Cole-Hamilton comments as Scotland marks ten years since Independence Referendum

Speaking as Scotland marks ten years since it voted to remain within the United Kingdom, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“Ten years ago, the Scottish people voted to stay in our family of nations. But for the past decade the SNP has picked at the scab of their defeat.

“The General Election was liberating. For the first time in so long, issues that mattered to people held sway in the campaign with the constitution barely a footnote, and I was glad of it.

"The results showed that people wanted to move on from the divisions of the past. They wanted their governments to focus on what really matters- fixing the health service, lifting up Scottish education, giving our carers a fair deal and growing Scotland's economy. 

“At the next Scottish Parliament election, there will be 16-year-olds casting their ballots for the first time who have only ever known SNP rule. Only ever known the grievance, the division, the political self-interest.

“Just like the Conservatives at the last election, the SNP have been in power for too long, breaking rules and taking people for granted. They deserve the same fate."