SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford yesterday attacked Labour for “betraying” people in Scotland by forming a Brexit Together coalition with the Tories.
Speaking at the party’s conference in Aberdeen, the SNP MP rounded on Labour’s new pledge to make Brexit work, as well as hitting out at the chaos caused by Liz Truss’s government. Delegates were meeting in person for the first time since the pandemic, with speakers including a Ukrainian MP, who thanked Scotland for “opening your homes and hearts for us at the time of most need”.
It was also announced a new broadcasting platform will be launched by the SNP, as the party ramps up campaigning for a second independence referendum. In his speech, Blackford challenged Tory rebels to join with the SNP “in stopping any real terms cuts to benefits and any return to austerity”.
