Thread by @olafdoesstuff

Anas Sarwar turns up at #FMQs and once again, talks about a windfall tax - something that the Scottish Parliament doesn't have the powers to introduce.

Literally yesterday, SNP MPs led a debate at Westminster calling for a windfall tax and more powers for Holyrood.

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The SNP's proposals for a windfall tax go a lot further than Labour's.

Labour specifically focuses on oil and gas companies - which the SNP's proposals include - but Labour suggests that massive corporations like Amazon or Serco should not be taxed.

Bottom line is this: at the present moment, there's only two ways a windfall tax can be introduced.

1) The UK Tory government introduces a windfall tax (highly unlikely, given their close links to these huge corporations)

2) Westminster devolves the relevant powers to Holyrood.

We're in the biggest cost of living crisis for decades.

We desperately need a windfall tax, to force companies that made excess profits to pay their share.

But Labour is simply sniping from the sidelines, without offering workable solutions.

Holyrood needs more powers to properly tackle economic crises and build a fairer society that we all strive for.

If Labour's social democratic credentials were genuine, they would join the calls for Holyrood to have more powers.

They're refusing to do so, and it speaks volumes.