MORE LABOUR SPLITS ON TRIDENT & IRAQ
Posted on Thursday, April 26 2007
Commenting on Labour candidates – one of them a former Minister in the last Executive - breaking with the Labour party's position on Trident and Iraq last night the SNP's Campaign Director and Defence Spokesperson Mr Angus Robertson MP said it undermines Tony Blair's visit to Scotland today.Last night the Labour party candidate for Edinburgh Pentlands, Sheila Gilmore, declared she was against nuclear weapons and the extension to Trident at a hustings at Fairmile church hall last night; and in Milngavie former Labour Minister Des McNulty claimed he was against the Iraq war – when he actually voted in the Scottish Parliament forthe Labour Government's position.Ms Gilmore's opposition is the third Labour candidate to break ranks from the Labour party policy over the course of the campaign.Commenting Mr Robertson said:"That Labour party candidates are having to break ranks on their party's unpopular policies about wasting billions on Trident and the Iraq war shows that they know their party has becoming unpopular."Sheila Gilmore follows Malcolm Chisholm and Sarah Boyack in opposing Trident – even although Sarah Boyack voted for Trident in December's Scottish Parliamentary vote."And Des McNulty appears to be panicking as he suggests he was against a war he voted to approve in the Scottish Parliament."On the day Blair comes to Scotland yet again with a negative message this just confirms that the Labour campaign has no cohesion at all."In May the people of Scotland will be presented with a choice of two directions: a continuation down the route of wasting billions on a Trident replacement and the Iraq morass; or choosing to take the path of peace, prosperity and jobs with an SNP Government."ENDS
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