Local Labour candidate Neil Cardwell is warning Gordon residents that the future of local schools, hospitals and other council services are at serious risk if the SNP are elected to the Scottish Parliament and Aberdeenshire Council in May.
Cardwell has spoken out after a tide of experts attacked the SNP’s financial credibility and warned of serious miscalculations in their sums;
Neil Cardwell said: “Over the few last weeks, we have seen leading experts openly attack the SNP’s financial credibility and warn us that businesses would face a instability and uncertainty market in an independent Scotland while hard-working families in Gordon would face cuts in the vital public services they rely on and much higher local tax burdens.”
Three experts have spoken about their views of the SNP’s economics.
Speaking in the Guardian last week, respected economic commentator Ashley Seager said; “Scotland currently enjoys Scandinavian levels of spending and American tax levels. Independence would necessitate action to tackle the deficit – either tax rises or spending cuts, or both.”
Successful Scottish entrepreneur Willie Haughey said; “The threat of independence would cost jobs and make doing business with the rest of the UK harder.”
These comments were further confirmed by Arthur Midwinter, economic adviser to the Finance Committee.
In a scathing attack exposing a £4.5 billion blackhole at the heart of the SNP’s Scotland in Surplus document, Arthur Midwinter yesterday said; “In a real world, the SNP will have to cut spending, increase taxes or borrow to tackle the deficit and meet its financial commitments post independence.”
Cardwell believes such attacks should be of serious concern to Gordon residents. He said:
“Over the past four years I have seen the SNP promise Scottish people the world.
“But what the SNP have not told us is how they are going to pay for these promises.
“Local residents have a choice on May 3rd and I urge them not to gamble Gordon’s future on a party that can’t even get their sums right.”
