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Saturday, 17 September 2005 |
SNP Leader Alex Salmond MP has joined SNP candidate for the Cathcart
by-election, Maire Whitehead, for campaigning across Cathcart
constituency today (Saturday).
Mr Salmond and Ms Whitehead launched the SNP¹s latest campaign leaflet,
with the slogan "It¹s your oil  make a difference vote SNP".
The leaflet reads:
"We are an oil-rich nation yet we are paying through the nose for petrol.
"After 30 years of lying about Scotland¹s oil wealth, a secret
government document finally comes clean: An independent Scotland could
now expect to have massive surpluses . . . this situation could last
for a very long time into the future."
"Maire Whitehead says, OLabour and Tories have lied to us about the
first 30 years of oil. Don't let them cheat us out of the next 30
years'. It¹s your oil."
Commenting Mr Salmond said:
"The SNP is stepping up a gear with our campaigns in Cathcart and Livingston.
"Already we have taken a powerful message to the people of both
constituencies  with a vote for the SNP you can make a difference.
"In Cathcart that means standing up for the future of Scottish Power
and demanding the retention and expansion of services at the Victoria
Infirmary. It means letting Labour know that they have failed Cathcart
for too long.
"When the SNP wins, Scotland wins. That is the lesson of Govan and Hamilton. SNP success changes Scotland for the better.
"In these by-elections we can win a better deal for Scotland and that
is why we are putting the future of Scotland¹s huge oil resources front
and centre.
"The people of this country won¹t be cheated a second time. With half
the oil left, and billions of pounds of revenue flowing south every
year, it is time Scotland took control.
"North Sea oil is your oil, not Gordon Brown's or Tony Blair's. Every
vote for the SNP in these elections will send that message loud and
clear."
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