THE Scottish Conservatives have launched an attack on the SNP’s currency policy – no surprises there.
What makes this criticism noteworthy, however, is that they’ve opted to use a heavily edited clip from an interview of Ian Blackford by Sky’s Kay Burley that was broadcast on Tuesday.
The SNP’s Westminster leader was asked if an independent Scotland would reject the Euro and switch to sterling because "any new country that joins the EU has to adopt the Euro".
Blackford pointed out that this was incorrect, saying: "No, let me explain to it you."
Burley said, "Well don't mansplain it to me", and added that European advisors say that "any new country that joins the EU has to adopt the Euro".
But Blackford responded: "There is a rider to that. To join the Euro you have to join the exchange rate mechanism too as a transition for that and you have to be in the exchange rate mechanism for two years.
"Joining the exchange rate mechanism is entirely voluntary. You can't be forced into the Euro against your will. The last three countries that have joined the EU have not joined the Euro. You can't be forced to do so."
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That settles that then.
Except the Scottish Tories conveniently decided not to include the final clarification from Blackford, which rejected Burley’s claims.
It seems such is their inability to come up with a positive vision for the future of Scotland, the Tories have been forced into methods of subterfuge to try and convince Scots that Westminster can do a better job of running Scotland than Holyrood.
Here's the full clip:
Kay Burley tries to drop the old "you'll need to accept the €" chestnut on Ian Blackford, who's having none of it. pic.twitter.com/8Dr9BTFC50
— Robert (@RobDunsmore) March 19, 2019
And here's the Tory version ...
The SNP are using Brexit to push for #indyref2 yet they're still all over the place on what currency we'd use.
— ScotConservatives (@ScotTories) March 20, 2019
One thing is for sure though - you can't trust the SNP with the pound in your pocket. pic.twitter.com/CWSVaYf2oU
If that’s the substance of their argument, independence won’t be long coming.
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