economic disasters of the terrible Tory years.
“On cutting crime their record
was shameful. Violent crime rose by a total of 168 per cent on their
watch, while convictions fell.”
See the Conservative manifesto in full
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