Hard-pressed Scots received another blow with the news inflation had hit 10.1 per cent.
Shoppers face high prices in supermarkets and motorists are having to dig deeper to drive to work. Trying to tame inflation by reducing interest rates will also hit working people by increasing mortgage payments.
The least people expect in these difficult times is for a competent government to make credible decisions. Voters know times are tough but, equally, they will not tolerate being treated like fools.
