Politics

The many lies of Ruth Davidson

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(If there are any we’re missing – let us know in the comments and we’ll add it. Links for evidence would also help)

Ruth lied when she said 1/5 Scots children leave primary school ‘functionally illiterate’[1].

Ruth lied she said the rape clause only require victims to “tick a box” to receive exemption[2].

Ruth lied when she said Scotland attract only four per cent of the UK’s immigrants[3].

Ruth lied when she said child poverty and inequality has fallen since the Tory government came to office[4].

Ruth lied when she said that “No means we stay in, we are members of the European Union[5].”

Ruth lied when she said the SNP was obsessed with independence, when actually the opposite is true[6].

Ruth lied when she said that the SNP’s governance would deter investment[7].

Ruth lied  when she said the UK government was not taking disability vehicles away[8].

Ruth lied when she said the SNP don’t have a mandate for a #ScotRef. The people elected a pro-independence majority Scottish parliament[9].

Ruth lied when it came to college places[10].

 

[1] https://theferret.scot/one-in-five-children-dont-leave-primary-school-functionally-illiterate/

[2] https://theferret.scot/rape-victims-dont-just-tick-box-receive-tax-credit-exemption/

[3] https://theferret.scot/scotland-attracts-four-percent-uk-immigrants/

[4] The IFS and http://www.thenational.scot/politics/14891078.Ruth_Davidson_attacked_for_making_pledges_on_child_poverty/

[5]http://www.thenational.scot/politics/14894562.Ruth_Davidson_accused_of____enormous_U_Turn____on_Europe/

[6] https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/the-monomaniacal-single-obsession-party/

https://indyref2.scot/whos-really-obsessing-about-independence

https://stv.tv/news/politics/1387481-sturgeon-davidson-has-obsession-about-independence/

http://thenational.scot/news/15256624.Carolyn_Leckie__Ruth_Davidson_needs_to_stop_talking_about_independence_and_get_on_with_the_day_job/

[7] https://beta.gov.scot/news/record-breaking-year-for-foreign-direct-investment/

[8] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39575293

[9] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-32662333/snp-wins-landslide-general-election-victory-in-scotland

http://www.thenational.scot/politics/15231355.James_Kelly__SNP_will_struggle_to_keep_all_of_their_56_seats_but_another_sizeable_majority_looks_inevitable/

[10] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35323748

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Politics, Welfare

All the Bloody Terrible Stuff that the Tory Government has done

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  • Made a deal with the sectarian terrorist group – DUP

 

  • Pathetic response to the Grenfell tragedy.

 

  • Tories and DUP team up to vote  for emergency services cuts and pay freeze

 

  • Abolished the Department for Energy and Climate Change

 

  • Fought against reforms to Personal Independence Payments in court which would extend disability benefit to people with conditions such as dementia

 

  • Reduced the benefits cap (affecting the 116,000 of the poorest families in the UK). This has also put domestic abuse refuges at risk of closure.

 

  • Continued selling arms to Saudi Arabia, despite evidence that the Arab state has committed war crimes.

 

  • Cut funding for pharmacies by more than £200 million over 18 months

 

  • Spent £1.9 million building a Wall. (Sound familiar?) “Great Wall of Calais”

 

  • Not told anyone about a Trident missile malfunction weeks before the Commons voted to replace 4 nuclear submarines costing 40 billion.

 

  • Cancelled plans to allow unaccompanied child refugees into the UK. Then claiming there was no more room. The UK Gov then refused to consult with councils on capacity.

 

  • Told Scotland that ‘Now is not the time’ for an independence referendum despite dragging Scotland out of the EU when it collectively voted to stay.

 

  • Proposed jail sentences of up to 14 years for whistleblowers, and the prosecution of journalists who receive leaked documents.

 

  • Prison Crisis – which has seen officers walk out over concerns about safety and incidents of suicide and self-harm

 

  • NHS England Crisis –  deliberately underfunding the NHS (which has killed people- Elderly patient dies after a 35hr wait on a trolley as besieged A&Es shut their doors 42 times leaving nurses in tears and now the Red Cross warns of a humanitarian crisis) and privatising contracts.

 

  • Scrapped housing benefit for 18 to 21-year-olds. Charities have warned the policy will lead to thousands of young people becoming homeless.

 

  • Despite Turkey’s worsening human rights record – the UK Government is selling them British Fighter Jets for £100 million.

 

  • Abolished the Child Poverty Unit.

 

  • Introduced the “Snoopers Charter”, requiring internet and phone companies to store browsing histories for 12 months and giving the government access to the data.

 

  • Ruled out an inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave despite growing evidence that the South Yorkshire Police attacked and framed the miners.

 

  • Ignored WASPI women (a group that fights the injustice done to all women born in the 1950s affected by the changes to the State Pension Law (1995/2011 Acts).

 

 

  • Westminster (UK gov) refusing to give reassurance to EU nationals that they can continue to live/work in UK post Brexit.

 

  • Announced intention to repeal Human Rights Act

 

  • Announced plans for a ‘dementia tax’ to force the elderly to pay for their own care
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