They can’t build a ferry, organise a census or keep the railways operating, but when it comes to organising a grievance campaign, nobody does it better than the SNP. This week saw perhaps the most impressive effort yet from team grievance as the SNP tried to turn the Chancellor’s announcement of a windfall tax on big oil companies into a Scotland-versus-the-rest-of-the-UK bun fight. Speaking on Sunday, SNP MP Kirsty Blackman complained:
It feels very unfair that Scotland is having to pay for the entirety of the UK. If Scotland was an independent country, the windfall tax would generate £1,800 for every household in Scotland.
With most of the UK’s oil assets sitting in Scottish waters, the SNP argues that Scotland is now paying the price of alleviating the cost of living crisis for people across the UK. Blackman would rather an independent Scotland kept that cash to itself.
Scottish nationalism seeks to liberate Scots from their humanity
Take a moment to contemplate that.
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