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The SNP will have the most left-wing manifesto as Labour has taken a Conservative approach to the economy, the party’s leader told Sky News.
John Swinney accused Labour of moving to the right which has left the SNP as the only party to the left of centre.
“The SNP is a moderate left-of-centre political party, it always has been, always will be,” he told Sky News.
“The Labour Party’s essentially accepted the discipline of the Conservative approach to the economy.
“And that’s going to constrain them in all that they can do.
“We already know that there’s going to be spending cuts that the Tories have put in place, which the Labour Party is going to accept.”
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He said he did not think Labour have “the will or the commitment to make the investment in public services that we desperately require at this moment”.
Mr Swinney denied alienating part of the electorate ahead of the SNP’s manifesto launch on Wednesday.
“The political agenda for the United Kingdom has moved to the right and the Labour Party’s gone there too, and that’s deeply disappointing because that affects a number of issues,” he said.
“The issues of concern that matter to people in Scotland are not the issues being addressed by the agenda of the Labour Party and certainly not the Conservative Party.
“We’ve known that for a long time.”
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