Nicola Sturgeon Election 2017


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I will try and do this one better. Put a lot of pressure on the drill.

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That was better. Why is it necessary for you to visit as many places as

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you are? It's important for any political leader to get out and

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about during an election campaign and talk to as many people as

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possible. That is what I always do during elections and what I am

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determined to do in this one. My message is that Thursday gives us

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the chance to make it positive statement about the kind of country

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we want Scotland to be. We know that five more years of the Tories, if

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left to their own devices, will mean more cuts in public services, more

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people pushed into poverty and a risk to jobs with their extreme form

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of Brexit. But we now have an opportunity to hold the Tories in

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check. The polls have narrowed in the rest of the UK and whether or

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not Theresa May increases the majority could come down to the

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outcome in Scotland. So let's not send Tory MPs to be a rubber stamp

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for more austerity, let's send strong SNP MPs to stand up for

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Scotland and make our voice heard. You set a positive message. Alistair

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Darling has been reiterating that the SNP is a divisive force. Is that

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a hard label to shake off? All of the opposition parties are obsessed

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with talking about the SNP because they are ashamed of their own

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records and their own policies. We know that the Tories plan more cuts.

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They plan an extreme Brexit and their cuts to welfare will push more

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people, including children, into poverty. We want an alternative and

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Thursday gives us an opportunity to say that that is not the vision of

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Scotland that we have. We want a fair and equal Scotland where we see

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investment in our public services and an alternative to austerity.

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Only the SNP has the strength to stand up to the Tories and take them

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on. The SNP was first or second in every constituency in Scotland in

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the last election, so voting Labour one Liberal Democrat just risks

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splitting the anti-Tory vote and letting them in by the back door. If

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you want to make we don't send rubber-stamps for austerity back to

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Westminster and instead have strong voices standing up for fairness,

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make sure you elect SNP MPs. You mentioned the Labour Party. So you

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will not be looking to do any sort of deal with them? Jeremy Corbyn

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doesn't seem keen. I have always said if the arithmetic allowed it, I

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would want the SNP to be part of a progressive alternative to the Tory

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government that invested in public services and protected pensions and

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policies that lift people out of poverty. But the polls and the rest

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of the UK still suggest the Tories will win this election. But it is no

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longer inevitable that Theresa May increases her majority, because she

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has been exposed throughout this campaign as being weak and evasive

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with no answers to basic questions. Pollsters are now saying that

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whether or not she increases her majority could get down to the

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outcome in Scotland. So let's not throw Theresa May a lifeline by

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boosting her majority. Let's put Scotland's interests first. Let's

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get strong SNP MPs to the House of Commons so we can continue to stand

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up for Scotland and stand up for the kind of country we want to be.

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The polls show us head and shoulders ahead of our rivals but I take

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nothing for granted because we should not take a single vote for

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granted. This is an important election, it will define the kind of

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country we are. Let's make sure the kind of country we become is not the

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one the Tories want to see but is instead that positive Scotland and

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values fairness and equality. Let's not boost Theresa May's majority

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when she's on the road. Let's keep Scotland's voice strong at

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Westminster because that is how to stand up to the Cape -- type of

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country we want to see. Thank you for serenading us.

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