As we are now entering into the naked politics of the Scottish elections, I'm going to start an (equal opportunities) effort to call out blatant lies by parties. Let's start with @CStevensonSNP. [1/4]
In election material she attempts to take credit for free bus passes. 'Over one million Scots now enjoy free bus travel across the country, including over-60s'.
At best this is deeply misleading, at worst, it's an outright lie. [2/4]
At best this is deeply misleading, at worst, it's an outright lie. [2/4]
Sarah Boyack is actually the person responsible for free bus passes for the over 60s.
She was Minister for Transport & Planning 2000-2001 in Donald Dewar's first cabinet. She introduced Scottish Labour's flagship policy of free bus travel for people over 60 (& disabled) [3/4]
She was Minister for Transport & Planning 2000-2001 in Donald Dewar's first cabinet. She introduced Scottish Labour's flagship policy of free bus travel for people over 60 (& disabled) [3/4]
But don't take my word for it, here's proof that Ms Boyak is the one who delivered free bus passes. It has zero to do with @theSNP:
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla… [4/4]
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla… [4/4]
*Boyack not Boyak. Excuse the typo.
With the goal of focusing on facts during this election cycle, I also put together a thread on how the current administration has failed on closing the educational attainment gap. Drier, but very important in its own right.
https://twitter.com/DeanMThomson/status/1374758962998996997?s=20
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