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SNP makes final push Print E-mail
Wednesday, 02 May 2007

SNP leader Alex Salmond today took the final chance to make the case as to why he should be Scotland’s next First Minister during campaigning in key seats across Fife, Dundee and Aberdeen.

Salmond said that strong SNP leads in many polls demonstrate that the Nationalists’ positive campaign has proven more attractive to voters than Labour’s negative tactics.

Salmond said: “This is the first time in Scottish electoral history that the SNP have held the initiative over Labour on the eve of an election. This is also the first time in 50 years Labour's hegemony has been seriously challenged in Scotland.

"Labour do not have a divine right to rule, it is the voters themselves who will decide the future path for Scotland tomorrow.

“What we have seen over the last few weeks and months is that the SNP's overwhelmingly positive campaign is succeeding over Labour's unremittingly negative campaign. That's why we are maintaining our lead in this final and crucial stage of the election. Voters can support the SNP tomorrow with the knowledge that we are committed to building success for Scotland, and that we will work hard in government to earn their trust before putting the issue of Scotland's constitutional future to the people in 2010.”

The SNP, which is maintaining a narrow margin over Labour in the polls, also commented on First Minister Jack McConnell’s eve of poll message urging people to “come home to Labour”.

Campaign director Angus Robertson claimed the move was "a desperate last ditch plea".

“The reality is that New Labour moved out of mainstream Scottish opinion a long time ago, and people are looking for a new home and a new government in Scotland."
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