The week in review: 30 nov - 6 dec — scottish national party

The week in review: 30 nov - 6 dec — scottish national party


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As we enter the final stretch of the election campaign, the SNP have been busy working for every vote the length and breadth of the country. This week we celebrated St Andrew’s Day, took


part TV in debates, and launched our brand new election bus. Here’s a roundup of all the latest news. 📍 On Saturday Nicola Sturgeon was celebrating St Andrew’s Day in St Andrews. She


highlighted the need for people to vote SNP to escape Brexit, lock the Tories out of Downing Street, and give Scotland a choice over its future. > 📣 @NicolaSturgeon: “Talk to your friends


 and neighbours and > explain just what's at stake. >  > It’s Scotland’s opportunity to escape Brexit. To lock the Tories > out of government. To stop Boris Johnson. > 


> To put Scotland’s future into Scotland’s hands."#VoteSNP on Dec > 12 in #GE2019 pic.twitter.com/VgOkfrHf1I >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) November 30, 2019 📍 On Sunday night


Nicola Sturgeon was on the ITV leaders’ debate where she laid out the SNP’s key priorities for the election on 12 December. > 🔒 Lock the Tories out of power > 🤝 End austerity > 🏥 


Protect our NHS > 🇪🇺 Escape Brexit > 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Give Scotland the choice of > independence >  > Together, we can make it happen. #VoteSNP on 12 December. #ITVDebate > #GE2019 


pic.twitter.com/P6TuHPugxx >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 1, 2019 📍 On Monday Nicola Sturgeon was on BBC Breakfast where she set out the moral case for getting rid of trident – a


position now abandoned by Labour. > "For me Trident is, to a large extent, a moral issue… it's also a > waste of money" >  > SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon on why a 


commitment to remove the UK's > nuclear deterrent from Scotland would be a red line in any > post-election deal with Labourhttps://t.co/myuxsdzC8e #bbcbreakfast > 


pic.twitter.com/20wr0cU7rG >  > — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) December 2, 2019 📍 Later, Nicola Sturgeon was answering questions of Radio 5 Live. Here’s how she responded to the


question ‘Why is remaining in EU beneficial to Scotland?’ > 📞’Why is remaining in the EU beneficial to Scotland?’ >  > SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon answers Finlay in Carlisle’s 


question > on Scotland's EU membership. >  > 🎧 @BBCSounds > 📺 @BBCPolitics > 📲 https://t.co/7w7CYFd6XU#BBCYourQuestions | @NickyAACampbell | > #GE2019 


pic.twitter.com/xReorZfzK7 >  > — BBC Radio 5 Live (@bbc5live) December 2, 2019 📍 That same day the SNP released new video explaining how only the SNP can stop the Tories in Scotland.


The SNP is the main contender in every one of the Tories’ 13 Scottish seats. > 🗳 Only the SNP can beat the Tories in Scotland. Voting for > another party risks letting the Tories in 


through the back door. >  > 📣 Every vote for the SNP will help Scotland escape Brexit. >  > 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Put Scotland’s future in Scotland’s > hands, not Boris Johnson’s – #voteSNP


 on Dec 12. > pic.twitter.com/5BwrUTHF90 >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 2, 2019 📍 A senior fishing industry boss in the north-east encouraged people to vote SNP, saying the


Tories had no “credible vision” for the future of the industry. > 📰 MUST READ: Prominent fishermen Willie Tait Snr has given his > backing to @theSNP to be strong champions for 


Scottish fishing. >  > 🐟 Only the SNP can stand up to another Tory sell-out of our > industry.https://t.co/E4BR7gJLGn pic.twitter.com/YaIUtVTuCe >  > — Paul Robertson 


(@RobertsonPaulC) December 3, 2019 📍 Jamie Szymkowiak, co-convener of the SNP Disabled Member’s Group, explained what’s at stake for disabled people at this general election. > To mark 


International Day of Disabled People our co-convener, > @jamieszymko, highlights what's at stake for disabled people at > #GE19 and why we must #voteSNP to lock the Tories out. 


#IDPWD19 > #IDPWD #IDDP19 https://t.co/7rh4QzITwd >  > — SNP Disabled Members (@SNP_dmg) December 3, 2019 📍 That evening Nicola Sturgeon took part in the STV Scottish leaders


debate, highlighting the importance of voting SNP to defeat the Tories in Scotland. > Opening statement: First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon > makes her pitch to the voters 


#stvdebate: https://t.co/FbB1tjKJde > #ge2019 pic.twitter.com/SOIDr92a2e >  > — STV News (@STVNews) December 3, 2019 📍 Nicola Sturgeon challenged the LibDem’s Willie Rennie on their


record in government in coalition with the Tories, where they supported the worst of Tory austerity and punitive measures like the bedroom tax. > 🔥 In under 3 minutes, @NicolaSturgeon 


exposes and eviscerates the > Liberal Democrats' record of working with the Tories in coalition. >  > 🗳️ Lib Dems cannot be trusted to protect Scotland's interests, > 


only a vote for the SNP on December 12th can. #VoteSNP #stvdebate > #GE2019 pic.twitter.com/YcpCe1G63I >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 3, 2019 📍 On Thursday we launched our SNP


election bus, which is due to travel all over Scotland in the final week of the campaign. > 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 And we're off! @NicolaSturgeon and > @theSNP are touring Scotland for the next 


week, spreading the > message from Dornoch to Dumfries. >  > 🔒 #VoteSNP to escape Brexit and lock the Tories out of > government. >  > 🗳 #VoteSNP on December 12th to put 


Scotland's future in > Scotland's hands. pic.twitter.com/ClW6ewojHR >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 5, 2019 📍 That night the first stop was in Crieff, where Nicola


Sturgeon was supporting SNP candidate John Nicolson. > 📸 @MrJohnNicolson and SNP activists welcomed @NicolaSturgeon to > Crieff. >  > 🗳 A vote for the SNP is a vote to escape 


Brexit and put > Scotland's future into Scotland's hands. >  > 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #VoteSNP on December 12th. > pic.twitter.com/QnwYgCOo9y >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 


5, 2019 📍 And the SNP’s Ian Blackford appeared on BBC Question Time, where he took apart the Tories’ disastrous record on pensions. > 🔥 @IBlackfordSNP takes the Tories' disastrous 


pensions record > apart piece by piece.#WASPI women deserve better than successive > Tory and Lib Dem governments have delivered. SNP MPs will fight to > ensure these women receive 


justice. #VoteSNP #GE2019 > pic.twitter.com/C9ovDpLHEI >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 6, 2019 📍 On Friday we released this video from the first day of the SNP tour. Nicola


Sturgeon highlighted the SNP’s key messages at this election: escape Brexit, lock the Tories out of power, and give Scotland a choice about its future. > 🎥 For the final week of #GE2019 


@NicolaSturgeon will be touring > the length and breadth of Scotland. >  > 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 On 12 December you have the opportunity > to put Scotland's future in Scotland's 


hands. >  > 🗳️ #VoteSNP to escape Brexit, lock the Tories out of power, and > give Scotland a choice. pic.twitter.com/iNdwYoiBoF >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) December 6, 2019