He also claimed the SNP was responsible for pushing Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party into this week’s humiliating economic policy U-turn.
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“We will set ourselves the highest standards in government”. And voting down amendment after amendment to the Scotland Bill – against the views of the vast majority of Scotland’s MPs.
In a jibe which met with roars of laughter from the crowd, she added: “The Prime Minister’s attitude to Scotland betrays the worst characteristics of his government – arrogant, patrician and out of touch. Pig-headed a few might say”.
Ms Sturgeon told Mr Cameron to “ignore Scotland at your peril”, adding: ‘Know that people are watching and listening.
One angry rank-and-file member told the conference that the ancestors of Scotland’s lairds had stolen the land and anyone who had bought it in the intervening centuries was guilty of reset, the term used in Scots law to describe knowingly handling stolen goods.
“If I’m standing here seeking re-election five years from now I want to be judged on the progress we make”.
“Tax credit cuts for the lowest paid, repeal of the human rights act, attacks on trade union freedoms and disgracefully divisive language on immigration”.
And she will use her address to make the case against United Kingdom military intervention in Syria, arguing instead that “what is needed is not more bombing but a renewed and intensive diplomatic initiative led by the UN”.
Cameron has promised to negotiate new membership terms before holding a referendum by the end of 2017 on whether to leave the EU.
“David Cameron might play fast and loose with our place in Europe”.
The changing demographics, she will say, demands the government devises new strategies, but particularly important in the NHS.
A fringe event at the SNP’s conference in Aberdeen yesterday also heard Carol Monaghan, the party’s spokeswoman on education at Westminster, describe how she had been “riled” when Jo Johnson, the universities and science minister, supposedly cited the universities of Oxford and Cambridge when talking about examples of research excellence.
“Over the next few years, as the Tories impose even deeper cuts, press ahead with Trident renewal and fail to honour in full the vow of more powers for our parliament, I think support for independence will continue to rise.”
If it is not on the agenda, will it be included or excluded from next year’s Holyrood election manifesto?
With six months to go until next year’s crucial Scottish elections, there’s a growing sense that the only way for its stratospheric poll lead to go is down.
“To propose another referendum in the next Parliament without strong evidence that a significant number of those who voted “no” have changed their minds would be wrong and we won’t do it”, Sturgeon said. If we want Scotland to be independent then we’ve got work to do… There are no shortcuts. “Over the past nine years we’ve laid strong foundations”. Along the way, it helps when the rest of us, as we were at prime minister’s questions last week, are treated to the sight of millionaire Tory MPs delighting in the struggles of Britain’s poor people as they cope with welfare and invalidity benefits.
Nevertheless, unionists, particularly outside of Scotland, have been slow to recognize the danger still posed by Scottish independence. “We speak about having free education in Scotland and we do, but only when it comes to the price tag”, she said. “It’s not ideal – of course it’s not – but make no mistake, it is a record I am proud of”.
“But I will promise this”. And we will serve this country with imagination, courage, humility and always to the very best of our abilities.
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Mr Robertson said: “We recognise and respect the 2014 result, and we’ve also said that there can’t be any limits on people’s democratic options in Scotland”.
