The Scottish Conservatives have today (April Fools' Day) highlighted a series of SNP decisions and polices that “were sadly not just a bad joke."
Leader Russell Findlay says "woke" SNP politicians and their "extremist" Green pals have turned Holyrood into a lab for "weird and wacky ideas."
- Claiming there are 24 genders
- Launching a ferry with painted-on windows
- Having to deny they were threatening to ban cats
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Suggesting people could deter seagulls from stealing their chips by drawing googly eyes on takeaway boxes
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Allowing Humza Yousaf to "fail upwards" and become First Minister despite him failing in every previous role
- Cutting the bottom off doors in Scotland’s classrooms to improve ventilation
- Wasting Parliamentary time by backing a bill to pardon witches from the 17th century
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Humza Yousaf’s Hate Crime Act which came into force on April Fools' Day 2024 and criminalised free speech
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Giving prisoners the right to vote and wasting millions on giving offenders free mobile phones during Covid
“We’ve suffered Nicola Sturgeons gender self-ID law that would have trashed women’s rights and allowed every male rapist and sex criminal to be legally classed as female.
“Then there’s the SNP’s stinkingly corrupt CalMac scandal that has seen half a billion pounds of taxpayers’ cash spent on two dodgy ferries and Scottish islanders left high and dry.
“And of course, John Swinney only cares about independence, when breaking up the UK would instantly make our great country poorer, less stable and less safe and bring joy to despots like Putin.
“The SNP lanyard class are completely disconnected from what matters to hard-working Scots in the real world and the Scottish Conservatives have been the only party to robustly and consistently stand up to their madness.
“Scots are crying out for some common sense from their politicians and the best way to achieve that is to vote Scottish Conservative on your peach ballot paper on May 7th."