 | 'What he has done is not going down well with the big figures in Westminster. IÕd ask: 'What do John Reid and Gordon Brown think of this?' What IÕm hearing is that theyÕre not best pleased.' Labour candidate Cllr Charles Gordon on First Minister Jack McConnell. |  |
ALEX SALMOND has told the people of Glasgow Cathcart and Livingston that an SNP vote is "a vote for Scotland's oil".
The SNP leader launched a by-election poster in Cathcart yesterday with the slogan: "It's your oil - make a difference, vote SNP."
The Nats argue that secret documents obtained last week showed that as far back as 1974 ministers thought oil money could "transform" an independent Scotland.
The SNP say Labour and Tory governments covered that up to keep down interest in independence.
Salmond yesterday revealed they will push that argument in the Cathcart and Livingston by-elections.
Campaigning in Cathcart with candidate Maire Whitehead, Salmond said: "In these by-elections, we can win a better deal for Scotland.
"That is why we are putting the future of Scotland's huge oil resources front and centre. With half the oil left, and billions of pounds of revenue flowing south every year, it's time Scotland took control."
But Labour candidate Charles Gordon said: "I've spoken to a thousand people on the doorstep and it hasn't been mentioned once.
"People are fed up with anti-social behaviour.
"They want their streets back and that's very much the Executive's agenda."
As First Minister Jack McConnell canvassed for votes, Gordon launched a petition demanding tougher sentences for airgun crimes and people caught with knives.
He said: "I'd like to see anyone carrying a knife sent straight to jail."
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