Thread by @theSNP

📺 Watch @KateForbesMSP live on tonight's #bbcdn panel - discussing our measures to safeguard Scotland from COVID, protect jobs, and more.

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📢 @KateForbesMSP: "In Scotland, the decision we've made is to strike a balance - putting in place safeguards against the virus, but also trying to protect jobs and ensuring that hospitality can continue."

👇 Read more about the new COVID measures: snp.org/new-covid-meas… #bbcdn

📢 @KateForbesMSP: "We need an extension of the furlough scheme - of that there is no doubt. We can't be going into the more challenging period of this pandemic, with all the impact on businesses, without it.

If other countries can do it, why can't the UK?" #bbcdn

📢 @KateForbesMSP: "If we learned any lessons from March, it's to not wait to act until the number of COVID cases is too high.

The faster and the more definitively you act, that hopefully means that the restrictions will be shorter." #bbcdn

📢 @KateForbesMSP: "We're trying to walk this fine line between restricting the virus, while protecting jobs and ensuring that businesses can continue to operate.

There's an element of sacrifice in this for all of us." #bbcdn