'Get back to the day job!' Sturgeon's independence threat RIPPED APART during heated FMQs
NICOLA Sturgeon has been hammered for “ignoring the day job” with her latest attempt to break up the UK.
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A furious Ruth Davidson tore into the SNP leader as the pair met for the first FMQs since a new independence bid was announced on Monday.
The First Minister was left squirming as she was told by the Scottish Conservative leader to concentrate on fixing Scotland’s GP crisis and tackle crime in the country.
During the heated Holyrood clash, Ms Davidson raged: “The truth is a referendum won’t help the people of the Scotland.
It will just take this government away from the day job
“It won’t help patients come off waiting lists, it won’t help solve the GP crisis and it won’t help reduce violent crime.
“It will just take this government away from the day job which is supposed to be its focus.
The strong performance from the Tory was met with applause by MSPs who banged desks to show their support.
Research released on Thursday suggests Scotland faces a £11bn budget deficit in the year for a potential Yes vote.
The Scottish Futures data predicts Scotland’s financial outlook for 2019/20, the year cited by Ms Sturgeon as a possible referendum date, will have worsened since the previous poll.
The difference amounts to around £1,700 per person, a figure Ms Davison argued could be money better spent.
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“It would mean higher taxes, lower spending and increased borrowing, just to fill the gap,” she continued.
“The same warnings were given before 2014, the same warnings that this First Minister chose to ignore. So it is her policy to ignore the evidence and carry on regardless?”
Ms Sturgeon responded: “Scotland has a deficit like the UK has a deficit, let me say this, this deficit was created on Westminster’s watch.
“It’s about time we had the tools and the ability to work our way out.”