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Watch @Douglas4Moray hold this failing SNP Government to account at #FMQs.

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@Douglas4Moray 💬@Douglas4Moray: "The First Minister’s party said this when asked by journalists last month if they had lost 30,000 members:" #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "'As the SNP clearly stated when asked, fewer than 300 members have left the party over the period.'

"'This story is both malicious and wholly inaccurate. Fortunately, few people are gullible enough to believe it.'" #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: “It’s since emerged that the story is 100% correct.

"Why did Nicola Sturgeon's party, the party of government in this Parliament, lie to the press and the public?" #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "The SNP said this story was 'flat wrong', 'malicious' and 'wholly inaccurate'.

"They said nobody was 'gullible' enough to believe it.

"But the truth is, the SNP lied. That’s why the chief executive and their head of communications resigned." #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "So why would anybody be gullible enough to believe Nicola Sturgeon was unaware of what her Chief Executive and the most senior members of her own party were up to?" #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "The First Minister’s farewell tour this week has been a masterclass in deceit and political spin." #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "She was too busy for the Scottish Affairs Select Committee but somehow managed to eek out time in her schedule to sit down on Loose Women and debate great matters of state with Janet Street Porter." #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "She says her party is experiencing 'growing pains'. This must be the first time that growing pains have actually shrunk something." #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: “She claims to have left her successor with a 'brilliant foundation.' First Minister, that’s all that’s left, the foundation.

The house that Sturgeon, Salmond and Murrell built is collapsing." #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "The SNP have said it themselves.

"Party President Mike Russell admitted this week they are in a 'tremendous mess'.

"First Minister, he's right, isn't he?" #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: “If the First Minister is proud of her record in government, in her final FMQs, let’s go over it.” #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "On Nicola Sturgeon’s watch, Scotland’s schools plummeted down international league tables.

"She made no progress on the attainment gap and broke her promise to close it completely." #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "The Named Persons Act, the Hate Crime Act, the Gender Recognition Bill were all unworkable.

"Drug deaths in Scotland are the highest in Europe. Five times higher than anywhere else in the UK.

"One in seven Scots are on an NHS waiting list right now." #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "And on her final day in this Chamber as First Minister - a cross party committee of this Parliament delivered a damning report on ferries." #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "They found that Nicola Sturgeon personally intervened to prioritise vanity over vessels, leading to huge delays and costing the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds." #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "On these and so many other issues, Nicola Sturgeon ignored Scotland’s priorities in favour of her obsession with independence." #FMQs

💬@Douglas4Moray: "Nicola Sturgeon divided our country and failed in every mission she set herself.

"First Minister, isn’t that the truth of your legacy?" #FMQs