Glasgow Central Constituency - Osama Saeed
 

The SNP’s candidate for Glasgow Central, Osama Saeed, has called for the UK government to be ready to force the sale of either Glasgow or Edinburgh Airport after BAA's successful appeal to the Competition Appeals Tribunal.

A technicality has meant that BAA successfully challenged the Competition Commission’s March 2009 ruling that it operated a monopoly by owning both Scotland's main airports.

SNP Westminster candidate for Glasgow Central, Osama Saeed, has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement of £1.25bn of investment in schools which included cash for a new primary at Glendale Primary in Pollokshields.

The Scottish Government has given the go-ahead to 21 new primary school building projects across Scotland in addition to 14 secondary schools announced in September. The money will place over 12,000 pupils in modern classrooms.

The SNP have seized on an opinion poll showing massive opposition to the Labour government wasting cash on a new generation of nuclear weapons, and have called on the UK government to focus cuts on ‘white elephant’ projects like Trident and ID cards - and rule out real terms cuts by the Labour government in Scottish spending.

The ComRes poll for The Independent showed that the public overwhelmingly wants the government to scrap the Trident nuclear missile system and believes spending on health and education should be protected and rise each year.

SNP Westminster candidate Osama Saeed has demanded an immediate apology from Mohammad Sarwar MP after he voted AGAINST a package of compensation for people who lost out after the UK Government 10p tax rate fiasco.

Official figures show 500,000 hard working Scottish households would lose out as a consequence of the move contained in the 2007 Budget – Gordon Brown’s last as Chancellor. The UK Government eventually bowed to pressure by the opposition parties – including the SNP – and backtracked on their decision and reinstated the lower tax band but many Scottish families lost out in the meantime as their tax bill rocketed.

Demands for the UK Government to provide compensation to all those who lost out in the House of Commons this week were defeated when Labour MPs, including Mr Sarwar voted against it.

Osama Saeed, SNP Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Glasgow Central, has welcomed the UK Government's announcement of its intention to delay the partial privatisation of Royal Mail.

Commenting on the announcement, Mr Saeed said: "This u-turn from the Labour government is not only the only realistic option given current business conditions, it is a long-overdue acknowledgement of the fact that many people, including the staff of Royal Mail, the people who use the service, and many of Labour's own backbenchers strongly opposed the plan.

The SNP’s sensational national result in the European election was matched in Glasgow Central where the party finished just 136 votes behind Labour.

In percentage terms the SNP polled 29% to Labour’s 30%. The party says that its support is increasing, that it has momentum, and that this bodes well for the forthcoming General Election.

Commenting, Osama Saeed, the SNP’s Westminster candidate in Glasgow Central said: "To say that Glasgow Central is on a knife edge, is to describe a very sharp blade indeed. It is very close, but the momentum is definitely with us.

Glasgow Central MP Mohammad Sarwar has come under fire for his response to the expenses controversy engulfing Westminster.

The Labour MP, who was fifth most expensive in the House of Commons last year, broke his silence on the matter by reacting to a statement from SNP Westminster candidate Osama Saeed, replying that he would publish his expense claims on his website at a later date.

However, questions have arisen on why there should be a delay on this when the House of Commons authorities gave MPs a copy of all claims in April, with some MPs already having placed the documents on their websites. Sarwar also did not comment on the legitimacy or otherwise of his expenses.