Findlay: SNP are turning us into nation for skivers

RUSSELL Findlay will tell the Conservative Party conference today that the SNP has turned Scotland into a country for “skivers, not strivers”.

- By Douglas Dickie

The Scottish Tory leader will use his address at the meeting in Manchester to slam the SNP’s dismal economic record in government.

He is expected to call for a major reset to make Scotland “open for business once more”. Mr Findlay will tell delegates: “Instead of seeking to advance opportunities for everyone who wants to work hard, the SNP want to turn Scotland into a country that rewards skivers, not strivers.”

He will also call for a “seismic change” in outlook at Holyrood so it no longer “views tax hikes as virtuous and tax cuts as vulgar”. Branding the economy the “biggest failure” of 18 years of Nationalist rule, Mr Findlay will say there are “too few opportunities for the aspirational and ambitious”.